so... hows your lord of the rings fan collection?

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?

Originally posted by Sifer
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?!