[LotR] Toy Biz's Balrog toy revealed!

[Dr Midnight]

See all the photos and read about very cool upcoming releases here

 

[Breakstone]

Wait a minute... if it has wings, why didn't it fly out of the pit?...

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I don't know about the movie, but in the book he and Gandalf were fighting all the way down - I'd guess it would be hard to fly in such a narrow space, locked in a death struggle with a wizard.

 

[PenguinKing]

Wait a minute... if it has wings, why didn't it fly out of the pit?...

Well, IIRC, a humanoid creature would need a wingspan of about three times its height to actually gain altitude - more if it was substantially bulkier for its height than a human. That means that to fly out of that pit, our 30-foot balrog would have needed to extend its wings a hundred feet - did it have that much room?

- Sir Bob.

P.S. Nih!

 

[Axiomatic Unicorn]

Only if you assume that normal physics apply. Probably not a safe assumption.

 

[PenguinKing]

Only if you assume that normal physics apply. Probably not a safe assumption.

If normal physics don't apply, then the presence or absence of wings is irrelevant anyway.

- Sir Bob.

P.S. Nih!

 

[Tom Cashel]

The wings are vestigial.

 

[Bonedagger]

Anyway. Why do people always assume that just because something has wings it can also fly

 

[Paragon]

IIRC Balrogs are shadow and flame ( in their current state) i believe they can fly and the wings are for effect flying through wings and magic.

Paragon

 

[frankthedm]

I hope I can find one on shelf before the local comic shop schmucks buy them all and try to triple the price.