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The White CouncilRe: Action figures currently availableTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: Action figures currently availableTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Dave aka Don Quixote on April 07, 2000 at 14:48:03 In Reply to: Re: Action figures currently available posted by Maedhros on April 07, 2000 at 10:25:11:
: : : After all, they all are in it for the money. Tolkein's 'charity : : : work' died with him, very little of the JRRT spirit is carried : : : within Chris (as he would rather get the bargain, than the mass : : : satisfaction). : : There is no connection between Christopher Tolkien or other members of the Tolkien family or the Tolkien Estate and Tolkien Enterprises, which is a division of the Saul Zaentz company. All the merchandising is derived from the rights that J.R.R. Tolkien sold in the 1960s. The Tolkien Estate does not control the film rights or related merchandising rignts for THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. : The point still stands, Tolkein was the only one who was looking for mass satisfaction. The only reason these movies and merchandice are being produced is because it has potential to 'reel in the money'. I will reiterate something I said a couple of weeks ago. Lotho Sackville Baggins and the 'Sandyman's Mill' playset, with a Lobelia Sackville-Baggins doll shrieking 'Sell me Bag-End!!' of course, Bag-End too will be on sale at all good toy shops, just take in plenty of money, your soul, and your imagination and hand them over the counter. Dumbing down, Moronization, the acceptance of the third-rate and tacky, thats the Dominion of Men and the glories that Illuvatar has given us with his 'Gift of Men' - the gift of commercial enterprise. Don Q
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