Boromir vs Lurtz

by Lord of the Rings

Product Features

• Boromir vs Lurtz the lord of the rings

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B00005U0G8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,125 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Battle action features will keep the imagination alive with these two nicely rendered figures. Boromir comes with a sword, sword sheath, horn, removable cape, and shield. Sporting 12 points of articulation, this figure is easily posed and has a high level of playability. The facial sculpt is great and the paint job is clean. Ball joints in the shoulder allow for a wide range of arm movement. A lever on the back of the figure enables Boromir to swing into action. Pushing the lever continuously makes Boromir swing his sword and then raise his shield in defense. Placing the horn in his left hand and pushing the lever will make him raise his arm and turn his head, as if to blow a mighty call.

Lurtz not only looks menacing, but he's got a mean, battle-action feature as well. Equipped with a bow and a quiver of arrows, his aim is true. There are four notched arrows, one that works best for display purposes and three others for launching. Pressing a button on his back makes Lurtz pull back on the bowstring and then naturally release it from his fingers. Ball joints in the shoulder mean you can bring the bow fairly close to the body and have a wide range of movement. Lurtz has nine points of articulation, with focus on the most natural pose for holding a bow. Armor, face, and paint details are fantastic, and, since he's a fairly hefty fellow, posing him is no problem. --A. Galindo

Product Description

Boromir vs Lurtz the lord of the rings

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressive Figures, December 23, 2001

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Jon Craft - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Boromir vs Lurtz (Toy)

Wow...I got these before the movie came out, and once I saw it, it made the figures so much more meaningful. This is the pack that comes with Lurtz, the Uruk-Hai created by Saruman the Wizard, and Boromir, man of Gondor and member of the Fellowship of the Ring.

The figure that impresses me the most is Lurtz. If you have seen the movie, Lurtz kinda sticks out in your mind as holding a bow and arrow (I won't give any spoilers for those who have seen the movie). This figure features the most realistic arrow-shooting action I have seen on an action figure to date; it comes with four arrows. In Lurtz's left arm is a bow, and when you load an arrow through it, put the string in a little groove, and fit the end into his hand, there is a button on the back that causes his right arm to move out, releasing the arrow, which I have gotten to go about two feet max from the figure. It is amazing. And the detail is astonishing, right down to the minute stitches on the quiver. The only thing that disappointed me was that sometimes the right arm would pop off, but it popped right back on very easily; I am a hardcore player with my toys, so that might have had something to do with it.

Boromir, I am sorry to say, isn't quite as good as Lurtz. First of all, the packaging was wrapped around his sword, so it was totally bent out of shape when I got it, and to date I haven't been unable to straighten it. Because of this, it won't fit into the scabbard. This could only have happened to me (wouldn't that just figure), but who knows. Well, anyway, he comes with a sword, shield, cape, and horn. A button on his back causes one arm to raise up, one arm to go down, and his head to turn to the side. Another complaint is that the sword wouldn't fit readily into either hand. It fell out of his left and wouldn't go except with extreme forcing into the right. The shield could go either way because it clips into the hand. The horn hangs around his neck. Once again, the detail is incredible.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trouble with swords, January 28, 2003

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"hamerykon" (Philadelphia,Pa USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Boromir vs Lurtz (Toy)

This toys are very god professional, but when I looked at boromir's sword ... It is too small and it isn't plastiqe like gandalf's.

About the uruk he is ok.Very nice bow, but where is his sword?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dueling desk distractions for days...., September 25, 2002

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Rae Schwarz "post-modern Renaissance woman" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Boromir vs Lurtz (Toy)

Ask and you shall receive: thanks to my Birthday Wish List, I am the proud owner of Boromir and Lurtz! My office paperwork can now pile up as I movie-istically reinact the final fateful battle between Orc and Man of Gondor when I'm supposed to be working....

The details are incredibly close to the versions seen onscreen in Fellowship of the Ring. Both costumes are faithful in oufit and weaponry to their acted counterparts, almost eeriely. Figures are fully jointed and can be made to stand on their own. "Battle" actions allow for wielding weapons.

Due to the death of both charaters at the end of FotR, these are going to be a bit rare and are disappearing fast!