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Child of the 7th Age · 12-28-2005, 03:12 PM

I also received the Reader's Companion Guide. I had wanted to wait for the 2-volume boxed set, but that doesn't appear to be out yet, at least in the US. I've been waiting two years and couldn't resist so put a bug in my husband's ear. I wonder whether I'll have the patience to actually plough through the thing or just use it for reference.

Other additions....My son got me an older Ballentine edition of Smith of Wooten Major to add to my collection, plus the Tudor Mint statue of Frodo and Galadriel came from a friend.

At least people don't have any problem buying for me, since they know exactly what I like.

Kath · 12-28-2005, 04:32 PM

Hooray! Got new copies of both The Hobbit (desperately needed since 3 chapters fall out when you read it) and LotR. Also got LotR Monopoly which we've already played about 4 times and it was very enjoyable!

wilwarin538 · 12-29-2005, 09:58 AM

For Christmas I got four HoME books. Return of the Shadow, Treason of Isengard, War of the Ring and Sauron Defeated. It was one of the first things I opened,it took my parents a while to convince me to put them down and open my next one.

So my collection is now:

~ The Modern Classics editions of all three LotR and the Hobbit
~ Paperback editions of The Sil and Unfinished Tales
~ a Legolas bookmark, an Aragorn bookmark and a Legolas and Gimli bookmark
~ 2004 TTT calender
~ The Hobbit computer game
~ The Palennor Fields Aragorn action figure
~ A TTT wooden pen and pencil
~ TTT T-Shirt
~ a Legolas poster
~ RotK poster puzzle
~ All three movies in the extended editions(in the very nice box)
~ LotR RotK jigsaw puzzle book
~ HoME(6,7,8,9)

Hookbill the Goomba · 12-29-2005, 12:41 PM

Christmas this year didn't add to my collection as much as in the past, but still, here be what I didst get.

- The Hobbit Unabridged CDs
- Tolkien: author of the Century, by Tom Shippey
- The Silmarillion White paperback
- The Sellamillion paperback
- The Battle for Middle Earth computer game (which I cannot get to work)
- The Silmarillion poster collection.

And that be it.

Elu Ancalime · 12-29-2005, 06:31 PM

I have a small collection, but its coming along nicley. Not a wholw lot though.

FotR
TTT }Individual books
RotK
The Atlas of Middle Earth
The Lost Road
The Language of Middle-Earth

TTT for GBA
RotK for GBA
The Third Age for GBA
RotK Extended Version on VHS

The One Ring<-it was only fifteen dolars, nothing special
The One Ring<-this one however, is a silver plated gold inscribed ring. youd be very surprised how i got this.(it was legal

)

The Two Towers edition Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli action figures

I have also made my own custom LotR legos(i am a huge lego fan, even though im probably way two old for them! i think it would be really cool if LotR and Lego made a deal)
and I like to boast my short sword!
(well its not an LotR sword, its an Iranian sword, but i like to think of it an Easterling's weapon}

And speaking of which have any of you seen the Treebeard w/Merry and Pippen figurine? I was browsing through the local Toy's R Us and i noticed all the Figures on one isle. He's HUGE! And he makes real ent grunting and mumbling sounds

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Bêthberry · 12-29-2005, 07:54 PM

No books or games for me this year (or tickets to theatre productions), but I did receive a very neat Lord of the Rings (movie) calendar. It's comprised of bookmarks, one for each month of the year, and featuring different actors/characters each month. It was a thoughtful surprise that came neither by sleigh nor by Internet but by snailmail. Now I think I shall have a special bookmark for most of my Tolkien books!

Lalwendë · 12-30-2005, 06:01 AM

I didn't get anything Tolkien related for Christmas! Though I did get to play that great game of course (the added bonus of buying a game for Christmas is that takes more than one person to play it!), and I was pleased that I chose it, so that was perfectly good enough for me.

But I did get davem two old 1970s vintage books from ebay. One is "Writers for the Seventies - JRR Tolkien" and the other is "Understanding Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings". Both have superb psychedelic cover art, the latter featuring a bizarre floating profile of Tolkien's head floating across a river, all painted in a Terry Gilliam style.

I nearly had to buy myself a new One Ring as just before Christmas I almost lost the silver one I always wear. We had left the cinema where we'd been to see the Narnia film, and were waiting for a tram to take us back into the city centre. At the back of the platform was a high fence with a large gap at the bottom, and a disused railway track. I rummaged out the tram tickets and swung my bag onto my shoulder and the ring somehow slipped off, and with a sickeningly loud clunk (like in the films), it rolled off into the darkness behind this fence. We couldn't see it anywhere, and then davem climbed over the fence and dropped onto the side of the railway track. Unable to see anything, he made a flaming torch out of some old newspaper he found lying there, so not only was he trespassing but he was also setting fires.

I told him to give up, and that it was lost and then he suddenly spotted the ring. As he climbed back over the fence we got some disapproving looks, but it did provide us with some One Ring based humour for all of...ooh...two or three hours.

12-28-2005, 03:12 PM	#1
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	I also received the Reader's Companion Guide. I had wanted to wait for the 2-volume boxed set, but that doesn't appear to be out yet, at least in the US. I've been waiting two years and couldn't resist so put a bug in my husband's ear. I wonder whether I'll have the patience to actually plough through the thing or just use it for reference. Other additions....My son got me an older Ballentine edition of Smith of Wooten Major to add to my collection, plus the Tudor Mint statue of Frodo and Galadriel came from a friend. At least people don't have any problem buying for me, since they know exactly what I like. __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.

12-28-2005, 04:32 PM	#2
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Hooray! Got new copies of both The Hobbit (desperately needed since 3 chapters fall out when you read it) and LotR. Also got LotR Monopoly which we've already played about 4 times and it was very enjoyable! __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

12-29-2005, 09:58 AM	#3
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	For Christmas I got four HoME books. Return of the Shadow, Treason of Isengard, War of the Ring and Sauron Defeated. It was one of the first things I opened,it took my parents a while to convince me to put them down and open my next one. So my collection is now: ~ The Modern Classics editions of all three LotR and the Hobbit ~ Paperback editions of The Sil and Unfinished Tales ~ a Legolas bookmark, an Aragorn bookmark and a Legolas and Gimli bookmark ~ 2004 TTT calender ~ The Hobbit computer game ~ The Palennor Fields Aragorn action figure ~ A TTT wooden pen and pencil ~ TTT T-Shirt ~ a Legolas poster ~ RotK poster puzzle ~ All three movies in the extended editions(in the very nice box) ~ LotR RotK jigsaw puzzle book ~ HoME(6,7,8,9) __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin Last edited by wilwarin538; 12-29-2005 at 10:03 AM.

12-29-2005, 12:41 PM	#4
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Christmas this year didn't add to my collection as much as in the past, but still, here be what I didst get. - The Hobbit Unabridged CDs - Tolkien: author of the Century, by Tom Shippey - The Silmarillion White paperback - The Sellamillion paperback - The Battle for Middle Earth computer game (which I cannot get to work) - The Silmarillion poster collection. And that be it. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

12-29-2005, 06:31 PM	#5
Elu Ancalime Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Anador Posts: 476	I have a small collection, but its coming along nicley. Not a wholw lot though. FotR TTT }Individual books RotK The Atlas of Middle Earth The Lost Road The Language of Middle-Earth TTT for GBA RotK for GBA The Third Age for GBA RotK Extended Version on VHS The One Ring<-it was only fifteen dolars, nothing special The One Ring<-this one however, is a silver plated gold inscribed ring. youd be very surprised how i got this.(it was legal ) The Two Towers edition Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli action figures I have also made my own custom LotR legos(i am a huge lego fan, even though im probably way two old for them! i think it would be really cool if LotR and Lego made a deal) and I like to boast my short sword! (well its not an LotR sword, its an Iranian sword, but i like to think of it an Easterling's weapon} And speaking of which have any of you seen the Treebeard w/Merry and Pippen figurine? I was browsing through the local Toy's R Us and i noticed all the Figures on one isle. He's HUGE! And he makes real ent grunting and mumbling sounds ________ Toyota corolla e70 specifications Last edited by Elu Ancalime; 03-03-2011 at 10:34 PM.

12-29-2005, 07:54 PM	#6
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	No books or games for me this year (or tickets to theatre productions), but I did receive a very neat Lord of the Rings (movie) calendar. It's comprised of bookmarks, one for each month of the year, and featuring different actors/characters each month. It was a thoughtful surprise that came neither by sleigh nor by Internet but by snailmail. Now I think I shall have a special bookmark for most of my Tolkien books! __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

12-30-2005, 06:01 AM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I didn't get anything Tolkien related for Christmas! Though I did get to play that great game of course (the added bonus of buying a game for Christmas is that takes more than one person to play it!), and I was pleased that I chose it, so that was perfectly good enough for me. But I did get davem two old 1970s vintage books from ebay. One is "Writers for the Seventies - JRR Tolkien" and the other is "Understanding Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings". Both have superb psychedelic cover art, the latter featuring a bizarre floating profile of Tolkien's head floating across a river, all painted in a Terry Gilliam style. I nearly had to buy myself a new One Ring as just before Christmas I almost lost the silver one I always wear. We had left the cinema where we'd been to see the Narnia film, and were waiting for a tram to take us back into the city centre. At the back of the platform was a high fence with a large gap at the bottom, and a disused railway track. I rummaged out the tram tickets and swung my bag onto my shoulder and the ring somehow slipped off, and with a sickeningly loud clunk (like in the films), it rolled off into the darkness behind this fence. We couldn't see it anywhere, and then davem climbed over the fence and dropped onto the side of the railway track. Unable to see anything, he made a flaming torch out of some old newspaper he found lying there, so not only was he trespassing but he was also setting fires. I told him to give up, and that it was lost and then he suddenly spotted the ring. As he climbed back over the fence we got some disapproving looks, but it did provide us with some One Ring based humour for all of...ooh...two or three hours. __________________ Gordon's alive!