u all are damn rich man!!! spare me some for my SSW statues!!! haha!!!

no choice..

mebbe nxt time when i move into my own house...

i heard abt the shop from RB boss... will ask him more abt it..

ok. keep us dated. I should be moving into my own place in Sengkang before the end of the year. I've decided to make my study into my own personal space with my swords and statues in there. thinking of giving the study a LOTR-related name like the Shire or Hobbiton or something to that extent.

Glamdring Scabbard to be released!!!
United Cutlery has said they are indeed going to make the scabbard for Glamdring. Kit Rae said back in November of 2003 they are just waiting on getting the actual movie prop at United before they can proceed so it shouldn't be much longer before we see this requested scabbard.

I will surely get tat

anyone into scabbards? I onli hv the sting one... the strider one is way too ex- for a scabbard...

thought abt it but decided against getting scabbards. it serves no purpose unless you intend to put it on.

haha... then gotta get a belt for it too

one guy trying to sell his limited anduril for a whopping S$1680...on yahoo auctions

caesar's nxt shipment supposedly end of month... hope its not rescheduled or delayed again...

but unconfirmed whether saruman's staff will be included.. apparently UC onli fulfilling partial orders for most retailers this time round...

gandalf's staff prob not in so soon..

and herugrim.. gotta wait for a long while... cos UC has yet to release the product info to the retailers.. despite the release of the pdt pics..

watever else i may hv to say abt caesar's.. gotta admit their after sales service is good... and so is UC's devotion to quality.. just got a reply tat my defective strider sword will be replaced by manufacturer at no extra cost...

haha.. sure i will... will prob go check out nxt week...

those of you out there who owns multiple UC's swords, 1 word - WOW!! You guys sure are rich, i sure cant afford it.

a question for those for you there who bought UC's swords from ebay etc... will you have probs with the customs?

haha i ordered early on my shards, when the movie just came out so i guess the popularity wasnt that much yet. for the anduril, lucky also, i hesitated on ordering as i thought not many ppl would be willing to pay so much for it. boy was i wrong... ordered just in time, if i had ordered maybe a week or 2 later, sure wont get it liao. but i had waited some time, as i belonged to the 2nd batch of LE andurils that caesars brought in.

man... this obsession with lotr really cost me a bomb already! i thought hey maybe i'm the only guy who's so into this.

i see some of you have said you pretty much just hang yr sword plaques on walls on something. i had my shards put into a framed case. most prob going to do the same with anduril but i want to get the scabbard first, only then can i get the measurements correct. and then i'll display both sword n scabbard together.

wah... u are one lucki chap...

my first sword was narsil... and seeing how anduril and the shards and narsil are reali one and the same... me didnt get them.... to my chagrin now... gotta settle for a UL anduril.... which shld come in... by june... hopefully....

haha... when i get my own home... i will devote an entire section of my walll to my swords... ... but tats like mebbe 10 yrs down the road..

ic, so how old r u? i'm 21 serving ns. i too just dont have space to display everything. i, like u, also did think that 1 day... 1 day if/when i get my own home, i'll dedicate a room, or a space in the living room, to display my collection. make cabinets... frame up posters... etc... (provided i've money $$$!!) till then, they'll just have to settle in boxes i guess.

glass cabinets i see are far too exp, dont seem worth it, like abt 200++ - 300++. lucky i've 1 given to me which only can put some.

it's those glass cabinet that are small, like those u see at ikea those kind, some are like wooden but the sides are glass so u can see thru, others total glass, even the partitions. squarish tall kind, usually abt 4-5 shelves.

wha 2000!!! 12 feet is abt 4 metres? man, this is an exp hobby eh? not only swords are exp, but to get displays to hold them and other lotr collectibles are damn exp also.

just been to dotcon and ordered the last alliance busts. so for those for you guys who bought many swords from caesars, so far redeemed lots of stuff? i noticed those stuff for redemption arn't really good quality. either they are pirated movie swords or samples given to them. sad... pistols are ok though.

oh guoyi, i cant really remember how much i bought the shards for. but it was my first purchase and thus it was bought at non member price which is rather costly. at least 595 i think.

yeh i got both my shards and le anduril from caesars. but then i realised that yeh, looks at though they aer selling rather expensively eh? you can try ebay too, i've seen uc's swords for sale at cheaper prices than caesars (w/o shipping cost). i think you have already done that since you said you got most from caesars which means you had some from overseas perhaps.

so... any probs bringing them in? they would just pass customs like a normal parcel? the postman delivered right to your door?

I may have to scrap the plan of having a customised glass display as it might look unsightly. I plan to display my statues in the display and as you know the statues are rather heavy. the glass shelves need to be thick to support the weight. on top of that, there has to be partitions to ensure the shelves don't cave in under the weight.

to date, I only have 5 swords. Glamdring, Hadhafang, Sting, LE Anduril and Fighting Knives of Legolas. hope to get Herugrim when it's released ant maybe the 2 wizards' staffs. also eyeing the Helm of Elendil.

i feel the helm's cheaper at ebay than caesars. prob in general all others as well. yeh i know the prob, the glass if not strong wont take the weight of those polystone. my cabinet's like that, a little curved down cos of the weight but still can take it. diff to decide eh? what i think is can customise with glass on the front obviously, side, then the shelves can be made from other material, wood. i mean i may be wrong as i dont know what kind of cabinet you were making. stand alone or as a mounted to the wall kind.

how are the knives? i heard quite a no of complains from ppl that the actual piece's handle's colour was disappointing as they though that it was more to white as seen on the cover pictures but they were more like yellow. what's yr take?

the helm is definitely cheaper on eBay. even with shipping, the most you'll pay is $460. I think the knives are nice. I think I was a little surprised with the size of the knives. I expected them to be a little broader.

Where does one get the money for such collectibles??

The swords do look good but looking at the price tags, i can't help but feel a stab of pain forking out the money from my wallet.



I reckon a big part of it must be from the bonuses we get every end year.

this swords are indeed nice, but too big, no space lohz.. interest is a more impt factor to consider than cash at times..

I spend loads of $$ on the SSW statues, UC sword and ToyBiz figures but I think it's nothing compared to Sky and Chimes who spend tonnes of $$ buying almost every SSW LOTR statue. think I'm a 'kucing kurap' compared to them.

serious? wow , they print money one ah. wonder if married, then what would yr wife say abt this exp hobby. really cant imagine buying almost ALL of ssw's status, incredible! that's a heck of a collection man. they must really be damn serious ssw collectors.

argh!!! the wait for my wizard's staffs is getting pretty much unbearable...

shipment has been pushed back to nxt month... and the contents has yet to be confirmed....

why is shipment delayed? caesars or uc's fault? what u mean contents yet to be confirmed.

oh you mean they dont know what items will be shipped over by UC for the next shipment ah? actually i do agree the sales staff are nice and friendly, esp nelson from far east who i talk to pretty often. reason being i've got lots of complains!!! haha, actually, not their fault, it's UC's but then i wish they could handle it faster. it's their head office to blame, afterall, the sales staff are just there to help, not to solve probs.

what happened was i realised not too long ago that my shards was missing the autographed cert and my anduril was supposed to come with some kind of a wooden support thing to be screwed on the plaque to support the sword. i checked around overseas, the owners said they have it in their box, but caesars told me UC forgot to make it during production. hm.... conflicting

i meant... email caesars.... and ask them to forward to the manufacturer....

i called them straight at first, cos the sales staff cant do anything mah. then the head office person dont even know what i'm talking about, so they had to get back to me later after consulting nelson. then they called me back saying their manager not around, wait till he's back then they will call me back, waited like 3 freaking weeks and still have not called. so i emailed them. and so they said they will try to get a reprint of the cert (which is crazy, why should i settle for a reprint?) and they will try and see if they can get the wooden support piece.

so i went to UC's forum and then a admin told me to try contacting Kit Rae (owner of UC) direct after seeing my probs. So i did, now waiting to see any reply.

i mean i dont know how other owners of UC's swords think, but then how come it seems UC's shipment here have so many prob. nelson told me they had lots of customer complains. and you know what? i'm not the only 1 missing the cert. too much of a coincidence??? as though UC throw us the defective or lousy quality stuff, or else they nev make sure their products are delivered very safely.

I'm pretty new to sword collecting. Can someone advise me a good price for s witchking sword?

ok... this is for u icemansingapore and anybody else who are into sword collecting....

i just came back from Sheares... this is the replica sword shop i was toking abt the last time... from wat i see... this shop offers the best retail prices for UC merchandise... ie.. our LOTR blades... eg.. sting goes for 320, hadhafang for 360 and the long swords (ie. UL anduril, strider, glamdring) for 390...

the shop is located along beach road... just further down the road from raffles hotel... it faces shaw towers...

the shopfront is basically cluttered with army paraphernalia... the goodies are at the back of the shop...

and icemansingapore.... i think the sword of the witchking shld be 390 there... caesars sells it for 390 too last i heard... but onli for members...

just heard from caesar's tat UC shipment in nxt week and following week... the shipment nxt week will just be a restock... while the one in the following week will contain new items... prob saruman's staff...

is Caesars selling the Witchking sword for $390? I think the members price is $420 right or did they reduce it recently?

I remember their price used to be $420 for members about 6-8 months ago. btw, does Sheares sell the 2 staffs?

thanks man guoyi, now i can check out cheaper alternatives to UC's lotr products. woo hooo!! great job... caesars really suck our wallets eh.

Thanks for the info Guoyi.

yup. thanks alot mate. since there is an alternative to Caesars and cheaper too, I'll probably get them. did the people at Sheares tell you how much the staffs were?