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so if you all knew me better.... you would know im like INSANELY hooked on lord of the rings..... so i wanna know what collections other people have...

i wish u all could see my room, its covered in mainly LOTR.... my collection is huge. I have an autographed fellowship poster framed, i have the directors cut of fellowship on DVD (the box set)... i have the two towers on DVD. I have the origional paperbcks of the trilogy and the hobbit and the simarallion. My walls are covered in posters from the first 2 movies. I have the entire two towers action figure set in a showcase, and i have cardbord cut outs from movie adds... i also have replica's of arwens sword, aragorns sword, frodos sword, gandalfs sword, legolass bow and gimlis axe...... ( still need the witchkings) and how i have this much money to spend you might ask? variety of things; paychecks, presents, christmas etc.... LOL.

YAY! Im just sooooooooooo excited.... I went to the two towers on the midnight showing on the very first part of the first day coming out... and i get to do the same for return of the king.

by the way.... anyone live in oregon? portland maybe?

wow my collection is no where near that good lol... i did go to midnight showing of TTT, and i will for ROTK. I have like 4 diff types of the books, i have some of the action figures, a legolas t-shirt, and a keychain hahaha, i'm about to start back to school so i haven't been working so i have no money right now lol...

I have a bunch a posters and the ROTK one
but I have much more than that

wow that was quite the collection. This is probably the thread that is going to solidify our geekyness for sure, lol. well i have a couple posters, sting and glamdring, sideshow bust, every book from jrr and chris tolkien, audio books of silm. and LOTR, both dvd's of FOTR and a 2 towers dvd, Both PS2 games, plus a bunch of art work i did of the characters and stuff. I remember thinking how geeky it was but it kept balooning till i looked like a freak to people that came into my room, hehehe. I am really looking forward to the swords that are coming out here soon, but i think i should probably try and refrain from any more of them. also there is a ton of ps2 and computer games coming out that i am sure i wont be able to stop myself from getting.

I have the following:

Lord of the Rings Millenium Edition w/Audio CD (7 book Hardcover - very rare)
The Deluxe Editions of Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, The Hobbit & The History of Middle Earth Part I. (These are the leather bound editions of which there are only a 1000 of each in the world. The Hobbit has 2500 copies). I am getting The History of Middle Earth Part II & III to match in the next couple of months.
Gift Pack Editions of The Hobbit & The Silmarillion (w/Audio CD's)
Fellowship of the Ring Theatrical & Collectors Editions.
Special Edition Foil Embossed Map of Middle Earth Poster (very nice)

Soon to be:-

Two Towers Theatrical & Collectors Edition
The 2 matching books I mentioned above.
Anduril & The Witch King Sword
And more...

i actually have:
-collector version pf FOTR movie
book: - LOTR
-the Hobbit
- Fearies
- another trilogy (don't know how to say ''contes et legendes inachevees'' in english)
- Tom Bombadil's adventures
i have 3 action figures, official magazines, official coins, bookmarks, minibooks, a Hobbit's diary, posters (over 20) Nenya and THE ONE RING!!!! I'm sure i forget something...

wowee and i thought i was bad...

dont have that much really, but ill put what i have down anyway:

theatrical edition of FOTR

extended edition of FOTR (without the bookends tho )

TTT on copied dvd (which is a fantastic copy btw)

glossy photographs of much of the cast including Arwen, Aragorn, Legolas, Frodo, and pics of teaser poster of FOTR and TTT

solid pewter ornament thingies of Gandalf, Aragorn and Frodo, worth a fortune and come with these beautiful crystals set with them

plenty of posters in my bedroom (all the above is decorated around the house... people think we're kinda strange when they visit... ) many of which are of Frodo (cause like, im gonna marry Elijah.... ) and some of Aragorn, Legolas and Gandalf

hardback of Lord of the Rings

Paperback of the hobbit, the silmarillion, and book of unfinished tales

and i also have the neclace that Arwen wears and gives to Aragorn, i dunno if it has a name but i have that also and wear it most of the time cause its just gorgeous....

oh and i also have a couple of the modles, i got Legolas, Lurtz, Frodo and Sam

and the teatrical and extended version of TTT when they come out, shall have them too

hmmmm my LOTR collection is gonna be complete next year.when i order the full movie boxset, i'll order my posters and jewelry one time tooo
right now i have the movie scripts to FOTR and TTT
I need only 3 more book to have the ENTIRE middle earth series.

I have 4x4 ft maps of middle earth
All the trailers,

cool! Tiger Lily, the name of Arwen's necklace is the Evenstar (or Undomiel like her name) I'm just jealous you have it grr!! And i LOVVVVEEEEEE Elijah woooooood!!!!!!!

Fini: What editions of the books do you have?

i have folio junior's edition (in french) all my book are in french..

I have Trading Cars, the movies, both extended and regular version on both vhs and dvd. I have a sword with an elvish name to it, I do archery....I speak Sindarin Elvish, and write it. I am writing a fan fiction that is about 12 pages in length and isn't even halfway done yet, I have a Sindarin Dictionary on both my computer and in a book. I have read the trilogy twice and own Them, including the Hobbit, I own, The Silmarillion, Return of the Shadow, the War of the Ring, The languages of Tolkien's Middle Earth, The Treason of Isengard, and I bought a Light up Sting from Walmart so my boyfriend can bring it to the Theaters when we dress up, and yes, I even have a boyfriend who looks liek a Hobbit. Seriously..looks like a Hobbit. He's got more curly hair than any hobbit I've seen. Oh, and I am growing my hair out to elven length for the Rotk movie, and I've got almsot 20 people going with me the night it comes out..one is coming all the way from Ohio just to be with us and Dress up. Here's the character's I can think of at the moment, who's going with us.
Eowyn
Dernhelm (and Eowyn in desguise!)
Arwen and Aragorn
Galadriel
Frodo
Gandalf the White
A Rohan Shieldmaiden
Mithrael (my own elven Mirkwood Character)
Celeblaith (another Mirkwood elf)
The Witch King.

And we're still deciding on other people's costumes because we've run out of things for people to dress as.

Oh and I've made Lembas and Honey Butter, 'tis quite good.
I own both the Soundtracks, I have two Legolas Posters, and own a Frodo poster. I am a ruler of Mirkwood on a Lotr Roleplaying forum, and constantly Roleplay over Aim.
I go out in the woods sometimes with my Boyfriend and we take puctires in my elven costume, which I made every single little piece of! It consists of Brown Boots, a gray cloak, (ok so I didn't make the riding pants) I have dark grey riding pants...or brown, whatever I choose that particular day. a Belt..yea I made the belt. I made my own Gauntlets..out of nice warm leather fabric. I'm in the process of making a hairpiece for myself. and I made my own Quiver.


With Lord of the Rings, Obsession is an Understatement.

Oh and one more thing..I even talk elvish to people even if they don't understand it...and I've watched the Fellowship so many countless times..that I can quote and write every last word to it. I've got quite an extensive knowledge of EVERY last bit of History and race of Middle Earth. And Just plain out Anything About Middle-Earth and Tolkien in General.

Oh and another thing. My mother is the Hieght of Frodo...I think..he was ..like 4ft 10 right? Cuz My mom has curly hair and she's 4ft 10..whereas my dad is 6ft..So I'm always off telling people I'm half hobbit half Elf.

wow, thats quit a bit. i try and hide my afinity for LOTR but you put it all right out there, nice. frodo's height is quit a bit shorter then 4'10" if i remember right, merry and pippen grew to be around 4'6" which was huge for a hobbit (they drank the ent draught). thats impressive you speak sindar, i wish i had the motivation to learn it.

Ohh..I know about Merry and Pippin..in Fact I tell my Boyfriend he Drank Ent Draught and that's the only reson he doesn't look like a normal Short Hobbit. heehee..oh and I forgot one more thing..I rule on another forum, Mirkwood Again..as you can tell I have thing for it...and I have a little Aragorn Action Figure..^_^

Oh and one more thing..I even have about five Aim and Email's Lotr Related. The one I use more commonly is Mirkwood Elf 7 and Silvan Elf 7 ...and the Email is ElvenLight ..HobbitAtHeart..something of the Like.

And my one other friend from San Diego is flying out here to watch the Premiere of Return of the King with us and is also dressing up.

wow.. that a huge list! I'm very happy to have found something crazy as me! My friends are calling me Isilwen (Lady of the Moon) but also Arwen.. And i speak Quenya (learning it).. My room is covered in poster and i don't know where to put them! I've write the runes of Moria's doors on my room' door. I've made a cloak. I place my hair Elf-like and i LOVE my Ring... Preciouss... I'm writing 3 fanfictions (and other will come) And Faramir, Legolas and Gimli's actions figures. And the map. I'm actually learning people's family by heart...

Frodo's 4'2''.. Just in case...

How do you make Lembas??? I would like to made it...
Namarie Quendendil! Nai in elen cala varya le!

I don't know if I've got as much as you guys, I definitely haven't got any swords or jewelery 'cos I can't afford them, but I really want the Evenstar, Nenya and Sting!

O.K. this is what I have got:
about 4 posters from Fellowship
2 posters from TTT
a really huge WHSmith display poster...can you believe they were going to throw it away?!
action figure of Aragorn from Fellowship
the four sets of movie cards
the Lord of the Rings book
the Silmarillion
The book of unfinished tales
The hobbit
the hobbit illustrated by Alan Lee
the LOTR illustrated by Alan Lee
The FOTR collector's box set
lotr radio production
scripts for FOTR, FOTR extended, TTT
both soundtracks (although I got TTT limited edition one, so I want the FOTR limited ed. to match)
loads of magazine cuttings
LOTR animated 1978
hobbit animated
ROTK animated
and CDs of all the trailers, documentaries and screensavers from the official site and all over the internet.

Wow, that is quite a bit actually, and yet my room doesn't look like a shrine to LOTR, does admitting this make me extremely sad?!!!

hmmm not to attack anyone but imo lotr never was about action figures, posters special editions or anything like that...
that all came later on as purely commercial gain.
I'm glad they made the movies cause now the stories can touch so many more ppl who do not want to read.

but all other stuff is really just commercial gain imo and I don't want to participate in any of it.

All I have are 3 fellowship posters my friends gave me,
two copies of LOTR (one special belgian edition) (one very old edition which was from my grandmother)
FOTR DVD, FOTR extended DVD
TTT VHS (didn't want to spend the money on the normal DVD anymore)

BTW Mithrael you ever did a LOTR LARP?

I agree, it is all about financial gain and all the merchandising is so not what my love of LOTR is about, everything that I have I use to remind me of the books when I haven't time to read them and I think that it is a good thing to immerse yourself in the world of LOTR as the books have such a profound message. I don't think anybody here is collecting LOTR to fatten the wallets of the big cheeses in Hollywood, they are collecting the merchandise because it brings them closer to Middle Earth, because they want to keep souvenirs of what is ultimately a part of cinematic history or maybe just because they want to, and personally I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

P.S. isn't everything these days about commercial gain to someone, you participate in it whenever you buy anything, don't you? Just a thought?!

maybe

but when I buy something I usualy need it
if I would buy something I don't need then I'd hate myself for it

and sometimes I don't mind the commercial gain, like of JRR was still alive and a part of every lotr product would go to him I wouldn't mind cause he bloody well earned it but he isn't so, no buying for me

All i have is the ring.. my mom found it on the track one day when she was walking

all of u have LOTR collections that make me envious! i dont have any of that stuff..only the theatrical DVDs for FOTR & TTT.and ill be getting ROTK of course.oh,ive also got the FOTR soundtrack lol. But i have a really old copy of LOTR that everyone has now read in my family.).i think the book has more value than all these commercial products.but then again i can understand why u guys get so obssessed-the book & ideas and the worlds and races are so fantastic!!!!!!

hehe I agree the book itself has more value than any other product

it sure does,but its funny how people have gone so far as to buy repilcas of the swords-thats what im worried about:0

why you worried about people buying the swords? i agree with you though the books are the most valuable just because they are the true vision of tolkiens work, not PJ's. though PJ's vision is in my opinion probably pretty acurate, but still not the original.

Yep, you are so right!

Indeed, my collectors editions are all worth triple the value each now from when I bought them

Wow! Your mom's very lucky! I'd like my mom to find Sting on the track.. that would be cool, won't it?

watch out, just finding a ring on a track by chance seems very suspect to me, perhaps you were meant to find the ring, and that is a very incouraging though, j/k......

lol

Im getting the evenstar

good for you

thanx

Anybody know how much the Narsil sword costs?

I have everything but the swords. I also have some of the middle earth figures Bilbo Gandalf and Gollum. They do a barrow wight and balrog but I couldn't find them in Blackpool.
I also have a fullsized Gandalf and lots of mugs!!!!

i've got:
FotR Dvd Platinum edition
Da LotR books
LOOOOads of posters
a scrap book of all da articals etc i've seen
Lotr FotR Cd
FotR Pc game
TTT DVD
Lotr War hammer people things
Gandalf mug

i'm gunna get their autographs coz i'm meeting dem in Dec., coz i'm going to da Premiere, (not just standing behind da barriers, but infront).

I'm going to da Natural History Museum in London when da LotR exibition opens there...later in da year

hey man i love this trilogy but i dun waste my time collecting all these things i dun need !!! i will get all the extended versions of course! >=D

Let me think:
I have a LOTR:TTT poster signed by 19 of the cast... I have a special first day New Zealand stamp set, I have some of the action figures, I have hundreds of the different collectable cards... I the FOTR DVD TE, the FOTR DVD EE, and the FOTR DVD CE, I have it on video too. I have the LOTR:TTT DVD TE... plus more posters and magazines and some of those LOTR bust things Tomy released... I've got board games. My son has hundreds of those Games Workshop figures and the PS2 Game... I've got the LOTR script watch that you can buy from the fanclub... I've got the both FOTR & the TTT music CDs...

That's all I can remember so far... If I think of anymore I'll edit this post.

I agree with kimmii

I only collect the stuff I really want...

ic ur choice....lol

Yeah, I probably won't be buying much more now anyway, I need to save some money, I have plans for it...

kool.....just dont waste 2 much money on these things! lol
btw could u help me out?! y isnt my siggy showing?! lol

sigh !!!.........i'll buy EVErything once i finish university, i'm too broke to even shop online................dont worry FEDEX is gonna know where i live soon enough

You just need to take out the " thats in there, and I'm not entirely sure but I don't think you can have those width things in there either, I'd take those out, something like this should work:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/181130/myart.jpg

Obviously with no spaces in the IMG tags.
If you have anymore problems PM me and I'll try and help.

hey thanks man! i appreciate it!

No problem.

I enjoyed the movies,they were without a doubt some off the finest fantasy adventures to emerge from Hollywood but i do not have much film merchandise with the exception of the PS2 game of The Two Towers,The First Two Films (on DVD) and The Trilogy of books not to mention the free cup i got for pre-ordering the FotR.

PANTS!!! my entire message just deleted itself!!!!!¬!!!!!!!!!!!!


rest assured, i am SCARILY obsessed!

its so annoying - it was a funny message!

I have the EE version of FOTR and waiting for EE TTT.

I do have an picture of Aragorn on his horse next to my computer

Oh dear, you shouldn't have asked that!

Ahem...

1.) A cardboard cut out og the hobbits
2.) A display that I was given from a shop
3.) A TTT advert that I was given from a shop
4.) 3 LOTR calendars for 2003
5.) 7 posters
6.) The One Ring
7.) FotR and TTT Visual Companions
8.) Movie guides, other movie books etc.
9.) Top Trumps cards
10.) 4 pencil cases
11.) Pens
12.) Duvet cover
13.) A hobbit dress (my mum made me one for a fancy dress party!)
14.) FotR and TTT movies (of course!)
15.) The 1970's version on video!
16.) Puzzle games
17.) TTT film cells
18.) Billy Boyd's autograph
19.) The soundtracks
20.) Key rings
21.) Socks
22.) Bunting/banners that I got from a shop!
23.) Countless magazines with related articles
24.) 2 ringbinders full of articles/pictures etc.
25.) Trading cards
26.) Elf ears (!)
27.) Collectable stamps
28.) Sticker albums
29.) Drinks flask
30.) Mugs
31.) Rulers/erasers/pencils etc.

32.) Countless desktop images
33.) Journals/diaries
34.) Also, tickets to the LOTR exhibition and permission form my mum to be taken to the premiere!
35.) Oh, and of course THE books themselves!

Ok, can't think of anything else at the moment off the top of my head so I'll shut up and go away!

Oh, and I forgot LOTR TTT game

Wow that is a list, Camellia!!

Lol, yes I know Hypernova. I'm one of those people that I think you would call, um...what's the word? SAD! LOL

Nah, I'm just a typical 15 year old girl who spends her money the moment she gets it!

Anybody collects the LOTR miniatures by Games Workshop (Warhammer)?.. I do. And believe me, it's a great way to relive the scenes on the movies.

I havent got so many filmfan-stuff, more books... but I dont even know what exactly I have

I mean, I have tons and tons of pictures, posters and articles and nearly all of my free space on my computer is used for LoTR-stuff, but miniatures or something.

Ive also got the One (silver), loads of stickers and calendars and stuff, but the main things of my collection are my 26 (or 27??) books by and about Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings, CDs - Soundtrack and TolkienOrchestra - , and my collection of about ten of my LoTR-cinema-tickets

My parents think I'm totally crazy spendin all my money on LoTR-stuff... most of the books are soooo expensive