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The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

Posted on 12/17/2002 7:32:02 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads

The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.


TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
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To: RMDupree
Goodluck, Ruthy
19,061 posted on 03/07/2003 6:43:21 PM PST by Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
"screw the hippy wackos!!" What a great statement, Hair, you are my hero(ine) once again!

Sticklebats! - You weren't supposed to *like* the mantra! HA!

19,062 posted on 03/07/2003 6:50:48 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Come on down to Tolkientown!! Worlds LARGEST Tolkien Store.
19,063 posted on 03/07/2003 6:52:57 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Heh, did you really think I needed the link? ;)

Speaking strictly as a sort-of competitor, I'm really envious of their site... it has a nice design, IMHO, and more importantly it looks like they've made a success of themselves.

Oh well, maybe a second attempt at entrepeneurship will work better than my first...
19,064 posted on 03/07/2003 7:03:21 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (When the going gets tough, the tough go to lunch)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Well, perhaps you could outshine them if you got a line on those cool 3D puzzles. They are behind in the 3D puzzle market!
19,065 posted on 03/07/2003 7:07:18 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear; All
Good night everyone, sleep well, you guys.
19,066 posted on 03/07/2003 7:11:58 PM PST by Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
Good Night Sam!
19,067 posted on 03/07/2003 7:13:24 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
I could look around for the 3D puzzles, find out who makes them...

You know, we never carried any LOTR merchandise... one of the dangers of running a site selling SF stuff is knowing in advance what is going to be hot and what isn't. Boy, did we pick wrong.
19,068 posted on 03/07/2003 7:14:21 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (When the going gets tough, the tough go to lunch)
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To: Overtaxed
OK - I have it going now.

Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it...

19,069 posted on 03/07/2003 7:14:35 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Sam Cree
Good night Sam!
19,070 posted on 03/07/2003 7:15:36 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (When the going gets tough, the tough go to lunch)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I guess you picked wrong! You could have owned TolkienTown! Heh. Alas....

It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword...

19,071 posted on 03/07/2003 7:17:16 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
I guess you picked wrong!

Yep, story of my life...

Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword...

It was just the hilt-shard, you know, not the whole sword...

19,072 posted on 03/07/2003 7:25:48 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (When the going gets tough, the tough go to lunch)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
He made it work! "He picked up his father's hild-shard" does not have the same imagery.

And what about very old friends?

19,073 posted on 03/07/2003 7:28:19 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
"He picked up his father's hild-shard" does not have the same imagery.

`I was the herald of Gil-galad and marched with his host. I was at the Battle of Dagorlad before the Black Gate of Mordor, where we had the mastery: for the Spear of Gil-galad and the Sword of Elendil, Aiglos and Narsil, none could withstand. I beheld the last combat on the slopes of Orodruin, where Gil-galad died, and Elendil fell, and Narsil broke beneath him; but Sauron himself was overthrown, and Isildur cut the Ring from his hand with the hilt-shard of his father's sword, and took it for his own.'

Hmmm, well, it is different imagery... ;)

19,074 posted on 03/07/2003 7:41:29 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (So that is what became of the Ring!)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Oh darn. Sorry Mr. Tolkien. I didn't mean it. It was great imagery.

I have things I must see to.... Questions. Questions that need answering.

19,075 posted on 03/07/2003 7:45:27 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Well, perhaps you could outshine them if you got a line on those cool 3D puzzles. They are behind in the 3D puzzle market!

But they're winning with rubber elf ears! It's their No. 5 best seller, ahead of a Legolas poster.

19,076 posted on 03/07/2003 7:47:02 PM PST by 300winmag
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To: 300winmag
Yes, I think the rubber elf-ear market is pretty saturated. No point in trying to break into that!
19,077 posted on 03/07/2003 7:49:48 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Keep your nose out of trouble, and no trouble will come to you!)
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To: 300winmag; HairOfTheDog
It's their No. 5 best seller, ahead of a Legolas poster.

See, that highlights my poor skill when it comes to picking what will be 'hot'... I never would have guessed rubber elf ears would outsell a Legolas poster.

Hair, do you have your rubber elf ears yet?

19,078 posted on 03/07/2003 7:55:21 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Or your Legolas poster?)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I have no elf ears!Nor do I know anyone who has elf-ears.

Who is buying all these elf-ears?
19,079 posted on 03/07/2003 8:12:20 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (We wish to stay at the inn... our business is our own!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Who is buying all these elf-ears?

Wouldn't you love to see the sales records of the folks that bought the ears?

"Gondor has no rubber elf ears. Gondor needs no rubber elf ears."

19,080 posted on 03/07/2003 8:15:07 PM PST by 300winmag
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