Custom Gondor Fountain Guard Minifigures by KORUIT

[manganschlamm]

I did also get my orcs quite recently. Nice accessories as follows:

- crossbows and bows are very nice angular designs, will work for any evil characters (orcs, goblins etc.)

- helmets are also great, essentially 4 types, those with combs come with or without the hand print

- armors are good, if we ignore the two studs on the back side

- swords and pikes are a bit simple, but OK, still prefer orc swords from BW

- shields with hand print are very nice, work well along with orc shields from BW (similar shape and appearance)

- overall I like the shiny dark color of the parts

- capes that come with one character of the series are really crappy

- figure parts as such are OK, much better than those of Gondorian soldiers (I had many problems with these, non-fitting leg parts, non-fitting hands etc.)

- most torso prints have a quite simple chain mail design, which is OK but not great

- archers have a printed armor, which is the best torso print of the series in my view

 

In conclusion, will probably get a few more archers (to get more Uruk-style helmets without hand print) and some more of those with different helmet style and armor.

 

I wonder what Koruit will make next. Perhaps Mordor orcs. Or some other elves. In any case, I think they will only make characters that are useful for army building, so that they can sell them in large quantities.

 

So certainly no high hopes for characters like witch king etc.

 

[MAB]

You can already get Mordor Orcs, although these are direct fakes of the LEGO ones. They are LEGOing brand rather than Koruit.

I still hope for a Witch King, although I guess the helmet rules him out. Although they do plenty of one-off (non-army builder) characters across LOTR, Hobbit, GoT, SH, etc, I guess these tend not to have new specialised moulds.

[Abaddon127]

Thank you guys for the useful product reviews.  I may just end up sending some dough to Koruit.