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LordotRings93
Lorien
Nov 24 2012, 4:21am
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I love all the Middle-earth products we get. It's not like a fan of Tolkien is forced at gunpoint to by the merchandise. There's a variety of merchandise for a variety of fans. I love the LOTR games, for example. Love LOTRO, and recently got Lego LOTR. These products don't necessarily ruin Tolkien's name, rather they enhance it by branching out to more fans in different mediums who can appreciate it. I also like to collect the figures, and to some they may seem like cheap cash grabs, I think they are fun to collect, as when you go to the store or whatever you never know what you can find, and if you find something you want you get this little joy inside you where you're just bustling with happiness for Middle-earth. Sure, there are cheap cash grabs (the slot machines, for example), but there is a lot of quality LOTR merchandise. Merchandise, for me, enhances the property, and allows it to live on longer than just in a passing memory. It also gives you something to look forward to if we don't have a movie coming out or something like that. Like whilst waiting for The Hobbit movies, we got LOTR games throughout the years (some good, some meh) that gave us that little fix we need to immerse ourselves into this world, or we get a tie-in novel to the films that we can grab and reread.
Lover of Medieval Fantasy
"I know what I must do. It's just... I'm afraid to do it."
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About LotR films commercializing Tolkien
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Faenoriel
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Nov 23 2012, 9:56pm
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I agree
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LordotRings93
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Nov 24 2012, 4:21am
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Ditto
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Elessar
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Nov 24 2012, 4:57am
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Very well put!
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demnation
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Nov 24 2012, 5:21am
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Christopher Tolkien is naive
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macfalk
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Nov 24 2012, 9:34am
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There was a big difference from society then as to now
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imin
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Nov 24 2012, 11:42am
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Grey Area
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Elessar
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Nov 24 2012, 11:40pm
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I think there is a grey area as well
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imin
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Nov 25 2012, 12:19am
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Very difficult
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Elessar
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Nov 25 2012, 1:04am
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Chris is right...
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Malveth
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Nov 25 2012, 4:18pm
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To each their own
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Elessar
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Nov 25 2012, 4:42pm
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I just don't get it.
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macfalk
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Nov 25 2012, 7:45pm
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Tolkien LOTR
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sam90
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Nov 25 2012, 8:54pm
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If they do "overshadow" the books
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macfalk
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Nov 25 2012, 9:52pm
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comes down to this i feel
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imin
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Nov 25 2012, 9:58pm
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Eh
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Elessar
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Nov 25 2012, 9:55pm
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