Lord of the Rings Mystery Minis

[anm00727]

Is there a link to HT exclusives. They don't show any in the search results.

Its out of stock so it wont come up on the HT search. its still searchable by google though.

[RBlue30]

Has anyone seen a recent restock of these? Or is it over already?

[Esko5150]

Went to the container Store today and picked up a few display cases. Loving how my LOTR minis look in them.



Also pulled Arwen today which I'm extremely happy about. Found a fresh case at Barnes and used a layout I found on here and got super lucky. Still can't believe it.

[Dayhiker]

I managed to buy a case today. Still need Merry, Pippin and Arwen (not too bothered about the Nazgul or Sauron) but these are amazing minis. I really do hope there's a second series with Treebeard, Eomer and Faramir among others.

Yes. I want another set so badly.

My dream list would be:

Treebeard
Orcs (1/6 so we can army build)
King of the Dead (green GITD exclusive)
King Aragorn
Denethor (on fire exclusive)
Fell Beast
Balrog
Theoden (be-spelled version exclusive)
Grima Wormtongue
Flaming Nazgul
Galadhrim Warrior (again a 1/6)
Elrond
Gandalf the White
Poisoned Frodo
Shelob
Uruk-Hai (1/6)
Cave troll
The Eye of Sauron
Green dress coronation Arwen

Right there with you! I love these, but man the disappointment when I don't get any of them and get repeats. haha

my dream list for series 2 of fellowship of the ring ( before going into the two towers)

orc/goblin (1/6) one armored, on regular
cavetroll (in 2 parts) can be assembled- so to keep to the scale
Dwarf/Orc skeleton
Celeborn
Elrond
Flaming nazgul
Ringwraith (translucent- glow) (3 variations)
Strider ( holding torch)
Bill the Pony
Galadrim Elf warrior - a 1/6. ( they'll probably keep this til the Two Towers)
Balrog (in 2 or 3 parts) whip/sword
Watcher in the water ( omg- how many parts would this be)
Fallen Boromir ( exclusive could be in the boat)
The Argonath ( one for each)
Bilbo
Uruk hai (1/6)

one can only dream...

[Dayhiker]

Went to the container Store today and picked up a few display cases. Loving how my LOTR minis look in them.



Also pulled Arwen today which I'm extremely happy about. Found a fresh case at Barnes and used a layout I found on here and got super lucky. Still can't believe it.

love that display!

[Divino]

Went to the container Store today and picked up a few display cases. Loving how my LOTR minis look in them.



Also pulled Arwen today which I'm extremely happy about. Found a fresh case at Barnes and used a layout I found on here and got super lucky. Still can't believe it.

Do you happen to have a link to which item this display is? I'd love to order/pickup a few.

[Velmeran]

NZ/Aus aren't getting their stock of B&N or HT cases until March, so possible we'll see another restock around that time as well.

[pommefille]

Has anyone seen a recent restock of these? Or is it over already?

MM restocks always seem to take forever, but there should be more coming. Of course now that everyone's keeping an eye out for them they might be harder to get on the first restock!

[Esko5150]

Went to the container Store today and picked up a few display cases. Loving how my LOTR minis look in them.



Also pulled Arwen today which I'm extremely happy about. Found a fresh case at Barnes and used a layout I found on here and got super lucky. Still can't believe it.

Do you happen to have a link to which item this display is? I'd love to order/pickup a few.

https://www.containerstore.com/s/multi- ... lay%20case

Enjoy

[Esko5150]

Went to the container Store today and picked up a few display cases. Loving how my LOTR minis look in them.



Also pulled Arwen today which I'm extremely happy about. Found a fresh case at Barnes and used a layout I found on here and got super lucky. Still can't believe it.

love that display!

Thank You!

[Baseman314]

I am having trouble trying to get the Hot Topic ones but I can't even find a case or anything at any of my stores.

[Mystlurker]

I am having trouble trying to get the Hot Topic ones but I can't even find a case or anything at any of my stores.

The hot topic ones are cancer. I have 7 complete sets (2x SW, X-Men, Spider-man, Thor, Fallout, Fallout 4) of Mystery Minis (including both Star Wars ones which were painful) and this is by FAR the worst.

[Popfanatics]

I managed to buy a case today. Still need Merry, Pippin and Arwen (not too bothered about the Nazgul or Sauron) but these are amazing minis. I really do hope there's a second series with Treebeard, Eomer and Faramir among others.

Yes. I want another set so badly.

My dream list would be:

Treebeard
Orcs (1/6 so we can army build)
King of the Dead (green GITD exclusive)
King Aragorn
Denethor (on fire exclusive)
Fell Beast
Balrog
Theoden (be-spelled version exclusive)
Grima Wormtongue
Flaming Nazgul
Galadhrim Warrior (again a 1/6)
Elrond
Gandalf the White
Poisoned Frodo
Shelob
Uruk-Hai (1/6)
Cave troll
The Eye of Sauron
Green dress coronation Arwen

Gitd king of the dead...Denethor in fire!! Please yes!!

[Kevin926]

Gandalf holding merry and pippin by their ears. Yes, yes, yes. Classic

[Kevin926]

Ok ,my wish list

Gandalf the white
Theoden
King of the dead
Orc
Gothmog
Bilbo
Elrond
Eomer
Berserker
Gondorian soldier
Rohan soldier

I need to give some thought for the hobbit.

[lessthanfunko]

MUST RESIST!!!!!!! Who am I kidding

[atreyu2112]

Oooh, wish lists, mine would be

LotR:
The Balrog
Treebeard
Faramir (ranger)
Theoden
Eomer
King Aragorn
Gandalf the White
Bilbo (travelling, FotR)
Elrond
Uruk Berzerker
Maria Orc
Mordor Orc
Easterling
Haradrim
King of the Dead (gid)
Grima

Hobbit:
Radagast the Brown
Bilbo
Thorin
Balin
Dwalin
Kili
Fili
Thranduil
Tauriel
Bard
Beorn
Smaug
Witch-King of Dol-Guldur
Sauron (clear orange & black flame version)
Azog
Bolg

[nightschwing]

Does anybody have a weight for Nazgûl?

[Esko5150]

Does anybody have a weight for Nazgûl?

69.8 From what I've seen posted around.

[nightschwing]

69.8 From what I've seen posted around.

Thanks kindly!

It appears that there’s no other character close to that in the retail assortment. Nazgûl is weight-bookended by Saruman and Gimli; I’ve seen Saruman as high as 66.3, and Gimli as low as 72.8. I will keep my scale batteries charged and look for a box that’s in the high 60s or low 70s.

[Kevin926]

I like your hobbit list. . I would really like to see all 13 dwarfs. It could be done seeing how they released 21 the time. Of course to complete the dwarfs, funko will make 4 or 6 exclusives only to HT or another store that will make it really difficult to get our hands on.

[anm00727]

Very disappointed with my hot topic online order. bottom of the barrel picks. Sucks because I dont even have Hot Topic in my province to go pick out some sweet spots / hand weight. What am I going to do with 5 extra sams -_-


My barnes was at least a dismantled case (though I already got GITD Galadiel :/) Was hoping for a Nazgul or Arwen

[Kevin926]

Eowyn isn't even showing up on ebay. I'm curious if the well has run dry. HT doesn't have them online. I did stop by my local HT, and an employee told me he didn't think anymore would be coming in. I new to minis and so far, this line is the only one I have been interested in. I don't know any of the traits funko has. From what I gather, the exclusives don't run as long as the commons. Going off other lines, is this true? Have we seen the last of the exclusives, or is this just a break and they will restock stores like HT and BN soon for a few more months?

[Kevin926]

Duplicate sorry

[TapouT32]

Eowyn isn't even showing up on ebay. I'm curious if the well has run dry. HT doesn't have them online. I did stop by my local HT, and an employee told me he didn't think anymore would be coming in. I new to minis and so far, this line is the only one I have been interested in. I don't know any of the traits funko has. From what I gather, the exclusives don't run as long as the commons. Going off other lines, is this true? Have we seen the last of the exclusives, or is this just a break and they will restock stores like HT and BN soon for a few more months?

My wife picked up an Eowyn today. That was the first time we've seen a fresh case in Hot Topic but I also hadn't checked in a while, so I don't know if it was recently restocked.

[dolphinax2]

I have an order to pick up so I need to remember to LOOK for these.

[Baseman314]

I am having trouble trying to get the Hot Topic ones but I can't even find a case or anything at any of my stores.

The hot topic ones are cancer. I have 7 complete sets (2x SW, X-Men, Spider-man, Thor, Fallout, Fallout 4) of Mystery Minis (including both Star Wars ones which were painful) and this is by FAR the worst.

Oh yea I have always had trouble getting them for any sets too.

[Kevin926]

So, maybe there is a pattern here. Maybe they didn't think the demand would be as much as it is.

[nightschwing]

Eowyn isn't even showing up on ebay. I'm curious if the well has run dry. HT doesn't have them online. I did stop by my local HT, and an employee told me he didn't think anymore would be coming in. I new to minis and so far, this line is the only one I have been interested in. I don't know any of the traits funko has. From what I gather, the exclusives don't run as long as the commons. Going off other lines, is this true? Have we seen the last of the exclusives, or is this just a break and they will restock stores like HT and BN soon for a few more months?

You never know. Barnes & Noble’s first Harry Potter series started showing up en masse months after I gave up hope of ever finding their exclusive Dumbledore.

But I’m not sure what’s going on with Hot Topic specifically. My stores got one shipment (2-3 cases) of the second Harry Potter series, and then nothing. (Which sucks because I’m a completist, and I’m still missing Sirius and Buckbeak.) My Hot Topics haven’t gotten any additional shipments of the LOTR Minis so far. If Funko wants to cut back on the availability of exclusive cases, it would be swell if they could at least make the exclusive characters 1/6 or 1/12. This ratio disparity between the exclusive Hot Topic characters and the exclusive Barnes & Noble characters in this series is confounding.

[Kevin926]

Agreed. I pulled 2 frodos , gold gimli and GITD galadriel from the same fresh case, ironically from an online order. All 3 BN exclusives at once. I even pulled a saruman from the same case. I wish I found 1 exclusive from HT. I had to buy mine or I still wouldn't have them. I bought the equivalent of a case from HT. Nothing but dupes.

I did hear a rumor that hot topic was in danger of closing. Maybe funko will choose a new store for exclusives. Toys r us has been fighting closing so I think they wouldn't be a choice moving foward. I just hope it would be a store near me.

[hawkswin2008]

So, i am not one to complain as I am an avid collector and believer in chase figures. I have collected many full sets, had to poach on ebay and cough up quite a bit extra at times. That being said, these HT exclusives are insane. Ebay's only current HT figures (by a single user-most likely not a collector) at 499$ eowyn, 399$lurtz, and 299$ angmar. HT is the worst at poaching, where employees wont even let the rares hit the shelves. I have had this experience multiple times with different sets at 3 different HT's in a 50 mile radius. Every time a set comes out with 1/72 or 1/144 ive shown up to HT when they just come out...and guess what...the sweet spots are gone (and the only boxes missing from the cases).

These prices are getting insane, and with identical case layouts there is no chance at getting the chase figures. I really wish funko did a better job at randomizing the layouts as people selling these tend to not be collectors and just poaching. 300-400$ for a chase figure....come on. Of my 400+ minis, only rosita and zombie Ed are worth a ton of money and these sets are 1-2+ years off the shelf. Sorry for venting but this is super frustrating, hopefully they launch another round with more of the exclusives like they did with horror classics series 3.

[Esko5150]

So, i am not one to complain as I am an avid collector and believer in chase figures. I have collected many full sets, had to poach on ebay and cough up quite a bit extra at times. That being said, these HT exclusives are insane. Ebay's only current HT figures (by a single user-most likely not a collector) at 499$ eowyn, 399$lurtz, and 299$ angmar. HT is the worst at poaching, where employees wont even let the rares hit the shelves. I have had this experience multiple times with different sets at 3 different HT's in a 50 mile radius. Every time a set comes out with 1/72 or 1/144 ive shown up to HT when they just come out...and guess what...the sweet spots are gone (and the only boxes missing from the cases).

These prices are getting insane, and with identical case layouts there is no chance at getting the chase figures. I really wish funko did a better job at randomizing the layouts as people selling these tend to not be collectors and just poaching. 300-400$ for a chase figure....come on. Of my 400+ minis, only rosita and zombie Ed are worth a ton of money and these sets are 1-2+ years off the shelf. Sorry for venting but this is super frustrating, hopefully they launch another round with more of the exclusives like they did with horror classics series 3.

Those prices are insane though. Screw Ebay, Facebook groups and some sites like Let Go have them for way cheaper around 80$ or less.

[Mystlurker]

So, i am not one to complain as I am an avid collector and believer in chase figures. I have collected many full sets, had to poach on ebay and cough up quite a bit extra at times. That being said, these HT exclusives are insane. Ebay's only current HT figures (by a single user-most likely not a collector) at 499$ eowyn, 399$lurtz, and 299$ angmar. HT is the worst at poaching, where employees wont even let the rares hit the shelves. I have had this experience multiple times with different sets at 3 different HT's in a 50 mile radius. Every time a set comes out with 1/72 or 1/144 ive shown up to HT when they just come out...and guess what...the sweet spots are gone (and the only boxes missing from the cases).

These prices are getting insane, and with identical case layouts there is no chance at getting the chase figures. I really wish funko did a better job at randomizing the layouts as people selling these tend to not be collectors and just poaching. 300-400$ for a chase figure....come on. Of my 400+ minis, only rosita and zombie Ed are worth a ton of money and these sets are 1-2+ years off the shelf. Sorry for venting but this is super frustrating, hopefully they launch another round with more of the exclusives like they did with horror classics series 3.

Those prices are insane though. Screw Ebay, Facebook groups and some sites like Let Go have them for way cheaper around 80$ or less.

You mind sharing the groups that are selling them for that? I think I am going to concede defeat and just buy them.

[Kevin926]

I joined 3 Facebook groups for these minis. No luck there at all. It's nothing but a popularity contest, and the admins are big shots that control everything. I wasted a couple of weeks working out a deal for an Eowyn only to be left at the altar. Once I had what the user wanted for trade, he stopped answering my messages. Mean while, the prices kept going up.. I left all 3 groups at the same time. I wouldn't waste my time on Facebook groups. I once bought a part for my vintage star wars dessert skiff from a Facebook group. It was sent to me in a padded envelope, and the part cracked during shipping. This was sold to me by the admin of the group. I haven't been back since.

I asked an employee at HT if they had new cases and he brought out a case with the front 2 tops missing. Completey frustrating.

[Velmeran]

You mind sharing the groups that are selling them for that? I think I am going to concede defeat and just buy them.

I haven't seen to much drama in the Mystery Minis Marketplace, it's run by more or less the same group who run the Funko Trading - PopVinyls.com group so similar rules and what not. That said pretty much everyone is looking for the HT exclusives and there aren't many that come up and when they do typically the sellers are looking to trade instead of sell.

[Mystlurker]

I joined 3 Facebook groups for these minis. No luck there at all. It's nothing but a popularity contest, and the admins are big shots that control everything. I wasted a couple of weeks working out a deal for an Eowyn only to be left at the altar. Once I had what the user wanted for trade, he stopped answering my messages. Mean while, the prices kept going up.. I left all 3 groups at the same time. I wouldn't waste my time on Facebook groups. I once bought a part for my vintage star wars dessert skiff from a Facebook group. It was sent to me in a padded envelope, and the part cracked during shipping. This was sold to me by the admin of the group. I haven't been back since.

I asked an employee at HT if they had new cases and he brought out a case with the front 2 tops missing. Completey frustrating.

What baffles me is why are the prices going up? Every other set the prices start high and go down over a 3-6 month period before bottoming out then going back up. Usually the up-up-away is reserved for LE items or con exclusives.

I wonder if they haven't yet distributed the entirety of the initial batch so availability is extra limited. Last I checked PC they also weren't yet available in AU, so there's likely another wave coming in 1-4 months.

[Velmeran]

What baffles me is why are the prices going up? Every other set the prices start high and go down over a 3-6 month period before bottoming out then going back up. Usually the up-up-away is reserved for LE items or con exclusives.

I wonder if they haven't yet distributed the entirety of the initial batch so availability is extra limited. Last I checked PC they also weren't yet available in AU, so there's likely another wave coming in 1-4 months.

So in addition to there just not being that many that are popping up on the secondary markert, I think part of what's driving up the price is the "Buckbeak" effect. A popular series (Harry Potter series 2) with a 1/72 hot topic exclusive that sells for over $200+ these days. I think there are some resllers (and maybe a few collectors) who normally would be selling at this point as you're right usually prices are high early on and then tail off and only a handful ever re-reach their initial peak price points and even then that's usually 9-12 months later. But instead are looking at the prices on Buckbeak and other recent HT exclusives and are just keeping their stock knowing in 3-4 months they'll more than likely fetch an even higher price.

You are also correct, Australia and New Zealand aren't getting their B&N/HT stock in until March (were supposed to get it in January) so it is possible that their were production delays and the US didn't get their full supply yet either.

[Kevin926]

Time will tell. It's a gamble when it comes to the exclusives from HT. Barnes and Noble exclusives are way easier to get. The commons are becoming peg warmers , to the point where stores are giving them deals like buy one get one, or 50% off the 2nd. Even HT was doing a 3 for 5 deal. It's beginning to look like Eowyn will remain a hard to get piece. Lurtz being a close 2nd.

The gamble is, do I buy one now or wait. The danger is, watching the prices go even higher. Then again, there could be a ton available over seas.

[Kevin926]

Does anyone know quantity amounts for exclusives? More than or less than 1000?

[Kevin926]

I joined 3 Facebook groups for these minis. No luck there at all. It's nothing but a popularity contest, and the admins are big shots that control everything. I wasted a couple of weeks working out a deal for an Eowyn only to be left at the altar. Once I had what the user wanted for trade, he stopped answering my messages. Mean while, the prices kept going up.. I left all 3 groups at the same time. I wouldn't waste my time on Facebook groups. I once bought a part for my vintage star wars dessert skiff from a Facebook group. It was sent to me in a padded envelope, and the part cracked during shipping. This was sold to me by the admin of the group. I haven't been back since.

I asked an employee at HT if they had new cases and he brought out a case with the front 2 tops missing. Completey frustrating.

What baffles me is why are the prices going up? Every other set the prices start high and go down over a 3-6 month period before bottoming out then going back up. Usually the up-up-away is reserved for LE items or con exclusives.

I wonder if they haven't yet distributed the entirety of the initial batch so availability is extra limited. Last I checked PC they also weren't yet available in AU, so there's likely another wave coming in 1-4 months.

I wonder if they underestimated the popularity of lord of the rings.