RangerofTheNorth wrote:
Finecast Thorin's company??? I'm going to have to comb the book again for those pictures. Did they look better then the box set plastic dwarves?
With all of these releases I'm leaning more and more towards skipping the box set. Only one I'm really missing out on is The Scribe.
They look like decent poses; some I like more and some less. The plastic Company are gorgeous models, I've just painted Gandalf, Gloin, Balin and Bombur up alongside a finecast Dwarf banner bearer, 6 metal Dwarves and 8 plastic and I must say they are miles better than the plastic Dwarves and quite a bit ahead of the Rangers.
That said, I don't like finecast all that much and the potential price worries me. I'm figuring that the Company will be at least $120 Canadian (based on the White Council being $90) and the Great Goblin will be about $50 (based on a Troll Chieftain being roughly $45.) I'm figuring it like this:
Rulebook: $100
"Fine"cast Thorin & Company: $120
"Fine"cast Bilbo: $20ish
"Fine"cast Gandalf: $20 (based on 1/4 of the White Council)
"Fine"cast Great Goblin: $50
2 boxes of Goblins: $80
2 "Fine"cast Goblin Captains: $40
Radagast: $15 (when they put the plastic one out as a clampack)
Half of Goblin Town: $35 (being generous, as it's more like 70%)
Total: $480versus:
Limited Edition Escape from Goblin Town: $150
The Hobbit Journey book (for profiles and points): $40
Total: $190Mathematically it works out heavily in favour of the EfGT set, provided you're after everything inside. Honestly though, I'm expecting the Thorin and Company FC set to be within $10-20 of the starter.
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I'd been expecting something along the lines of 40 pounds, 30 is quite acceptable, IMO, if the box really contains enough pieces for two eagles. If it's just one and a lot of useless leftover bits, then count me out! 
Yeah! 