*LotR Christmas presents - PLEASE POST HERE!*

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Did you get the sword, jewelry, book, game etc. etc you wanted for Christmas? Please tell us about it here!

[Elanor]

Happy Christmas! I am doing this very quickly, my relatives think I'm a bit strange coming online on Christmas Day! I got a fab quiz book of LotR questions, the CD of the TT soudtrack and the Visual Companion. My father gave them to me, and I gave him exactly the same! NOT by design, I hasten to add.

Got to go, the turkey is being carved!
Merry Christmas everyone...

[Dark Shadow]

uh, so far i've had a jigsaw puzzle, i'm getting two books, a calendar... oh, an my brother got the two towers PS2 game. smilies/smile.gif pretty good so far.

[Eärendil]

I had asked for a HoME-book: The Lost Road and other writings. I got it! I knew I was going to get it, but still...it was very nice. I will start reading it soon, after I have finished LotR for the 9th time, and read Morgoth´s Ring... smilies/biggrin.gif
I got loads of other things, but not Tolkien-related. It was a very nice Christmas. smilies/smile.gif (We celebrate it the 24th in Sweden btw.)

[Luinëcolloien]

I'm estatic! Okay, sorry. I got the Nenya ring! It's so beautiful! I also got the TTT soundtrack. But...I love this ring!

[Meela]

i got the grima wormtongue action figure from a friend, a giant poster- the fotr one, and the Complete Tolkien Companion, which is basically an encyclopedia of everything ME!
I also got a ton of cash, so ill be seeing ttt at the cinema and buying just about everything lotr related i can find

[Meela]

oh, and i got a great lotr themed selection box, which includes jelly one rings, and a cut-out eomer helmet on the back!

[Arwen Imladris]

i got a LOTR calander, and an Arwen pendant (which santa hasn't quite gotten to my house yet smilies/rolleyes.gif )We also are going to go and see TTT sometime.

[Nianna Telmnar]

My father dosen't understand my obsession so I got nothing LOTR from him. *sadness* BUT that is ok b/c i got plenty of gift cards from my relatives...so as soon as I can I'm going to by my own LOTR stuff. Namely a copy of all 3 books, the Silm, and the DVD of FOTR.

~ ah well, trust not to others what you can do yourself.

[Beren87]

As I gaze across the christmas wrapping strown floor I see:
1.The LotR desk calender
2. 3 Lotr chocolate bars (which I can't decide to eat or not)
3.FotR extended edition (with bookends ^_^)
4.FotR Xbox game
5.pants (non-Lotr, but still sweet)

[ December 25, 2002: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[Gayalondiel]

My family managed to get me 2 copies of the same JRRT biography. (Oh, the coordination.) So I get to go and find another book I like... the next book of HoME, I imagine.

[Lady_Galadriel]

I love christmas!!! I got lot's of lotr related stuff!!! I got the lotr risk board game!! the aragorn action figure, from burger king!! A book of tolkien's languages!! The magical world of tlotr book!!the eomer ttt bookmark! the merry and pippin ttt bookmark! the galadriel ttt bookmark! and set one of the lotr (fotr) cd cardz!!!!!!
and I also got a shirt that looks alot like something arwen wears.... and my brother got a bow and aarow ( he loves it now on account of he wants to be just like legolas( he's 6yrs old. ) I can't wait.... I might go see ttt today!!!!!!!! Whooooo! Happy christmas to everyone!!!!

[Galadrie1]

I got Bored of the Rings! Yay! It's so funny! smilies/biggrin.gif I got the Nenya ring! Ah! I hate you (just kidding)! I want that so badly! Need... money... smilies/rolleyes.gif

[ArwenBaggins]

Happy Christmas!
1.The Two Towers Visual Companion
2. tTT Desktop Calendar
3. The Silmarillion,
4. A Sam (ah, he's cute) Bookmark
5. The Two Towers Game for Gameboy Advance

I am going to see tTT tomorrow for the second time! Yay!!!

Once Again, Happy Christmas! May you all enjoy tTT.

[ December 25, 2002: Message edited by: ArwenBaggins ]

[Faye Took]

Well, looks like everyone had a pretty wondeful christmas! I recieved from "santa":

1. FotR game for PS2
2. FotR Calander
3. The TTT Soundtrack (which has wonderful music, may I add)
4. The Silmarillion (Which I am looking forward to reading)

I'm going to my cousins today and they know I'm obsessed with LotR and I'm sure they got me something Tolkien related. smilies/wink.gif

Once again, Merry Christmas everyone! *hugs*

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

1. Cedco LOTR calendar
2. Another LOTR calendar
3. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey
4. The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The TTT Soundtrack which I'm listening to right now (it's good! )
6. More Tolkien stuff that I already have, so I'll return it for something TTT! smilies/smile.gif

[Morima]

I got a Wacom table! Then I got an action figure of Saruman. His palantír was orange and looked like one too, so I painted it black.

[Manwe Sulimo]

Hmmm...I got nothing LotR-related....I guess I spent all my "gift points" on my new guitar....oh, and the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. Seems pretty good, as it has a quote that says

Stands with The Lord of the Rings as one of the most resonant fantasies of our time.

I hope it lives up to that comparision smilies/smile.gif

[Meela]

where do u get all these bookmarks... especially the ones with the one ring on the end! and does anyone know where i can get elf ears?

[Gorwingel]

I guess everyone else in the entire world got TTT soundtrack, because I did not get it smilies/frown.gif
Though my sister said they could not find it at Target, so I am going to have to get it later.
So the only LOTR related thing I received was the FOTR desktop calendar, which is a great thing to countdown to the ROTK!

[Carlas]

I got the game boy advance game and the TTT soundtrack!!!! smilies/smile.gif I got lotz of books too!!!
Merry X-mas peepl!!!!!

[Maylin]

This wasn't really Tolkien related, but then again, I get to serch for LotR stuff on it..

I got a new computer!!! After asking for one for 4 years smilies/biggrin.gif

It has a printer, cd burner, and a dvd player(huge smile)

i didn't get much else

[ December 25, 2002: Message edited by: Maylin ]

[Frieda]

I got the Lord of the Rings Two Towers video game for PS2 as well as the one for Gameboy Advance.

I also got a Lord of the Rings chess game.

Anyways, where do they sell the action figures? I've never really seen them and I'm curious to take a look at them to see what they're like and see if I might wanna buy one or two. ^_^

[Orual]

Most of what I got was LotR...but then, most of what I asked for was LotR!

A Tolkien calendar with illustrations by Ted Nesmith
Faramir and Eomer action figures (now I'll act out the Ithilien scene the RIGHT way!)
The Lord of the Rings version of Risk. Guess I'll have to learn how to play it!
A cool bookmark with Frodo and Sam--Meela, I find all of my bookmarks at Barnes and Noble's.
The FotR Extended Version! Whee! No bookends, but that's cool with me!

Not a bad haul, if I do say so myself. I hope everyone has had a blessed day. Merry Christmas, y'all!

~*~Orual~*~

[ December 25, 2002: Message edited by: Orual ]

[Meela]

ty, but i cant get to one of those smilies/smile.gif wat bout a place like ottakars or waterstones... anyone know?

ty anyway! and merry christmas to u too!

[Cytherea_thelittlehobbit]

I didn't get anything, but I got my best friend Two Towers midnight showing tickets. When I gave them to her on the Monday before it came out we screamed in each other's faces for five minutes. We had a wonderful time!

[Birdland]

I didn't get anything Tolkien related for Christmas, but I ate and drank like a Hobbit!

Merry Christmas, everyone.

[Maikadilwen]

I finally got HoME X Morgoth's Ring. I've been screaming for that one for a year now. smilies/wink.gif

Well, actually it was a belated birthday present, but since my b-day was the 19th and I got it the 21st I consider it a mix. smilies/biggrin.gif

I didn't get my own Smeagol, though...

[Alkanoonion]

I got 2 books the first was lord of the rings The two Towers Creatures

and the second was lord of the rings The two Towers Photo Guide

I also got the PC game The lord of the rings the fellowship of the ring

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[DaughterofVana]

Didn't recieve anything LOTR related--I think my family doesn't want to encourage something that is supposed to be "a passing phase"! Guess they forgot about my uncle--got into the books when he was twelve and he's fifty now, and has the trilogy leatherbound and in state on the top shelf of his bookcase.

Going to buy the TT soundtrack with the gift-certificate I got to Target. Catch-all department store that sells about everything you can imagine. I wonder if they have any Targets in Europe...

Oh, and Happy Chanukah to those who apply! (little late though, but I guess you still could have gotten something Tolkien-related)

-'Vana

[Samwise]

Sigh...nope. My family dosen't "get" LOTR. My dad even watched my video once, and it was just an adventure story to him, I think. Oh, well. smilies/smile.gif I can always get LOTR stuff for myself.

[steve]

I got Sauron (battle of LA) Gandalf and Shadowfax Easterling warrior and Treebeard action figgures, along with other non related
Lotr items

[Lindolirian]

HoMe 9 and 10.... thats all... sigh

[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

I got LotR books in one big book and the sil because my other versions were falling apart, literally. I also got FotR for X-Box. I'm really glad I go x-box finally, but FotR for it isn't that great, I played it before, but I'm still happy. Went to bed at three; finished wrapping presents. Really tired right now smilies/redface.gif , but still happy smilies/biggrin.gif .

Anyway's, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, and a late haapy hanaka (sorry, I don't know how to spell it)!!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/smile.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/tongue.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

where do they sell the action figures?
Well, Frida, there are a few places you can try. First... Suncoast Videos seems to get the rarer ones, Second... KBee Toys usually has a lot but not the newest ones, Third... my mom has found a lot at Target, and lastley... you can find anything on Ebay.

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

where do u get all these bookmarks... especially the ones with the one ring on the end! and does anyone know where i can get elf ears?
I found all of the bookmarks at B.Dalton Books (usually in malls). Barnes and Nobles also seems to get all of them. Don't go to Borders because they don't get that many & they don't put the protective plastic things on them.
Elf ears... any costume shop should sell the ears.

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

Now we get to what I got for X-Mas... oh my parents have spoiled me... and going by these you'll probably all think I am younger than I really am smilies/tongue.gif

~12 inch figures: Frodo, Gandalf, Legolas, Arwen, & Eowyn
~Action figures: Gondorian Ranger, Easterling, Faramir, & Legolas
~FOTR playing cards in collectable tin (these are soooo cool!)
~Ringwraiths T-shirt
~FOTR game for PS2
~2 boxes of TTT movie cards (but I still didn't get an autograph card with that many! Well, poo!)
~Applause brand toys: Frodo & Sam, and Treebeard w/Merry and Pippin
~TTT poster (teaser one)

[Galadel Vinorel]

I recieved the LOTR Soundtrack for Christmas. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!

Also, well, I don't know if this counts, but my birthday is December 21st, only four days from Christmas, I got LOTR: FOTR Extended Version VHS!! smilies/biggrin.gif I was SO happy when I saw it that I nearly cried, and my parents looked at me as if I was VERY STRANGE. (They do not understand why I like LOTR so much. smilies/wink.gif

Well, I had a wonderful Christmas, and I hope that you all did as well. Merry Christmas, everyone!! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Marsyas]

I got the 4-disc extended collector's edition dvd from my boyfriend. I got it about 2 weeks early (he said he couldn't wait) but oh well. I'm happy!!

*~Marsyas~*

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

Oh yeah, I forgot... I also got a 4-book set of the Histories of Middle Earth. I am excited to read those (hopefully I can finish those and everything else I need to before next Dec when I go to the Toronto gathering).

[Morgul Queen]

well for my birthday i got a gold ring and then for X-mas I got:

FotR extended DVD
Engraved One Ring
Lotr: The making of the Trilogy

And for X-mas my mum took me to see TTT at the Embassy in Wellington and then we went to see the LotR Exhibition @ Te Papa!!!

:P

[Elrian]

I wasn't expewcting any LOTR gifts this year, as I was hoping for cash to get a better online service so I could be online more than just several hours a month, but got the one ring instead which was a complete surprise.

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[Arwen_Evenstar]

Hi!
Merry Christmas!
I got the FoTR extended edition DVD box set, the TT soundtrack, the official game, based on the book not the movie(im still in the shire, i keep getting caught by Nazgûl!), and a book: 'Bilbo's last song.' AND I got 3 book vouchers which will be used to buy...go on guess!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Arwen_Evenstar]

Oooh! AND i got a chain like the one they use in the movie, to put my One Ring on...i am so completley satisfied!
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[Airerûthiel]

I got The Two Towers soundtrack, the Visual Companion and the calendar. I was gonna get the game but then I found out they didn't make it for PS1 smilies/frown.gif

[LePetitChoux]

I haven't got anything from my parents yet, as we don't celebrate the Catholic/Protestant Christmas. So, I'll get my presents on the 31st/1st and maybe on our actual Christmas, the 7th. However, the other day my mum said "So...what are you expecting from Santa this year, he he, he he?" I said TTT soundtrack, other Tolkien stuff, really. She smiled knowingly, so I'm guessing she's gonna tell Santa what I want. smilies/biggrin.gif

(Seriously though, I don't believe in the ingenious piece of marketing that is Santa Claus.)

[Nieninque]

The only thing I got was the ELVEN BROOCH!! (from the Noble Collection) *gazes at it in awe* It's so pretty...


quote:
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Stands with The Lord of the Rings as one of the most resonant fantasies of our time.
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I hope it lives up to that comparision



Yes, His Dark Materials definately does live up to that comparison. It's really wonderful, I loved it!

[Nevfeniel]

I got:
1) FotR special edition (I literally started jumping up and down when I unwrapped it)
2) The Magical Worlds of the Lord of the Rings. Answers several questions that I have had, and gives me some extra tidbits of info.

[Gorwingel]

Well it took till the day after Christmas to get the TTT soundtrack, but I finally got it, so I guess you could consider it a Christmas gift. smilies/smile.gif

Oh and my sister gave me a Gimil and a Lurtz bookmark to add to my collection

Nieninque hope you enjoy your elven brooch, I have one too and I absolutely love it. I wear it a lot and have gotten many comments smilies/cool.gif

[Arathiriel]

I got the following LOTR items for Christmas:

Leather bound Edition of The Lord of the Rings (which looks like the Red Book of Westmarch) Music Inpsired by Middle Earth (an album by David Arkenstone) The Starlight Jewel - Songs from the Lord of the Rings & the Hobbit [/LIST]

All of these items are so cool and I've already begun to reread LOTR for the second time in the Red Book I got for Christmas!

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[ December 27, 2002: Message edited by: Arathiriel ]

[Diamond18]

I'm so spoiled! smilies/biggrin.gif

The Red Book copy of LotR
The Green Book copy of the Hobbit
The Silmarillion illustraited by Ted Nasmith
The 2003 Ted Nasmith calendar
The Elven Brooch from the movie (I wear it on a long silver chain instead of pinning it).
The TTT soundtrack.


BTW, Arathiriel, for my birthday earlier I got those David Arkenstone and Starlit Jewel CDs and I've memorized almost all the Starlit Jewel songs by now! I hope you enjoy them as much as I have been. smilies/smile.gif

[TolkienGurl]

Let me see...

Little LotR pewter figurines from my boyfriend: Sam, Merry, Pippin, Boromir, Aragorn, Gimli, Galadriel, and the Balrog
The Red Book Edition of LotR
New copy of the Silmarillion (which I am finally reading)
The Book of Lost Tales 1
FotR soundtrack
TTT soundtrack
A dark red journal with the Ring's Elvish lettering written in a circle in gold on the cover (and really nice paper, too!)
Gandalf the White action figure
Nazgul & horse action figures
The J.R.R. Tolkien Trivia Quiz Book
and money to buy more stuff!

[ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: TolkienGurl ]

[Eruwen]

Well, I didn't get that much LOTR related, but I did get 3 books (Book of Lost Tales 1, Book of Lost Tales 2, The Shaping of Middle Earth), the FOTR 2003 calendar (I already had this so I took it and made a collage out of the pictures), and I got this doll that is supposed to be an Irish princess doll but my mom said it looked like something Elvish so she got it for me. I have to admit it, it kinda did with the cloak and all. But that's all. Oh, but I did go see TTT over the break. So that is somewhat a really cool present for myself.

Edit: Oh, I forgot. How could I forget? I finally got the soundtrack for FOTR. But, I am taking the money I got to buy TTT soundtrack. So it all works out cool.

[ December 28, 2002: Message edited by: Eruwen ]

[Merri]

I still want the Evenstar necklace, but my mom refuses to "waste her money" on such junk . . . *sigh*

I did get a Lord of the Rings related journal though, and I got time to read the Silmarillion, finally

[The Shadow In The East]

I got the witch kings ring and the one ring. i had a very merry christmas

[Arwen Imladris]

I got:

Trivial Persuit: LOTR
Monopoly: LOTR
A LOTR Calandar
Tolkien's World from A to Z: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth
The LOTR:ROTK soundtrack

Ah yes, my family knows what is important to me. But none of them want to play Trivial Persuit with me because they know they will lose!

[Meela]

Rotk Soundtrack, a book of maps of Middle-earth, a volume of HoME, and a calendar. The rest I can buy with the money I was given.

[BethoHOG]

For Christmas, I got a Fellowship of the Ring poster with (REAL) autographs from Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Brad Dourif, Bernard Hill, Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortenson, Miranda Otto, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, and Elijah Wood!

Wow, I still can't believe my brothers got the signed version for me! I asked for just a poster, but they went ahead and got me the signed version which is over a hundred bucks (on eBay)! DEFINITELY the best Christmas gift I've ever gotten in the longest time!! smilies/biggrin.gif

Oh, I also got The Lord of the Rings trilogy book set.

[Jess]

Lucky.... I wish i got a present like that!

[Arcuwen]

That sounds like the greatest present, BethoHOG! You must have some great brothers!

So many LOTR presents this year! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif I got the silver one ring (from Noble Collection), the LOTR version of Risk, the 2004 TTT calendar, and the ROTK soundtrack! Can't you tell I'm just in heaven?

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:42 PM December 25, 2003: Message edited by: Arcuwen ]

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

I'm not exactly a novice or newcomer, but I just had to post... I've been dieing (sp???) for a chance to say about my present!

I am just in awe of what my mom got me... The Elvish pin from Noble Collection, the leaf-shaped pin that the Fellowship was given in Lothlorien. It's beautiful. I'm just in love. I think it's the best present ever! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif <~Very happy Azaelia!

And I got a couple gift certificates so at my first available opportunity I am going out to get the ROTK soundtrack, I have been (very impatiently) waiting for a chance to get to the store since I saw ROTK on Wednesday!

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:52 PM December 25, 2003: Message edited by: Azaelia of Willowbottom ]

[Orominuialwen]

Hmm. This year for Christmas, I got FotR:EE (I didn't own it yet), which was a joint present for me and my little brother (he's LotR-obsessed too, his name's High King Fingolfin on the 'Downs) and a elvish-looking necklace with leaves on it. Also, my grandma payed for all the fabric I bought for my Éowyn Halloween costume as a present. All my Hanukah present were also shared with my brother (my famly kelebrates both holidays). We got the RotK soundtrack, TTT:EE, and opening-day tickets to RotK. We also have accumulated approximately $75 (US) each worth of gift certificates to bookstores over various holidays. I can't wait to go drool over all their Tolkien books... Also, non LotR-related, I got a dvd of PotC. We stayed up until 12:30 am on Christmas eve watching it. smilies/evil.gif Tolkien's World from A to Z: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth That is a very cool book!

Who knows, I may yet get more LotR stuff. My friends and I generally give presents after Christmas is over. Hope springs eternal! Merry Christmas and God bless you!

[Knight of Gondor]

The main LotR-themed item I got this Christmas was the Aragorn Standee (http://www.lordoftheringscatalog.com/db/lotr/L2401.html). I already bought the Elven Brooch myself, when it was on sale for only $40!

I also got the Treebeard action figure, LotR Risk, and my siblings got some related stuff too. And I got the Middle-Earth maps set! You guys really need to get that, it's awesome!

[Iargwath]

Merry Christmas everybody smilies/smile.gif Well my Tolkien-related gifts were these:

A silver "One Ring" (very beautiful)
The Return of the King movie poster
An illustrated (by Allan Lee) Lord of the Rings book
And finally...tickets to see the Return of the King film (since the film is released today in Australia)...

[Arwen Imladris]

Tolkien's World from A to Z: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth

That is a very cool book!

I know! It is so good that everything is right there, and it has all kinds of stuff, not just from LOTR and the Sil, but stuff from UT, HoME and probebly some other stuff! My only complaint is that everything is all together, so for example, if I wanted to find the name of a place, and I didn't know what the first letter was, I would have to read the whole book. Which is such a tragedy I know. smilies/rolleyes.gif

I'm not exactly a novice or newcomer

Well, neither am I but hey, it is fun! Man, I've posted in this thread three times now! (Once was last year! Time sure flies when you're having fun!)

[Annalaliath]

I got an Eomer action figure and a Leggy pin from my friend Tam Tam. Our other friend John got me a Leggy poster, all I could say was, "but I'm not a Nazgirl." as I gently bopped Tam Tam's daughter in the head with it. My Ant-LOTR obsessive step-dad got me the soundtrack to the ROTK. And I got a total of $70 in Hastings gift cards from mom and my aunt Paula, all this and not counting my aunt Liz who bought me a Coca - Cola lamp....yargg I mean how nice.

I guess I can't complain. I Got Tam Tam a book mark with the ring on it even though I am the Tolkien obsessive, I even had it wrapped at the bookstore... I helped my mother pick out my Granny’s present, Frodo and Sam in orc suits. She loved them. She's a LOTR freak too, well both Mom and Granny are, but alas computers allude them.

[Finwe]

Unfortunately, I didn't get any Christmas presents, but that's a long story. I donated the $25 I was going to get from my mom, so that she could buy Christmas presents to donate to a nearby charity, so that they could give them to needy families. I think we bought a total of $60 worth of stuffed animals and toy cars. True, I really did want that RotK CD, or LotR Trivial Pursuit Game, but I don't really NEED them. Those kids really NEEDED those gifts. They were living without the most basic of necessities (electricity, water, etc.), and for the kids, it would be a horrible way to find out that there is no Santa Claus. Now that I look back, and think about what I did, I think that I did keep to the true spirit of LotR, to give of yourself as much as you can for the greater good.

[Sirithrodwen]

Well, these are the Lotr things I got for Christmas:

Nenya, from my Dad! smilies/biggrin.gif
The Return of the Shadow, from my brother.
A Two Towers 2004 calendar, from my Mom. Would have loved to have gotten the Ted Nasmith calendar, but hey. I'm not picky. smilies/smile.gif
My Mom also got my brother (who is also a Tolkien fan) and me the Lotr monopoly game, which we played last night. It was fun. smilies/smile.gif

[Samwise]

See my post HERE (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=000315)(pg. 10)

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 3:12 PM December 26, 2003: Message edited by: Samwise ]

[Sapphire_Flame]

Okay, I got:

Boromir/Lurtz action figures
Gimli "
Gandy the Grey "
Aragorn (RotK) "
Eowyn (RotK) "
RotK Game for GBA
Elven Brooch (cheapie $10 one)
T-shirt with Merry and Pippin on it smilies/biggrin.gif
$50, with which I plan to get an RotK calender and the LotR Risk game

mwehehehehehehehehehehehehehe smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[Goldberry]

Wow, Finwe, what you did is really cool. smilies/smile.gif

So far I've gotten two day-to-day calendars: one is the TTT Movie calendar, and one is a general Middle-Earth facts calendar.

By the way, I believe today is Kwanza, so Happy Kwanza to who(m?)ever is kelebrating that.

[Finwe]

Yay! My aunt (who's visiting) bought me the LotR Trivial Pursuit Game!!!!!


*Finwe, who is currently wearing the cheap version of the One Ring that came with the game, bounces around the room with glee*


I guess I did get a Christmas present after all! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Gorwingel]

Well Finwe that is very nice of you. Now I feel guilty about what I got. But that is nice you got the Trivial Pursuit.

I received...

-The Book of Lost Tales: Part 1
-The ROTK Soundtrack
-The 360 day TTT calendar
-The ROTK final poster (I now have all three, I feel kind of sad about it)

The poster is my absolute favorite, it also came with a small poster for the entire trilogy, which will be very easy to take around to hopefully get actors to sign smilies/smile.gif

[Elennar Starfire]

Well, mine's not so great, but it's cute!
A pocket pack of tissues and a movie ticket. (RotK, of course!)

[Arnostae]

I didn't get much LotR-related stuff - my family might humour me with some stuff, but they won't go so far as to buy me loads of related presents.

What I did get:

TTT day calendar
Bored of the Rings
The set of the books that has them in 7 different volumes (I didn't have my own set before, I just read my brother's)

And I bought the RotK soundtrack with some of my money, and went to see the film again with the friend who bought me the calendar.

[The Saucepan Man]

Merry Christmas one and all! smilies/smile.gif I hope that everyone had as wonderful time as I did.

Well, Father Christmas (or, I should say, my wife smilies/wink.gif ) certainly noticed my rediscovered Tolkien obsession this year.

My most prized Tolkien-related Christmas present is The Letters of JRR Tolkien, from my wife, which I have wanted for a very long time. My wife also gave me: A Helm's Deep Battle action set, with Aragorn, Legolas and Beserker Orc figures (yes, I'm just a big kid at heart smilies/rolleyes.gif ). Attack at Weathertop action set, with Nazgul, Frodo and Sam figures (yes, a really big kid smilies/smile.gif ). The Hobbit game for Playstation 2 (getting the idea just how big a kid I am?) smilies/biggrin.gif The Soddit - a parody of The Hobbit (haven't read it yet, but it should be fun if it's anything like as good as Bored of the Rings). Characters from Tolkien by David Day (I know Day doesn't have a great name here on the Downs, but the illustrations are good). A RotK Calender (to replace my TTT one).

Oh, and a mini-fridge to keep my beers cold and close at hand while I'm on the computer (ie the Downs smilies/biggrin.gif ).

From other family members, I got a Frodo wine goblet and a pack of LotR (film) playing cards.

And amongst the presents that I gave my wife were the RotK soundtrack and a LotR diary (with illustrations by Ted Nasmith).

All in all, a very Tolkien Christmas. smilies/smile.gif

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[piosenniel]

Oooh, Saucy. We need to stage a battle! Although we'll need a few more orcs. I received a Helms' Deep battle grouping of Theoden, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Haldir - along with a set of pint glasses and an assortment of winter ales.

[The Saucepan Man]

Oooh, Saucy. We need to stage a battle! Although we'll need a few more orcs.

Definately, Pio. And a few more Rohirrim too. I know that they were outnumbered, but my nice plastic Hornburg looks just a little bit too vulnerable with only Leggy and Aragorn defending it. Particularly as they provide no less than three spiky gunpowder ball things and two seige ladders (although only one Orc). smilies/biggrin.gif

I'm glad that you've got Theoden and Gimli. They were noticeably absent from my Helm's Deep set. But why Haldir, I wonder. smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

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[Annalaliath]

I used my gift cards to buy an animation magazine tht has a whole bunch of LOTR stuff in it, the Hobbit puzle and the Hobbit vidio game. My granny got two Sams so I got one and a movie guid.

[Knight of Gondor]

Boromir/Lurtz action figures

Gimli "

Gandy the Grey "

Cool! Where did you get those older Fellowship figures?

[Lady_Galadriel]

For Christmas I got some LOTR action figures, you know the ones I'm talking about (I got the gollum, aragorn and brego, merry and an orc,) and the LOTR monopoly game...

Also for my last birthday I got the Gandalf action figure and the LOTR Risk game and the FOTR cd cardz, and the FOTR movie soundtrack...

LOTR presents rock!!!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Ah, I knew we had a thread on this topic somewhere in the depths of the forum! I'd like to add three audio versions of Tolkien's works that I got for Christmas this year:

The Hobbit, LotR, and Tales of the Perilous Realm, all in English, the BBC productions! I very much look forward to listening.

[The Might]

nothing LOTR, but enough money to be able to purchase LOTR stuff myself :)

[Lalwendë]

Ah, I knew we had a thread on this topic somewhere in the depths of the forum! I'd like to add three audio versions of Tolkien's works that I got for Christmas this year:

The Hobbit, LotR, and Tales of the Perilous Realm, all in English, the BBC productions! I very much look forward to listening.

LotR - with that fabulous intro music! We keep saying we must sit down for a whole day and listen to that over again.

Strangely, no Tolkien for me this year because we have already got just about everything (sounds like a boast but it actually feels quite sad that there's not much to hunt down apart from special editions etc) but I did find a copy of Tolkien Studies 3 for davem, and also an old collected William Morris (not Tolkien, but of interest to fans!) in an antiquarian bookshop by York Minster.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Well, I finally got hold of The Road to Middle Earth by Tom Shippey. I've been constantly borrowing one from the Library for a while, so it was nice to actually get one.
Also, I got The Two Towers Complete Recordings. Is good! :smokin:

I didn't really get it this year, but I have The Battle for Middle Earth for the PC. I've not been able to play it until this Christmas when we at last got a computer that it would work on. Despite the fact that I was constantly saying how much this probably isn't what Tolkien had in mind, I found myself playing it for five hours straight. :D

[Damrod]

I got the ROTK movie, EE. Now I can see what all this Witch-King fighting Gandalf nonsense is about. Nothing Tolkien other than that, but I think I'll buy a certain couple of miniaturized Gondorians (http://us.games-workshop.com/games/lotr/catalog/images/faramir_damrod.gif).

[ninja91]

I got a pretty cool Tolkien 2007 calendar! Yay! :D

[Mithalwen]

I guess I could count my musical ticket .... and I was tempted to spend some of my present money on LOTR monopoly but noone would play with me I'm sure .....

Oh the radio version is wonderful ... maybe I'll do that on New Year's Day Lal ..play it all through... I wore out my original tape of the incidental music so I had to buy the Children's edition of the tapes to get it again (with Oz, wine buff Clark, singing Sam's songs as well as the Rohan laments (which were sung by Bill Nighy in the broadcasts). The Counter tenor soloist is quite well known as a member of the Hilliard Ensemble which you may have heard of Esty, since you are musical.

[Lalwendë]

I'm pleased it's Oz Clark and not the barking mad Gilly Goulden (what happened to her?). :D

There's a fair old cast of stars in the radio version. Ian Holm as Frodo, Michael Hordern as Gandalf (I loved him for doing Paddington!), John Le Mesurier as Bilbo, Peter Vaughan as Denethor (fabulous actor!), Simon Cadell as Celeborn (also seen in Hi-De-Hi!), Robert Stephens as Aragorn. Oh and James Grout as Butterbur, who sounds identical in his role as the policeman in The Box Of Delights - watched that through just before Christmas, it's wonderful.

[Mithalwen]

Yes.... Peter Vaughan is wonderful as Denethor ... Jack May who was Theoden was Nelson Gabriel in the Archers too ...

[mark12_30]

Merry Christmas one and all! smilies/smile.gif ......My most prized Tolkien-related Christmas present is The Letters of JRR Tolkien, from my wife, which I have wanted for a very long time.


Now that's love-- a truly great gift.

Oh, and the book is a prize too!

Monopoly game recipients: do you like it? I'm considering...

[Liriodendron]

I was excited about getting a new page-a-day calendar (from the movies) for 2007...I had one in 2004 and 2005 and really enjoyed them. Last year I said to myself...."get a life!" enough LoTRs movie stills :p ....so I got a boring garden page a day. Hated it! :D
So..... I got excited when I saw a movie calendar page-a-day box at the mall. But when I opened it up...each page has a very large, dumb ring....smack dab in the center (with the date # inside the ring ).....365 big rings :mad: bleah! Plus ...the pictures were rather dark and grainy...not beautiful like 2004 and 2005 calendars I had. Maybe I should look on the internet....

[Lalwendë]

Get the big format monthly calendar - illustrated by Alan Lee, it's lovely! And if you want something on your desk, get the matching desk diary. :)

[Thinlómien]

[QUOTE=Lalwendë]Get the big format monthly calendar - illustrated by Alan Lee, it's lovely![QUOTE]I and my sister got it too (from Noggie). It's really beautiful and lovely indeed.

I also got a few of HoME. My friend gave me The Lays of Beleriand and my father and his parents gave me both of Lost Tales, The Lost Road, Morgoth's Ring and War of the Jewels. Now I have something to read! :D

[Essex]

I'm not sure if we can advertise (and I don't work for them) - but if anyone wnats a late christmas prezzie and they haven't got it, then woolworths (in enlgand) are selling the ROTK extended edition for £3.99. Bargain!

Almost bought one (even though I've got it) cos my 8 year old keeps nicking my copy to watch on his dvd player!

PS - I got nothing LOTR related, but my boy got a load of Games Workshop figures (inlcuding the Mumakil at £50 for a bit of plastic! :mad: ) that I'm having to put together and paint for him...........

[Brinniel]

A few of my suitemates were thoughtful enough to give me a collector's edition card of Aragorn, as well as a copy of Unfinished Tales. I was quite excited- especially about the latter. :)

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I got:
Two books from the HoME
One poster (I have 5 that I am not using already)
and just before christmas my mom had been in Germany and brought me a small 2007-lotr calender

[Amras Oronar]

Well technicly I didn't get it for Christmas because I don't get presents at all for Christmas :D But for a Dutch very simulair thing called Sinterklaas (click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas for more information)

I got Unfinished Tales, including a Tolkien quiz book (with over 1000 questions :rolleyes: ) and The History Of Middle Earth volumes 1, 2 and 3, so that means The Book Of Lost Tales pt. 1 and pt. 2 and The Lays Of Beleriand.

[Calan]

Found myself with a copy of the Silmarillon, and the 'best of the Brothers Hildebrandt' calendar for '07 - January is Goldberry. And I still have to work through the HoME books I got last year, too!

[Liriodendron]

Ha ha! :) Those Hildebrandt bros are something....do you like it? (the calendar?) I'd like to see a Mucha http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/mucha.htm Goldberry......but he's long dead....so maybe I should attempt it. This whole calendar thing has me so bugged, I am half tempted to make my own...... :rolleyes: :D