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I believe the beasts, elves and orcs are Chap Mei, but I want to say the ninjas are different, or Chap Mei has downgraded on their sculpting.


I think the ninja VTOL is dangerously close to schooling Hasbro on how it's done, with some work.
 

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Pict are finnally up.



The castle & Ninja VTOl arn't up yet.
 

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Good to see the Chap Mei wolves again in different decos. Can't imagine they wouldn't be aces for use with The Hobbit orcs.
 

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I may get the ninjas for alternate headsculpts. Will need to see them in person to decide if they are sized OK. LOTR lovers should buy these up for the orcs. They look like great background orcs. Just need a little paint.
 

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There are some actual pics on HT. If the wings were longer and the nacelles rotated you could get some better props on there and be ahead of Hasbro.
 

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The Ninja VTOL shows just how easy it would have been for Hasbro to scale up the Black Dragon to be more than just a single seat vehicle.
 

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That Medusa is pretty cool. I would have bought that set if I had seen it in store.

I got the Orc's a long time ago. Painted them up and they look decent with LotR figures.

Yeah, I have the Orc Raider/Wolf Rider set, too. The articulation is a bit weak (and the Orcs aren't a good fit in the saddles) but the wolves look awesome.
 

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I love True Legends and Chap Mei figures in general. I picked up that Hydra and the Tree Warrior. I love the Hydra (If anyone cares his original release name was Kronox) The tree warrior is kinda disappointing because they didn't sculpt the back of it.


They have a new big red Dragon out called Darkfire that looks amazing. I can't wait to get him.


This isn't my picture but it was on the TRU website.
For scale:


Chap Mei also updated their website to include a new line called Dragon Legends that have some new Orcs, Elves, and Dwarves. I hope TRU adds them to the True Legends line.
 

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Better than the Smaug we aren't gonna get from The Bridge Direct.
 

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That's more personal cynicism than anything else. They paired down their offerings for the second film, and I'll be surprised if TrU doesn't drop the line altogether.

And I still haven't seen a 4" Azog.
 

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I bought the War Troll, too (same wave/price as the Treant) and it's superb. I love the retro feel of these toys and the sheer size just makes up for the limited articulation. But even with the few points of movement it does have, it's still really expressive.
 

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I want that dragon.


But I still have hope that we'll be getting a large Smaug figure this year.
 

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Wonder if the head would work scale-wise on a Goblin king......
 

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Nice.

I really want to grab some more True Heroes/Legends this weekend.

I think I just might...
 

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Tree Warrior looks like he would fit right in with the '90 Swamp Thing line.
 

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The Greek ship is on clearance for 12.50 at the moment.


Ahhh, who am I kidding. Even if I picked this up and spent a ton of cash stocking the ship with HACKS figures, it would all probably just sit around. :(

I'd have to get two ships and splice them together to make it look desent.