Favourite LOTR Things

[allsirgarnet]

Do any members have any "things" to do with the LOTR that they cosider special either on their own or to themselves?,such as books,games,momentoes and such.

I have 3,

1) 1969 limited edition one volume copy of the Trilogy on Bible paper,much rumpled and dog-eared from over use (still reading it even now).

2) Board game called "'War of the Ring" by S.P.I. from the late seventies ,mainly strategy and very detailed.

3) Board game called the "Fellowship of the Ring" from the early eighties with huge numbers of dice,cards and RPG type stuff.

Incredibly i bought all three myself.

Anything of interest anyone?

[luinilwen]

lol i don't even own my own copy of LOTR! although the copy i have (but don't own) has the original illustrations by tolkien on the covers. the paper has browned considerably!

all i have is a LOTR year planner i got free with a newspaper with a still from the movie. oh yes, and labels for school books. pity i'm no longer at school :)

[samwise of the shire]

It's hard to choose form all the LOTR stuff I have. My calendar is just wonderful and so is my movie poster but I guess I like my LOTR poster that my Mom used to have as a teen(she found it online and realized it was the one she had as a teen and bought it and gave it to me), my handmade homemade "Hobbit"standard and my Gondorian standard, and of course my boxed hard back set of LOTR and my illustrated hardback The Hobbit. I LOVE reading out loud from the Two Towers in different accents and all that. It's alot of fun.
Sam

[FrodoFriend]

I love my copy of LotR. It's the one-volume version, and I've decorated it with pictures that I've drawn and pics from the movie, and written all over it in Elvish . . . but I also have some really cool LotR bookmarks and a hat that I wear a lot and I shirt I wear to bed (hopefully it will bring me LotR dreams!). My copy of the Hobbit is really nice too, blue with a silver Smaug on the cover, with Tolkien's drawings in it.

[Renille]

My soundtrack and my copies of the LOTR, the Unfinished Tales, and the Hobbit. I have the movie-one volume version of LOTR, and I love going through it, reading where I feel like it, or highliting especially memorable parts.
Pretty soon, I'm going to get real walls in my bedroom and paint Lothlorien on one side, the Misty Mountains on another, and Hobbiton on the third. (I don't know what I'll do with the fourth yet. I also don't know how this project will go as I can't draw...)
Then my room will be my favorite LOTR thing!

[Laurelyn]

The books (I have one of each of the trilogy, a copy of the Silmarillion, and the Hobbit, and then I safekeep my dad's books)
and my door. The side of my door that faces my room is covered with LotR pix, printed out drawings, ect. Unfortunately, I can't expand where I put that stuff, 'cuz my mom would notice, but . . .

[Earniel]

I do have my own copy of LOTR, but since the family copy is read to pieces, my copy kind of stopped being my copy and turned into the family copy.

But with I consider special to LOTR as that it kept me drawing and actually wanting to improve, and I did, in fact I still am. The irony is just that although LOTR kept me drawing I never once -until now- even considered drawing a lOTR-scene. Tipically.

[Nameless]

I recently got a 'postcard' book of Tolkien illustrations. For those of you who don't know, this is a small booklet that contains tear out postcards of Tolkien illustrations. If you wanted, you could write on the back and send them to a friend!

Well, I tore a few out, and put them in little glass frames, and hung them in a group on the wall of my lounge room.

This small group of pictures has generated so much conversation amoungst my friends and family. I never knew that so many of them have read the Hobbit and LotR. Read and enjoyed! Sooo many closet Tolkien fans!!

After the books (which I have read until they are falling apart), that little postcard book would have to be my favourite 'Tolkien' thing!!

[galadriel]

For Christmas I got the most wonderful journal full of LOTR illustrations. Problem is, now I'm afraid to write in it: it's just too nice looking as it is!

[FrodoFriend]

Oooh, galadriel, you have the journal?? I love that thing! My friend has it too, and I'm madly jealous.

My mom got me the LotR movie collector's card. They're really cool, they go in order with scenes from the movie and have the story written on the back!! It's like having a condensed version of the film at home!! :)

[athelas]

My new illustrated Tolkien encyclopedia!!!!:D ( strokes cover gently.......precioussssss.... my preciousssss..... )

[Arathorn]

athelas,

is that the colored one or the black&white one? I have the former.:)

[athelas]

Its the coloured one.....:D

[Arathorn]

Did you see the portrait of Luthien? That was a smart move, though a cop-out. heheh If he showed her face he would've gotten tons of critiques however he draws her. Too many beholders to impress.

[athelas]

Yeah, I only see her hair.....What's with the bat wings though? Loved the illustrations of the Anduin, Gollum, Numenor, Nazgul, the Woses, Sam and Shelob.....and many others I would like to list.:D
But the one of Grima Wormtongue was....terrible. He looked like a cross between Russell Crowe in Gladiator and WWF's The Rock!:eek:

It's a great book. Really cleared up the confusions I had about Arda, the timeless halls, the encircling seas etc. while reading the books.

[Arathorn]

I think the batwings are there to show that she changed into a large bat when she escaped from her father to save Beren.

A no. of scenes from the movie are based on paintings which are included in the book. I was scratching my eyes when I first saw the Argonath and the Falls after in the film. I said, Deja vous to myself; and I'm not french even.

[bropous]

Hmmm. Collectibles over the years:

1. Hildebrabdt Brothers Calendar, 1977. Got this calendar when I was first reading the LotR. Cut it up and taped the pics all over my walls. Wish I had held on to it intact.

2. LP Album: "JRR Tolkien Reads and Sings "The Silmarillion" and "Lord of the Rings", Caedmon Records, 1977. Got this that same Christmas. Old recordings of JRR reading selections from Beren and Luthien, mostly the parts about Huan and Sauron's prison at Tol Sirion, as well as Luthien's singing at the throne of Morgoth and the Slaying of Cacharoth. Also includes portions of "Treebeard," with the Professor doing all the "hoooom barrooooom" stuff, and his accents for Treebears, Merry and Pippin! Also includes the Professor reading in Elvish [Quenya or Sindarin, I cannot tell]. Absolutely fascinating!

3. Map: Middle-Earth, "original" Christopher Tolkien drawing, which USED to be the map in the LotR books, taken from a volume of "Unfinished Tales". Laminated, 16"x24".

4. Soundtrack: "The Hobbit", Rankin-Bass production. I had had "The Hobbit" on my bookshelf for several years, a gift from my eldest sister, when I read somewhere that the thanksgiving of that year would see a world premiere TV version of the book, and I snatched the old dogeared paperback from my shelf and devoured it the week prior to Thanksgiving. I was hooked immediately and started forthwith to hunt down LotR. Led me to purchase the album, featuring voices of John Huston and Otto Preminger.

5. Soundtrack: "Lord of the Rings" [Ralph Bakshi version].

6. Belt Buckle: Brass, Gandalf withhead wreathed in smoke. 1981.

7. Iron Crown RPG modules: Tower of Cirith Ungol and the Dead Marshes.

8. Video: "JRR Tolkien: Master of the Rings: The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings", Cromwell Productions, 2001. Two-video set with interviews with JRR, as well as Father John Tolkien and Priscilla [?] Tolkien [I may have her name incorrect].

Actually I have a LOT more stuff from Mystery Science Theater 3000 [over 60 video episodes]. Oh, and somewhere is a recording of some Middle Earth stuff by Bo Hanssen [?].

[Arathorn]

My most prized possession will always be an old 1970's copy of Fellowship (green covered with a symbol of an eye) which my late dad owned. I never saw the other volumes but it has sentimental value.

I also own:
1. another set of LOTR (black-covered and with a small painting of 1 or 2 characters in front cover)

2. The Hobbit (same edition as above, I think)

3. A late 90's full version of LOTR which I got in singapore last june

4. The Silmarillion (80's edition with a picture of numenor getting swallowed by the sea)

5. Unfinished Tales (beige covered with a hooded fellow)

6. Tolkien Reader

7. Colored Illustrated Tolkien Encyclopedia

8. Guide to Middle-Earth

9. Premiere Ticket Stubs (to be laminated, heheh)

[Menelvagor]

hmmm.. lets see.

I have the Ballentine Books boxed set of the Hobbit and three volume LotR that everyone seems to have. Also the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales (I just got it! Yay! :) ) in that same edition. hmm... hoooom hom... I guess that's it for that type of thing. Oh, wait... I also have a book called Realms of Tokien, it's all fan art from different scenes with excerts from the story to go along.

[KGamgee]

Originally posted by Renille
My soundtrack and my copies of the LOTR, the Unfinished Tales, and the Hobbit. I have the movie-one volume version of LOTR, and I love going through it, reading where I feel like it, or highliting especially memorable parts.
Pretty soon, I'm going to get real walls in my bedroom and paint Lothlorien on one side, the Misty Mountains on another, and Hobbiton on the third. (I don't know what I'll do with the fourth yet. I also don't know how this project will go as I can't draw...)
Then my room will be my favorite LOTR thing!

THAT IT SUCH A COOL IDEA!!!!!!
My favorite LOTR item is just my books...I read out of them every night.

[Evenstar]

Everyone has made me want to go shopping!!! Where did you get a diary from???? And I want the calendar!!! I can tell that I am going to be broke tomorrow!! :(
I own the books and I kept the tickets when I went to see it!!! They are going in a frame!! I like some of the pictures that I drew of Gandalf and Gimli...but I would feel too concieted if I framed them!!! :D

[Earniel]

Oooh the calendar! I wanted the calendar too! Every year since 1997 I always had a Tolkien calendar, when I went to buy one for this year it was sold out. I made quite a quest of my own for it. Result: one entire day one the road, very weary feet and nooooo calendar. definately a drawback from the movie...no one was hardly ever interested in those things. Next year I'll buy him in September come hell or high water!

[eowyn144]

my fave is my only copy of lotr. its supposedly new but if u saw it u would say it loks about 50 yrs old!the cover is falling off, half the pges are bent, crumpled or ripped, it has several interesting stains on, and the spine is so bent i am actually afraid it will break.
i also have my ticket stubs!5 in total. arathorn-did u go to the premiere?if u did wow!!!!!!ur very lucky! if u didn't then oh.neva mind.

[Arathorn]

I did in manila eowyn144. It was so quiet, everyone in the theatre was hanging on to every line. And most people, me included, almost levitated to the next row when Bilbo went bug-eyed.:)

[StrawberryIcecream]

I have a 50th anniversary editon box set of all of the books including the hobbit. Its quite worn out though from all my families reading over the years

[Glorious Glorfindel]

i have the books 2!!!
they are also creased and worn, and i have ordered a calender off the web, well 2 in actual fact!!
they have sum REALLY cool pics in, u can also get sumthin like a student planner or sumthin, but it looks really good also
my other prized posesion is mycopy of silmarillion, which i STILL havn't read, and my Grandads copy of The Hobbit, which is currently lost sumwhere, in the depths of my room

[Nameless]

I just got the CD set of the BBC LotR radio production. This is way too cool!! I've already listened to the first 3 CDs. At the moment this is my favourite Tolkien thing....

[Glorious Glorfindel]

cool!
i wanted 2 get the CD's, but i really can't afford it right now!
i've spent so much money on other LotR things like books, calenders, posters and going 2 c the film 4 times doesn't really help my cash flow situation!
:D :D

[Pailan]

My favourite Tolkien stuff, well... that's hard to say.

Number one has to be my 1972, paperbacks of LotR with Tolkien's art on the front and his picture w/ pipe on the back.

Second is the calander from 1975, featuring the art work of Tim Kirk. January has THE BEST rendering of Smaug I have ever seen. And between June and July is a center fold of Bilbo meeting Gandalf and his door. (Nicely done pipes!) Tim Kirk's art remains among my favourites.

And number three is my First edition/first printing, hardcover of the Silmarillion.

And fast rising in my collection are the four Buger King lighted goblets. Lousy ad, great product.

[Khadrane]

I like my new edition one volumed version of LOTR (the one with with a Nazgul on the front) It's the only thing I ever won. Besides my poster of Frodo I won in the same contest.

[Earenya]

I have been looking for the old '73/ '65 paperback editions. Any suggestions? The old bookstores here have been cleaned out.

[Pailan]

You can snag those items on an auction site like eBay or Amazon.com auctions. Sometimes they are available for a good price too. Good luck.

[eowyn144]

ooooooo!i just found out that my dad has a really old 1971 edition of lotr!its a plain brown hardback book and its now my favourite (and oldest) lotr thing

[Earniel]

Does any one else has the Tolkien Bestiairy of David Day? It was the very first Tolkien-thing I came in contact with. I even remember the first time I read it (about 9 years ago, that's LONG in my book) Technically it's still my dad's but it has been residing in my room for say... 5 years ever since I read the Lord of the Rings. :)