Toyland: Bring Me the Head of the ‘Lord of the Rings’
How to get around Middle Earth in all the ages, a fiery Balrog, the head of The Lord of the Rings, & more this week!
Grow your collections and show off your fandoms with this week’s toy and collectible releases!
Balrog Funko POP!
We haven’t seen the Balrog in the show just yet, but it makes an appearance in the trailers for this season. This beast of Melkor comes in at 6-inches tall and comes with its signature fiery whip. You can have your own demon of power for $30.
LotR: Rings of Power – Original Soundtrack
Bear McCreary’s soundtrack helps bring the lands of Middle Earth to life by adding richness to each culture. If you need new work, chill, or study music this is a wonderful choice. You can pick up a two-CD set for $25, an LP for $40, or stream for free if you’re a Prime subscriber.
The Atlas of Middle Earth
The show does a decent job of orienting us as it moves from place to place, but some of us need physical maps. This is an essential volume for any Tolkien fan – established or aspiring. This atlas is the definitive guide to the geography of Middle Earth – from the first through the third age. Within its pages you’ll find:
- Hundreds of maps and diagrams that survey the journeys of the books
- Plans of castles, buildings, and distinct landforms
- Thematic maps that detail climate, languages, and more
- An index that will help you correlate Tolkien’s novels with all the maps
Full-Scale Sauron Art Mask
I’ll let PureArt’s description do the talking – this thing is awesome and it costs $905 for a reason. This would be the crown jewel of any LoTR fan’s collection. There are only a few left in this limited edition.
PureArts proudly presents our first officially licensed Lord of the Rings collectible with the Sauron Art Mask. Carefully sculpted from the movie reference material, the mask is paired with a hyperdetailed fully sculpted Barad-dûr mounting base with LED molten lava effects and the blazing Eye of Sauron.
- MASSIVE 1/1 scale detailed sculpt of Sauron’s Helmet
- Full Barad-dûr replica mounting base
- LED glowing lava effects
- LED Eye of Sauron that can be see through the mask
- Exclusive Edition includes a signed lithograph concept artwork print
- Individually numbered
The Art of the Lord of the Rings
This volume has 192 pieces of art created by J.R.R. Tolkien while he created the Lord of the Rings. As he wrote the trilogy his mental pictures of Middle Earth ended up on paper. Everything from rough sketches in manuscripts to finished illustrations with colored pencil. A limited number were used for published works, the rest were just a way for Tolkien to put his complex story to the page.
A few examples of what you’ll find between the volume’s covers are a sketch of Helm’s Deep, the fortress retreat of the Rohirrim people, on a half-used page of an Oxford examination booklet. As well as a map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor he used while writing Frodo and Sam’s journey.
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