[quote=""Thranduil""]My statement about not having a collection without the ring should have included a laughing smiley; obviously it's not a true thing to say. To have a JH ring is really HAVING it. Ya get what ya pay for (Rev- NC's are about just that, quality in the price) I've got the silver edition with gold overlay, it's not great but it's the One Ring enough for my collection....
I wouldn't put on my ring either Deimos, superstition aside it's the principle of understanding evil as evil. I felt the One Ring was an essential part of the entire purpose, you know, there's the Ring and then there's all the characters related etc. It's kind of like not having Gollum, ya gotta have Gollum, where would we be with good ole Gollum finding the Ring?
Anyway, I too avoid the "dark" parts of the collection. I've got the Dagger of the Witchking because it again is such a permanent part of Frodo's tale.[/quote]
Oh Thrandy, I knew you weren't denigrating anyone's collection that didn't have the One Ring in it (no matter where they got it from).
In fact, I should have put the laughing smiley after my statement saying that I guess I really don't have a collection without the Ring.
But I am serious about why I don't own it.
I know its history so even a repro is 'way too close in proximity to raw evil.
Likewise, I had to, HAD TO toss out a book of HP Lovecraft stories a few years ago.
(Darlak is probably horrified to hear that).
But there really was an overwheming compulsion to do get away from it, even though I like his stories.
It's not like HPL himself is evil, it's just that for some people who read his works, (like moi) it's almost like opening a door on the "screaming abyss of evil" , and I don't need that in my house ...or my life.
So for pretty much the same reason there is no One Ring in my collection.
[quote=""Fingolfin""]Good picks Deimos! Those are my two favorite rings from LotR. The Ring of Barahir sounds amazing, definitely need to see some pictures of it one day.
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Thanks Fin. I am indeed very happy with both of them.
Pics in a couple of months or so (spent a bunch of dinero on rings so the budget is busted at the moment --- no upgrading the camera right now.)