I am very much pleasantly surprised at how awesome this figure is. It is by no means a character that has a lot to offer, but the design team behind this creation at Asmus went above and beyond. I will even go out on a limb and admit that its fast becoming one of my favorites in the entire collection. I will even dare say I prefer it over Asmus's attempt at Gandalf the gray. It is heavy, the few elements that the character does offer in the movies are represented in alloy, and the quality shows. The robes and the rest of the costuming is much better than the initial proto type pictured here and I am soo glad I did not miss out on this. I only think that the "face" part of the head was a solid black object and not just an empty shell, but its really a minor issue. I hope we get a companion horse one day to accompany this awesome figure. A+