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Re: Lord of the Rings
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 07:09:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Neal writes:
> It's been quite a while since I read the Trilogy.  I remember having my mom • buy
> The Silmarillion, and only being able to read the first 50 pages or so-- • couldn't
> follow it:-p

You can't follow 53,409 names that all sorta sound similar after awhile? ;-)
Try it again sometime, I bet you can follow it now.

> We just finished reading The Chronicles of Narnia series with our kids--

I'm reading book 5 _A Horse and His Boy_ for the umpteenth time.. My favorites
out of the series are book 3 and 6.

> they
> would make an interesting movie series (the chronicles, not my kids;)--

I won't tell them ;-)

> not like
> that horrid animated one that came out a while back.  Or how about a Lego • theme?
> "Narnia":-)

I'd buy it for the minifigs alone! The Lion minifig by itself would be great!

> Hey, Pirate fans, how about a Dawn Treader?  Or Castle fans-- Cair
> Paravel?  Space fans-- how about just being happy with SW...;-)

But I am! I really really am! BTW, we need a Reepicheep minifig...

-Tom McD.
when replying, come on over where the spamcake is!

> Tom McDonald wrote:
> 
> > In lugnet.general, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > > Blake Christopher Gettig wrote:
> > > > I really liked reading the hobbit and the other three lord of the rings
> > > > books.  I think you could base some great lego set on the theme. • Hmmmm... a
> > > > lego Minas Morgul
> > 
> > Minas Tirith playset - think of all that white...
> > 
> > > > ...and don't forget that shelob creature.  You could use the
> > > > wizard mini-figure for Gandalf.
> > > 
> > > One of our servers at work was named "gandalf" -- it had my Lego-made
> > > mascot, complete with sword and staff, taped to the monitor.
> > 
> > hehe
> > 
> > I'm also waiting for the Belville Barad-Dur "Lidless Eye" Torture Chamber
set.



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(...) Time, dammit. I need more time! (...) Do you consider The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe the first book, or The Magician's Nephew? I always advise folk to read the former first. (...) 'preciate it. (...) Yeah, instead of a Lego Aslan, we (...) (27 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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It's been quite a while since I read the Trilogy. I remember having my mom buy The Silmarillion, and only being able to read the first 50 pages or so-- couldn't follow it:-p We just finished reading The Chronicles of Narnia series with our kids-- (...) (27 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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