The Collection Grows

[Alatáriël Lossëhelin]

Alas, I must resist all temptation until payday, but I now have ten figures!

See if this link works to the page with the Tolkien stamps. I've just discovered they are buyable online.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/...s&product=AP234

Lalwendë: Ten figures!! Good for you! Thanks for the link to the stamps...I've bookmarked for later reference as, like my good friend Samwise, I too am unable to spare the funds at the moment.

[mark12_30]

Does collecting LOTR-themed songbooks count?

The Starlit Jewel songbook (very good!)-- ordered online, well worth it.
Second edition (wierd pink cover) of The Road Goes Ever On (Swann)-- ebay purchase-- yuck, it smelled like smoke! It's hanging out in the garage til it airs out!
Latest edition (black cover w/CD ) of The Road Goes Ever On (Swann)-- new copy ordered from UK. Happy Helen.

...and... I *just* ordered all 3 movie songbooks on Amazon. (Helen does little dance of glee anticipating the coming riches.)

Someday, maybe I'll add to that, a good clean printout of the filk I've found online... the good stuff. Most of the satire leaves me cold, but there is enough heart-wrenchingly good filk-music out there to keep me looking...

And maybe someday I'll add to *that* a printout of the other canonical songs that I've finally learned tunes for!

[Alatáriël Lossëhelin]

Latest edition (black cover w/CD ) of The Road Goes Ever On (Swann)-- new copy ordered from UK. Happy Helen.

...and... I *just* ordered all 3 movie songbooks on Amazon. (Helen does little dance of glee anticipating the coming riches.)

And maybe someday I'll add to *that* a printout of the other canonical songs that I've finally learned tunes for!

Helen: Of course it counts...it's Tolkien isn't it?!?! When you say "songbook" do you mean like books with sheet music (for those who are gifted enough to actually read music)? The Swann cd--is that someone playing/singing the Tolkien songs? Movie songbooks: does it include all the music from the 3 films? They sound wonderful...even though I'm definitely not one of those gifted musical people.

[mark12_30]

Originally Posted by Alatáriël Lossëhelin

When you say "songbook" do you mean like books with sheet music

Yes. Usually lyrics, piano music, and guitar chords... Sometimes just lyrics and guitar chords.

You can find transcribed (sometimes referred to as "tabbed") lyrics-and-chords online pretty easily with a search engine.

The Swann cd--is that someone playing/singing the Tolkien songs?

Yes, Elizabethan Drawing Room style. TOlkien liked it. For the rest of us it takes a bit of getting used to! But now I like them. And you can use the unes and change the styles for most of the songs if you want to...

Movie songbooks: does it include all the music from the 3 films?

Unfortunately no. Only a subset of the songs. They list the songs when you look up the book. Each book as between five and eight songs (or something like that.) As I understand it they are arranged for voice, piano and (chords for) guitar.

[Samwise]

Look what I've just added to my collection!!!! (okay, it's not in my hands, yet, but.....EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!)

And as of today, it is in my hands--and so gorgeous, the art as shown on the web doesn't do it justice. The picture is not in color, sadly, but the artist put a wonderful "live" sparkle in Sam's eyes. My copy is, (interestingly enough, I just realized) #3 out of 100 copies.

Beforehand, I recieved a slew of magazine clippings from one of the members of the 'Row (aka my Hobbit Hole on the web), as well as....

Yes! More cards from the "interesting" game! (I can't help myself--I like the pictures!) ;p

• Fearing the Worst--Frodo in the room at Bree looking out a window, the other three Hobbits sitting up in the bed behind him
• Tired Traveller--Frodo peering over a rock; looking rather distressed
• Pippin: Sworn to Service--the scene where he's pledging his service to Denethor

and

• Hobbit Sword--Merry in his Rohan armor bearing his sword, shouting just before they charge

Edit: Interesting. I'm looking at the backs of the clippings of Sam I was sent, and there are snippets (literally, though in some cases you can read quite a bit) about diff. characters: ie; Ian Holm as Bilbo, Andy Serkis as Gollum (this "snippet" is close to complete), peices of synopses of the film (in this case, ROTK), a pic of Hugo Weaving/Elrond, a pic of Liv Tyler/Arwen, a pic of Sir Ian McKellen/Gandalf, and one large (IMO, TOO large) pic of Gollum.

Plus I forgot--along with the magazine clips I recieved several page-a-day calendar...well, pages--all featuring Sam, some featuring Sam and Frodo. My faves of these (though they break my heart) are two of Sam either bawling or about to bawl--in one, the scene of which I can't place, his eyes are red, and the other I believe is where Frodo tells Sam to Go home, and Sam is saying, "You don't mean that..." AAUUUGH!

[Samwise]

Hello, LOTR Collection Fans!

Well, due to the fact that I cannot spend much $$ of late, I'm afraid I haven't added too much to my collection, save two packs of cards from the obscure game, which unfortunately (for me, anyway) featured mostly Orcs and other baddies and scenes from Helm's Deep. That should teach me not to buy unopened packs, I guess, but one can always hope....

[Rilwen Gamgee]

Here follows a small addition to my list:

- "LotR" Monopoly (I find it very enjoyable you can buy Bill the Pony and Asfaloth instead of railroads! )
- Another bookmark with Merry and Pippin on one side, King Théoden and Eowyn on the opposite.

Samwise, yes, I, too, bought trading card packs with hopes of finding a Sam card inside... . No luck so far. Lovely card!