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Old 12-12-2000, 01:31 PM   #1
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<BR>I would like to see what kind of movie products they come out with for all three or even the debut of Fellowship. I would like to get my hands on some of the products to hold and keep in a collection of sorts, as I'm hoping the movie will be very popular. I myself work in a movie theater and might be able to get posters and such which should be worth a lot but I would like to see what else they come out with to raise hype for the movie.<br> <br> - Not Idly Do The Leaves Of Lòrien Fall <p></p>
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Old 12-13-2000, 02:45 AM   #2
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Welcome to the board, Gandalfer. <br> I believe that pictures of certain characters -- such as Gandalf, or the Nazgul -- will look very good and raise lots of attention for the movies. <p>Gwaihir the Windlord <I><A href="http://www.barrowdowns.com">the barrow-downs</A></I><BR> 'Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor,<BR> for the Realm of Sauron is ended for ever,<BR> and the Dark Tower is thrown down.'<BR></p>
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> i want an arwen action figure in my happy meal please. <p></p>
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Cringe.<br> <br> I hope it doesn't come down to that sort of thing. I really do.<br> <br> I mean, quality action figures are great, but happy meals are evil. I can just imagine how McDonald's advertising would completely ruin the whole thing. <p></p>
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Old 12-25-2000, 10:59 PM   #5
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> brace yourself. it is coming. i prefer not to think about it. <p></p>
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Old 12-25-2000, 11:12 PM   #6
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> I'd rather get a mounted Khamul, but I'm just wierd. <p>What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?</p>
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Old 12-26-2000, 02:52 AM   #7
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Ugh! I hate the entire concept of a movie anyway. But Aragorns and Galadriels with Happy meals.....SACRILEGE!!! <p>Not all those who wander are lost.</p>
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Old 12-26-2000, 04:30 AM   #8
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<BR> (un)happy meals</b><br><br> poorly made, tacky, plastic Gandalf figures. Eek!<br> <br> And of course, such things never feature the interesting characters. <br> <br> Well, as long as they don't try and do a Sauron figure. That would really suck. <p></p>
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Old 12-26-2000, 07:39 AM   #9
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> I'm not very happy with the movie idea to begin with,but the least they could do is try not to cheapen it by turning it into a cash cow. I don't really want to see action figures of the Nine Walkers and Mount Doom playsets. Why does it always have to come down to money? <p></p>
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Old 12-26-2000, 11:19 AM   #10
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Life sucks. <p>Sell crazy someplace else...We're all stocked up here. <a href=http://pub23.ezboard.com/bminasmorgul>Minas Morgul</a></p>
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Old 12-27-2000, 03:51 PM   #11
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<BR> Re: (un)happy meals</b><br><br> Poorly made, tacky, plastic Gandalf figures? I can't wait! But I'd still rather have Khamûl. <p>What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?</p>
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Old 12-27-2000, 09:01 PM   #12
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<BR> Re: (un)happy meals</b><br><br> I'm already cringing. A tacky Gandalf, a blonde babe as Galadriel and some Snow White dwarf as Gimli. And they say all Tolkien fans are dying for the movie to come. I, for one, hope it's never released. <p>Not all those who wander are lost.</p>
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Old 12-28-2000, 12:54 PM   #13
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<BR> Re: (un)happy meals</b><br><br> Personally, I like the people chosen to play all of those parts. I think they'll do a good job. Of course it won't be what we imagined, but nothing ever is. <p><p align=center>The woods are lovely, dark, and deep. <br> I am Administrator at <a href=http://pub43.ezboard.com/bfangornforest>Fangorn Forest</a>!<br> I am also a great fan of <a href=http://pub23.ezboard.com/bminasmorgul>Minas Morgul</a>.</p></p>
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Old 12-30-2000, 08:24 PM   #14
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Most of the characters are casted fairly well, but I still don't see how they're going to make a hobbit out of Elijah Wood. Yes, I've seen the pictures...I just don't get it. Elijah Wood and Hobbit do not go together in the same sentence. Oh, and how about an Action Figure Aragorn who does a Karate Chop at the press of a button? Heh heh... Or Denethor &quot;Play and Burn&quot; Pyre sets? MWA HA HA! <p></p>
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Old 12-30-2000, 10:10 PM   #15
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Now that would be wrong. It should be a sword-swing action. <p>What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?</p>
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Nah, kids aren't into that, it'd be karate chop. They'd have a life size Aragorn Sword playset though, with plastic shields. Heh heh, the advertising - &quot;bring the Pelennor fields to life in your OWN home!&quot; <p></p>
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Old 12-30-2000, 11:13 PM   #17
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> <blockquote><i>Quote:</i></b><hr> &quot;bring the Pelennor fields to life in your OWN home!&quot;<hr></blockquote><br> <br> I think my mum would've had a fit if I'd ever tried to do that as a kid... <p></p>
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<BR><br><br> The smoking discussion got me thinking: Special Edition hobbit pipes. Bubble pipes designed like those in the movies. Oh, OK, for the purists and carcinogenics, real pipes, too. But I think that would be the ideal movie product. It would certainly be the closest the tobacco industry ever comes to making money off of me! <br> <br> <p><i>The days are fated to be filled with marvels.</i></p>
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Commercialization is evil. Take Harry Potter. I like the books. I have nothing against the movie. But when I came home from the holidays, <i> everywhere I turned</i> there were HP figurines and games. Half the stuff my sister got for Christmas was HP-related. There's no escape! <br> <br> Fortunately, Tolkien, with an older, wiser foundation to support it, I think will be able to withstand a bit more before it becomes...tawdry? I dunno. Unfortunately, that probably means they'll feel safer to pile more on... <p><i>The days are fated to be filled with marvels.</i></p>
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Old 12-31-2000, 02:28 AM   #20
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<BR> Re: Movie Products</b><br><br> Hmm...Yes, my mother and my father would probably have something to say if I waltzed into my bedroom with a giant 6' Mumak model with Laser Arm Harads and Super Karate Chop Aragorn in my arms...not to mention the previously mentioned &quot;play and burn&quot; Denethor playsets...or the Mines of Moria Snakes and Ladders Game. Or Galadriel Ring Power Orc Destroying Figurines. Or Gandalf &quot;Old Man with a Walking Stick that he wields with Great Power&quot; figurines. ACK! <br> <br> Commercialisation is evil. That's why I like it. MWA HA HA! <p></p>
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<BR> Crappy toys</b><br><br> A toy company will jump and make crapy toys for kids and that sort of thing like Star wars and degrade the books even more. A fast food giant will proberbly buy the rights to put them in their childrens menu and that would be bad for the books beond measure.<br> But then this whole movie thing is going to be crap so I think the books will be more read but less thought about because Peter whatshisface's interpretation will be in everyones head. <p></p>
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Boy, you guys are such sticks in the mud. What is it like at your house, dictionaries and flash cards for Christmas and a celery stick for dessert? Didn't any of you play with Star Wars action figures? Did those action figures totally spoil the integrity of the Star Wars movies? Geez, LotR is a great work of literature -- I wouldn't be here in the first place if I didn't think it was -- but it's also a great adventure story and exactly the kind of thing that will fire the imagination of children (it did mine!). I used to buy LotR roleplaying game books and action figures, does that mean I somehow disrespected the prof?

So a few people will make a few bucks off of action figures, so what? Get over it. If they're cool, I'll buy some myself!
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<BR> Re: Crappy toys</b><br><br> Me, too, Mr. Underhill!! I'm going to buy every happy-meal they sell to get those Fellowship of the Ring toys! I'm going to shake my head as I do it, but I'm stoll going to do it. Because I'm crazy that way. <br> <br> And I'm still going to love Middle-Earth. <p>The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)<br> I usually haunt <a href="http://www.barrowdowns.com">The Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs <a href="http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi">Middle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>
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<BR> Re: Crappy toys</b><br><br> Yes!! I still have a lot of Star Wars toys, although I don't play with them anymore(too valuable) <p></p>
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<BR> They could be cool</b><br><br> I'll buy what I can get but I'd really rather have posters and pictures then toys. I went looking online for some LotR toys and what I found was disturbing. A very fat happy-go-lucky Frodo doll smiling so wide I thought his face would brake, compleate with pack-o-grear and lorien cloak. An equily discusting Sam, and nazgul who's face you could see. It was sad. <p></p>
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<BR><br><br> I'll probably get the Happy Meal toys, too. After all, what other reason is there to go to McDonalds besides the gimmicks? <p><i>Technology and bureaucracy have formed a conspiracy to make my life miserable!</i></p>
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<BR><br><br> It's certainly not for the food... blech. And Mrs. Wight loves the place I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but I can't wait to go to Burger King to get the Onion Rings of Power. mmmm mmmm <p>The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)<br> I usually haunt <a href="http://www.barrowdowns.com">The Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs <a href="http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi">Middle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>
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I may be in a distinct minority, but I find this kind of stuff hysterical.<P><A HREF="http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/7968" TARGET=_blank>Link</A><P>Speaking of tacky merchandise, my wife has been slowly building our collection of action figures. Her latest purchase, a talking Sauron with light up eyes and removable fingers. Hey, I like it.<P>H.C.
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Speaking of tacky merchandise, my wife has been slowly building our collection of action figures. Her latest purchase, a talking Sauron with light up eyes and removable fingers. Hey, I like it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If you ever decide you don't like it, send it my way. It sounds more like an intersting/unique collectable rather than tacky to me.
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I guess some other people found the 7-UP can funny too.<P><A HREF="http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/group/946" TARGET=_blank>Link</A><P>They have to be careful though, they may give the 7-UP folks ideas.<P>H.C.
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<A HREF="http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/8006" TARGET=_blank>Gollum Plush Doll</A><P>Now you have the ideal gift for your next baby shower. <P>H.C.
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I could not resist to bring this topic back into life.. what do you reckon? How bad has it become? <P>The whole discussion is kinda artifical for us down under as we have hardly anything. I am serious, just books, posters, action-figures. And cups. And ONE duvet set. That´s it. Have not even seen any post cards yet. But I guess you have got everything imaginable and unimaginable in the States, right? Anyone willing to send over a few things?<P>
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