I don't know why you guys all love these action figures... maybe it's lack of seeing other's works *ducks under table waiting for the stone throwing to stop*, but I have seen much better work.
The paint job on these is flat and ugly which takes the realness out of them. I've seen much better handpainted LotR miniatures from Games-workshop painted by the members of
my forum. And these are even much smaller than those action figures.
A few examples:
Gollum (extreme close up, remember how small it is)
Gimli
High Elves
Aragorn
Eowyn
Tree beard (Here you can see the size nicely)
Gandalf
See?
