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Modelers Lounge => Time to relax => Topic started by: macsporran on June 19, 2016, 05:32:57 PM
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I've just had a look at the Weta site to see if anything relevant to WNW has appeared as yet.
If you choose the Newsletter option, one of the tickboxes is for Modelling and Wingnut Wings. Some here might wish to sign up for news direct from Weta.
Please don't blame me though if your inbox is filled with crap about Orcs and Elves!
Sandy
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Should my Balrog be turned out in 4 or 5 colour lozenge? 😉
Regards
Russell
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Should my Balrog be turned out in 4 or 5 colour lozenge? 😉
Regards
Russell ;D
................. or maybe new Pilot figures from WETA.................... Ori von Richthofen ::)
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Of course if WNW ever does a SPAD XIII or Nieuport 28 one of the decal options will have to be the 94th Aero Squadron. Think about it. ;)
Eric
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Smaugilicious!
In true WnW tradition there will be 'early' & 'late' Smaug versions of course
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Of course if WNW ever does a SPAD XIII or Nieuport 28 one of the decal options will have to be the 94th Aero Squadron. Think about it. ;)
Eric
Hat in the ring that rules them all and in the shadows binds them?
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Of course if WNW ever does a SPAD XIII or Nieuport 28 one of the decal options will have to be the 94th Aero Squadron. Think about it. ;)
Eric
Hat in the ring that rules them all and in the shadows binds them?
You got it! ;D
Eric
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One of the worst aspects about living in NZ - eternal crap/boasting/propaganda/marketing about LOTR and th'Hobbit ;). They think they own Tolkien now. I feel quite proud that I've never watched any of this over-rated drivel.
WETA are wasting their talents.
Cheers
GrahamB
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And a mythical deluxe edition...
With heaps of photoetch parts and resin crew, never to be released...
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is as good as it gets. The hobbit, not so much. The the first three are really great....just wanted to set the record straight
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is as good as it gets. The hobbit, not so much. (Agreed) The the first three are really great....just wanted to set the record straight
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I totally love The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I love the books even more, but there is only so much you can do in celluloid.
Von Balrog of BogOff
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My avatar and the motto and the signature tell it all. I would never call Tolkien related things a crap. I am totally in awe of the world he created. Besides, visiting NZ was always my dream, long before PJ showed your beautiful country as background for his movies. Since that time the dream is much more thrilling. Some time, hopefully. And I will surely arrange the time so that I will have a chance to see some of WW1 flyings marvels you have down there...
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.......And if Gandalf can just summon a giant eagle to escape and fly home why didn't he just do that in the first place and fly straight to the mountain? Would've saved nearly three movies worth of traipsing around in the wilderness.
The book does explain why he can use the Eagles at that point & not otherwise.
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.......And if Gandalf can just summon a giant eagle to escape and fly home why didn't he just do that in the first place and fly straight to the mountain? Would've saved nearly three movies worth of traipsing around in the wilderness.
The book does explain why he can use the Eagles at that point & not otherwise.
Actually he told them all "FLY YOU FOOLS" not his fault they were a bunch of idiots and thought he meant 'run away'
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Because, Gandalf could not possess the ring. Through him the power would be too great!! It would of consumed him. The Lord of the Eagles (Gwaihir) knew this fact in advance, hence the lastminute.com saving of the day!! YAY!!
The Lord of the Eyelet :D
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The mission with the ring had to be stealth. Remember, there were Nazgul flying around in Mordor, who would surely spot an Eagle trespassing their air space.
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The mission with the ring had to be stealth. Rmember, there were Nazgul flying around in Mordor, who would surely spot an Eagle trespassing their air space.
Air Traffic Control would probably have denied airways clearance anyway! ;D
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The mission with the ring had to be stealth. Rmember, there were Nazgul flying around in Mordor, who would surely spot an Eagle trespassing their air space.
Air Traffic Control would probably have denied airways clearance anyway! ;D
Absolutely :)
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I think they wouldn't have received the necessary diplo clearance for a trip to mount doom before t/o anyway.
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Be warned - there’s a thread on ‘The Aerodrome’ forum discussing whether Nazgul had a 2 or 3 colour streaked finish on bare hide – the threads already at 32 pages (31 of which are comments on other members parentage).
Apparently a photo exists of a Nazgul being finished in the Dark Tower which defiantly shows 3 tins of paint & a very frightened Orc with a brush. ;)
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It will be nice when Wingnuts re-opens for business and we are spared this fan worship about Lord of the Rings on a WW1 models forum .
I just hope the Weta Workshop association with Wingnuts does not lead to more endless threads about LOTR or the Hobbit.
The fan tragics may now vent their fury.... :)
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Absolutely :)
I think they wouldn't have received the necessary diplo clearance for a trip to mount doom before t/o anyway.
Be warned - there’s a thread on ‘The Aerodrome’ forum discussing whether Nazgul had a 2 or 3 colour streaked finish on bare hide – the threads already at 32 pages (31 of which are comments on other members parentage).
Apparently a photo exists of a Nazgul being finished in the Dark Tower which defiantly shows 3 tins of paint & a very frightened Orc with a brush. ;)
Hahaha ;D
BTW, Wingnutters Home page, and some others, stills shows the "free shipping" banner while nothing can be ordered.
I'm not sure if they're providing accidental irony or taking the P155. :P
Apparently K1W1's have a sense of humour too! ;D
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It will be nice when Wingnuts re-opens for business and we are spared this fan worship about Lord of the Rings on a WW1 models forum .
I just hope the Weta Workshop association with Wingnuts does not lead to more endless threads about LOTR or the Hobbit.
The fan tragics may now vent their fury.... :)
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
Ah! journalistic humour of the dry variety.
I like that too. ;D
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The fan tragics may now vent their fury.... :)
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
Don't be silly, Dave. You're entitled to your opinion, it's just happens to be wrong is all! ;D
The One Ring is REAL!!! I know this to be true because I have it in my charge. See image below.
The many years of wearing said Ring has had a positive effect on me. I'm now totally BatShit crazy! See image below... lol
BobDalf The SlightlyPaleBlue
(http://bobsbuckles.co.uk/ww1forumpics/The One BING.jpg)
(http://bobsbuckles.co.uk/ww1forumpics/BobDalf.jpg)
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It will be nice when Wingnuts re-opens for business and we are spared this fan worship about Lord of the Rings on a WW1 models forum .
I just hope the Weta Workshop association with Wingnuts does not lead to more endless threads about LOTR or the Hobbit.
The fan tragics may now vent their fury.... :)
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
::)
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You all do realize it was Tolkien's experiences in WWI that inspired the writing of LoTR. So any discussion of such here is appropriate. ;)
Cheers,
Eric
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'T seems like this thread should now be moved to "Time to Relax".
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.... or "Time to Commit Suicide"
Bu66er that for a game o`Sojers, I started this thread to let people know they could sign up to a Weta newsletter re WNW news, not to be hijacked by followers of Tolkein' s misogynist, racist drivel.
Go and start your own thread elsewhere.
While we're at it, when is PJ going to forget this rubbish and give us the remake of The Dambusters he floated a decade or so back?
S
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.... or "Time to Commit Suicide"
Bu66er that for a game o`Sojers, I started this thread to let people know they could sign up to a Weta newsletter re WNW news, not to be hijacked by followers of Tolkein' s misogynist, racist drivel.
Go and start your own thread elsewhere.
While we're at it, when is PJ going to forget this rubbish and give us the remake of The Dambusters he floated a decade or so back?
S
Or God forbid a really good WW1 Aviation themed film... You'd think with his interest in the genre something would be brewing at least.
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While we're at it, when is PJ going to forget this rubbish and give us the remake of The Dambusters he floated a decade or so back?
S
[/quote] Or God forbid a really good WW1 Aviation themed film... You'd think with his interest in the genre something would be brewing at least.
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One would certainly think so !!!
Ed
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Well, he certainly made a decent enough start, Amigo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpTHFVBlm_A
Sure wish he'd expand on it by at least 2 hours.
Cheers,
Bud
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And, Sandy...nothing about Orcs or Elves in my inbox yet (signed on to Weta right after reading your post), but nothing on WNW, either. Seems it's all been swallowed up by some great darkness.
Cheers,
Bud
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Well, he certainly made a decent enough start, Amigo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpTHFVBlm_A
Sure wish he'd expand on it by at least 2 hours.
Cheers,
Bud
That trailer was actually to test the RED EPIC Cameras, rented through Portsmouth Rental services that funnily enough belong to Weta Workshop.
Wingnut Wings and all its departments from making movies like LOTR down to the plastic model kits we love are all interlaced with Weta, I wouldn't be surprised if Peter isn't directly involved financially with Weta.
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And, Sandy...nothing about Orcs or Elves in my inbox yet (signed on to Weta right after reading your post), but nothing on WNW, either. Seems it's all been swallowed up by some great darkness.
Cheers,
Bud
...... aaaaaargh, you spoke too soon, Bud.
I've just had an e-mail from Weta about some bl00dy LOTR ring!
I give up, retreat, run away.
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Me too! :o
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I've also sent them an email complaining that I never signed up for bulk spam mail and I am only interested in WnW news as per my subscription choices on their homepage.
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I've also sent them an email complaining that I never signed up for bulk spam mail and I am only interested in WnW news as per my subscription choices on their homepage.
I hope, they will bother your complaint, James!
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And, Sandy...nothing about Orcs or Elves in my inbox yet (signed on to Weta right after reading your post), but nothing on WNW, either. Seems it's all been swallowed up by some great darkness.
Cheers,
Bud
...... aaaaaargh, you spoke too soon, Bud.
I've just had an e-mail from Weta about some bl00dy LOTR ring!
I give up, retreat, run away.
Ditto.
I also only ticked the box for WnW information.
Edit: One thing I noticed though – one of the fantasy items they were pushing in the email said “3 left in UK warehouse only” another said there were only 2 left. I wonder if this stock level indication will also be applied to WnW items at the various Weta sites?
Regards
Russell
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I've just had an e-mail from Weta about some bl00dy LOTR ring!
Hi Guys,
Apologies about this. Weta Workshop Communications team didn't realize that Wingnut Wings had been incorporated under our main mailing list. Will is being corrected and hopefully you won't be receiving updates on Orcs and Hobbit holes in your inbox (unless you have ticked the box).
Cheers
Dave
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And, Sandy...nothing about Orcs or Elves in my inbox yet (signed on to Weta right after reading your post), but nothing on WNW, either. Seems it's all been swallowed up by some great darkness.
Cheers,
Bud
...... aaaaaargh, you spoke too soon, Bud.
I've just had an e-mail from Weta about some bl00dy LOTR ring!
I give up, retreat, run away.
Ditto.
I also only ticked the box for WnW information.
Edit: One thing I noticed though – one of the fantasy items they were pushing in the email said “3 left in UK warehouse only” another said there were only 2 left. I wonder if this stock level indication will also be applied to WnW items at the various Weta sites?
Regards
Russell
Yes they have already said this, also if your local distribution hub is sold out and another hub has stock you can opt to have it shipped to you via that hub - for added shipping expenses though.
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Yes they have already said this, also if your local distribution hub is sold out and another hub has stock you can opt to have it shipped to you via that hub - for added shipping expenses though.
Being able to order from any hub was part of the original intent but this was contradicted in the last WnW press release dated a few days ago (as currently displayed on the WnW website ).
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Received news from Wtea today: the "new shop" is supposed to be open on July 5th. Hopefully this will include WNW's stuff as well.
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WETA have confirmed that WETA Dollars are applicable to WNW orders.
So you can get up to 15% discount!!
Only thing that concerns me - how can they afford to do this?
(With Sterling's collapse, I'll not be able to afford any anyway!)
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Please share the link to the new shop when it becomes available.
Cheers,
Bob
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WETA have confirmed that WETA Dollars are applicable to WNW orders.
So you can get up to 15% discount!!
Only thing that concerns me - how can they afford to do this?
Structured & continuous discounts are built into the basic retail price.
Regards
Russell
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But it seems that for WNW the weta dollars are 5% ...
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WETA have confirmed that WETA Dollars are applicable to WNW orders.
So you can get up to 15% discount!!
Only thing that concerns me - how can they afford to do this?
Structured & continuous discounts are built into the basic retail price.
Regards
Russell
But the basic retail price will be the same as it was at WNW when no discounts at all were offered?
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WETA have confirmed that WETA Dollars are applicable to WNW orders.
So you can get up to 15% discount!!
Only thing that concerns me - how can they afford to do this?
Structured & continuous discounts are built into the basic retail price.
Regards
Russell
But the basic retail price will be the same as it was at WNW when no discounts at all were offered?
Hmm.. why do you think that will be the case?
Even if that was so, the removal of shipping included in the price leaves some room for discount so there's no real problem as to how it could be funded.
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WETA have confirmed that WETA Dollars are applicable to WNW orders.
So you can get up to 15% discount!!
Only thing that concerns me - how can they afford to do this?
Structured & continuous discounts are built into the basic retail price.
Regards
Russell
But the basic retail price will be the same as it was at WNW when no discounts at all were offered?
Hmm.. why do you think that will be the case?
Even if that was so, the removal of shipping included in the price leaves some room for discount so there's no real problem as to how it could be funded.
Because that's what WNW have said.
WNW are doing the whole thing to save themselves the shipping cost, not to offer it up in a different form. I mean, a 5% discount is not insignificant, a 15% discount on a product sold at a single price is huge.
It just indicates to me that shipping costs will have to include the WETA dollar discount, so will add at least 5% to the cost of the kit in addition to actual shipping costs.
We'll find out soon.....
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WETA have confirmed that WETA Dollars are applicable to WNW orders.
So you can get up to 15% discount!!
Only thing that concerns me - how can they afford to do this?
Structured & continuous discounts are built into the basic retail price.
Regards
Russell
But the basic retail price will be the same as it was at WNW when no discounts at all were offered?
Hmm.. why do you think that will be the case?
Even if that was so, the removal of shipping included in the price leaves some room for discount so there's no real problem as to how it could be funded.
Because that's what WNW have said.
WNW are doing the whole thing to save themselves the shipping cost, not to offer it up in a different form. I mean, a 5% discount is not insignificant, a 15% discount on a product sold at a single price is huge.
It just indicates to me that shipping costs will have to include the WETA dollar discount, so will add at least 5% to the cost of the kit in addition to actual shipping costs.
We'll find out soon.....
Jiffy,
If WnW have said the retail price via Weta will be kept as it was when direct from WnW then that news has passed me by - are you basing that expectation only on the fact the prices haven't changed on the WnW website? Let's hope it proves correct although a reduction would be nice ;)
But as I wrote - even if the prices are maintained they've got the money that used to go on shipping in hand (less any additional costs due to the new distribution system) to offset the discount. Yes they've made the distribution change to save themselves the shipping cost but shipping a $79 kit halfway around the world cost them substantially more than a 5% discount will.
With that in mind a 5% discount is easy to cover, nor is the 15% huge when it's linked to a customers annual spend of over $1000 (quite a sizeable budget for most modellers).
It's a very welcome incentive but neither is it hard to see how it can be afforded.
Of course for UK modellers any discount only helps to offset the fall in the pound. :(
Regards
Russell
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We will agree to disagree.