two new rarities
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well that’s done…
I managed to get some deals with the owner of those big rarities there are three actually…
there is also a Gandalf which is VERY similar to the 1994 Christmas Gandalf. but slightly different in the pose and the staff position.
The Aragorn, though it looks quite the same as the [mith]LO4[/mith] is REALLY different I assure you…
As for the Galadriel it is simply unique…Only Three prototypes of each of these 54mm have been made and Chris Tubb himself does not have any more of these one they are by all means as rare (if note more) than the 1988 Christmas Aragorn (this one exists in 150 copies…)… they don’t have any copyrights nor any information under the base but they were made in 1994… and they are undercoated in thick white… Maybe they go along the Saruman 54mm owned by Kennako…
Their value is undoubtly priceless… but well.. they had a price… and it costed me quite a lot of money… to be the NEW owner of these jewels… So you’ll soon have more detailed pictures of them
(I will keep the price I paid them a secret though… I hope you can understand… I don’t want to generate a price publicly for items that have no chance to be seen any time soon anywhere)PS : Kenakko if you are willing to sell your Saruman or ME2 to go along this “museum” I am now building, maybe we could make a deal?
(just in case…) I am currently building up great vista glasscases for good display and now that Juegos Sin Fronteras does not exist anymore I think there is no more place in the world to have all the rarities gathered together 
Two more ‘Silmarils’ for your treasure chest Gildor.
Well done on acquiring them for your collection
this coating is strange and it was not added afterwards by the former collector… When it first left Chris Tubb workshop.. back in 1994 it already had this coating…
I don’t think it is an undercoat , it is almost impossible to paint over this coating, and it gives the figurine an oversmoothy texture one would almost call “oily”….
I think it is rather a “preserver” or a protector film” to harden and protect the metal used for its casting for any kind of leadrott or grease or drops of anykind from hands that would often touch them…(a very thick glossy varnish)
After all these are prototypes meant to serve as examples i suppose… not meant to be displayed or painted at all (not even an antique finish)The Galadriel is quite unique but the face is a bit odd… too elongated
As for the Aragorn from LO release you are right master ent but you can also easily see the very high number of small differences for several parts of the body. (head, hair, arms, hands pouches, belt, bracers, wall base)
the differences are more numerous than the ones from Christmas 1992 to MA1there is strictly nothing engraved below the base and this base is hollow (round shaped hollow like the old Christmas figurines with hexagonal base back in 1994 or so…
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