The Collection Grows

[Alatáriël Lossëhelin]

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU to a certain Elf I know

Samwise: You’re more than welcome…I’m glad you like it. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

an almost unhealthy obsession with Frodo...The thing that put me over the threshold is my late purchase of Sting with Scabbard.

Lyta: I'm glad I'm not the only one with a Frodo obsession. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] And now that you have Sting, you may find that one sword is not enough... [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

Our best friends and my husband teamed up to find me LOTR Backgammon (definitely what they play at Edoras)

Helen: Ooooh, where did you find LotR backgammon? I don't think I've seen that in the stores.

Next question... do I want the United Cutlery Sting or the inexpensive one...?

Helen: Depends on what you want it for...the UC is better quality & is the licensed reproduction, so it's more collectible. I've seen the UC's on ebay for very reasonable prices, too.


Update: I've added a few things, not necessarily for Christmas. I took my grandchildren to see RotK last Saturday, and we went to Half-Price Books afterwards: I found an oversized hardback copy of Ted Nasmith's illustrated "Silmarillion" in pretty good condition. When I got home & looked closer, I discovered it was also a first edition. Also found a first edition of "Book of Lost Tales Part Two". I already had a first edition of BolT Part One that I bought years ago, but haven't been able to find a matching part two till now. They also had a book called "A Reader's Guide to The Silmarillion" by Paul Kocher. I don't know how good it is (never heard of it before), but it was only $4 so I figured, what the heck! As Christmas gifts, I got 3-inch individual action figures of Frodo, Sam & Legolas. I also got 6-inch figures of Aragorn (Pelennor Fields), Sam (orc armor), Frodo (orc armor), Gollum & Smeagol. Since I already have 2 each of Aragorn, Sam & Frodo, I'll be exchanging them for something else LotR-related. I also got the "There and Back Again" set of figures with Bilbo, Merry, Pippin, Sam & Frodo in their Grey Havens outfits, with a miniature copy of the Red Book. Since I only have the one set, I will probably exchange the 3 figures above for a second set to display.