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Maeggaladiel · 04-29-2004, 09:50 AM

My sister and I spent about twenty minutes in Target playing with this Gollum/Smeagol posable toy that talked. If you push one button, he talks like Gollum, and the other button makes him talk like Smeagol. IT PLAYED THE FISH SONG!! Wheee! It also did the "Smeagol Cackle" that he does when he drops the rabbit into Frodo's lap. Oddly, we went into Target to buy Gummi Worms. How we ended up in the toy aisle is anybody's guess.

As for merchandise that I own, my collection is pathetically slim. I have FOTR and TTT on video, of course. I also have a bookmark and an action figure. (okay, okay, it's Legolas. Don't hit me. I'm not an obsessed fangirl.) In addition, I have FOTR, TTT, and ROTK for Playstation 2, as well as TTT for Gameboy Advance. They're fun, but it's depressing when you end up dying. It makes you want to scream, "I've Failed the Fellowship! Waaah!" Well, that's what it makes ME feel, anyway.

MAEG

Samwise · 04-29-2004, 03:30 PM

Trivial Pursuit? Oh, cool, can I come up to your house and play, Miss Rae?

Sigh...got to pay th' dentist money I could be using to spend on my collection....

But oh, well. I think all I have room for now is cards and pictures and the like, if you follow me.

Gorwingel · 04-29-2004, 04:50 PM

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and I found a poseable Gollum on clearance for $1.34 at Target, so I figured I could afford him.

Oh yes, the Target down here currently has so many Gollum figures it is crazy (I think they had about 50 and they were all on serious discount). In additon the only other figure they had was Aragorn in his Gondorian armor (they had a much, much smaller selection of him, but he was still on discount).

I still have gotten basically nothing recently. I am very much getting into the cheap future college student state of mind right now

Samwise · 04-29-2004, 07:44 PM

Gollum? Give me a poseable Sam/Frodo (Sam alone or Sam AND Frodo...) any day. Of course if I did have a Gollum, I could use the Sam in Moria action figure to whack him over the head with the frying pan....(sorry, just not a Gollum fan).

Today in the mail I recieved the Karl Urban/Eomer autographed pic I'm giving for a gift (and Miss Lynn, if you read this and figure out who it's for, PUH-LEEEZE don't tell her?

Morai · 05-02-2004, 03:23 PM

I finally got a Sting. Well, sort of, it's just a sword that I will call Sting until I get the toy version of it. Anyway, I recently bought a "Sultan's Sabre" (machette looking thing) for a dance show I'm in. (I play the part of "Mr. Shmee" in Peter Pan.) And since I named my broken musketeer sword "Narsil" my pirate sword will be "Sting" until further notice.

Samwise · 05-02-2004, 09:00 PM

Cool, Morai! Whatever works! Awful shame our collecting has to be hindered by this money thing....

Got the autographed pic of Karl Urban/Eomer the other day. The gal to whom it will be a gift will not get it 'til December, when her birthday is, but I have a few other things to send her, too, and if I "run into" more so to speak, she's going to get a whopping package of goodies come December.

(I just LOVE doin' stuff like that.

)

Haven't recieved my L'il Mr. Wood pic yet, but again, it IS comin' from Austrailia, and I've had the experience before that things take a bit of time to get from there to here....

Some....stuff

Alatáriël Lossëhelin · 05-02-2004, 11:41 PM

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Today in the mail I recieved the Karl Urban/Eomer autographed pic I'm giving for a gift (and Miss Lynn, if you read this and figure out who it's for, PUH-LEEEZE don't tell her?

Samwise: She won't find out from me.

Not much to add in the collection department. I had to have dental work done also...I needed a new computer...and my clothes dryer went to that big laundromat in the sky a couple of weeks ago. I really dislike having to spend money on these inconsequential things (well, maybe not the computer) instead of my collection. My Arwen coronation banner has still not come...apparently there's a delay with the manufacturer. But I got the Rotk game for pc, and a few new figures:

Gondorian soldier on horseback (3-inch)
King Theoden on horseback (3-inch)
Éomer on horseback (3-inch)
Rohirrim on horseback (3-inch)
King of the Dead (6-inch) **he glows in the dark**
Merry in armour (6-inch) ** really 4 1/2 inches**
Ringwraith on horseback (3-inch) **I had to get him--I only had 8 ringwraiths and I needed 9**

I also hung my Aragorn banner and mounted Andúril next to it; bought frames and hung my large TTT poster and RotK poster; and mounted my small Trilogy poster from my 3rd viewing of RotK.

Morai · 05-03-2004, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Samwise

Cool, Morai! Whatever works! Awful shame our collecting has to be hindered by this money thing....

Yeah, I probably do have enough money for a light up toy verion. It's just that I've been really needing to get some pics developed. So I'm putting my "Sting" on hold. Hmm, my temporary subsitute is going to be covered in glitter for the show. I wonder if they could use light blue glitter? (I can hope anyway

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04-29-2004, 09:50 AM	#1
Maeggaladiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The end of the world as we know it. I feel fine, incidentally. Posts: 500	My sister and I spent about twenty minutes in Target playing with this Gollum/Smeagol posable toy that talked. If you push one button, he talks like Gollum, and the other button makes him talk like Smeagol. IT PLAYED THE FISH SONG!! Wheee! It also did the "Smeagol Cackle" that he does when he drops the rabbit into Frodo's lap. Oddly, we went into Target to buy Gummi Worms. How we ended up in the toy aisle is anybody's guess. As for merchandise that I own, my collection is pathetically slim. I have FOTR and TTT on video, of course. I also have a bookmark and an action figure. (okay, okay, it's Legolas. Don't hit me. I'm not an obsessed fangirl.) In addition, I have FOTR, TTT, and ROTK for Playstation 2, as well as TTT for Gameboy Advance. They're fun, but it's depressing when you end up dying. It makes you want to scream, "I've Failed the Fellowship! Waaah!" Well, that's what it makes ME feel, anyway. MAEG __________________ "Wide ne bith wel," cwaeth se the geheirde on helle hriman.

04-29-2004, 03:30 PM	#2
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Trivial Pursuit? Oh, cool, can I come up to your house and play, Miss Rae? Sigh...got to pay th' dentist money I could be using to spend on my collection.... But oh, well. I think all I have room for now is cards and pictures and the like, if you follow me. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

04-29-2004, 07:44 PM	#4
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Gollum? Give me a poseable Sam/Frodo (Sam alone or Sam AND Frodo...) any day. Of course if I did have a Gollum, I could use the Sam in Moria action figure to whack him over the head with the frying pan....(sorry, just not a Gollum fan). Today in the mail I recieved the Karl Urban/Eomer autographed pic I'm giving for a gift (and Miss Lynn, if you read this and figure out who it's for, PUH-LEEEZE don't tell her? __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

05-02-2004, 03:23 PM	#5
Morai Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: Where young people go to retire Posts: 709	I finally got a Sting. Well, sort of, it's just a sword that I will call Sting until I get the toy version of it. Anyway, I recently bought a "Sultan's Sabre" (machette looking thing) for a dance show I'm in. (I play the part of "Mr. Shmee" in Peter Pan.) And since I named my broken musketeer sword "Narsil" my pirate sword will be "Sting" until further notice. __________________ "So why the safe distance, this curious look? Why tear out single pages when you can throw away the book? Why pluck one string when you can strum the guitar? MeWithoutYou http://fortyfifthparadox.com

05-02-2004, 09:00 PM	#6
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	Cool, Morai! Whatever works! Awful shame our collecting has to be hindered by this money thing.... Got the autographed pic of Karl Urban/Eomer the other day. The gal to whom it will be a gift will not get it 'til December, when her birthday is, but I have a few other things to send her, too, and if I "run into" more so to speak, she's going to get a whopping package of goodies come December. (I just LOVE doin' stuff like that. ) Haven't recieved my L'il Mr. Wood pic yet, but again, it IS comin' from Austrailia, and I've had the experience before that things take a bit of time to get from there to here.... Some....stuff __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)