GOLLUM LORD OF THE RINGS ACTION FIGURE 1998 TOY VAULT!!

Gollum (AKA Smeagol) Lord of the Rings Action Figure
Name: Gollum (AKA Smeagoi)
Series: Lord of the Rings (Middle Earth)
Subseries: Basic Figures
Manufacturer: Toy Vault
Manufacturer #: ME024
Year Released: 1998
Height: 3.00 inche

An EXTREMELY RARE item!
FIGURE´S NAME: Gollum aka Sméagol
COMPLEMENT: "Sméagol always helps. He has brought rabbits, nice rabbits."
ACCESSORIES: Boat, dead rabbit

HEIGHT: 3'1¨
RACE: Hobbit (deformed) of the Stoor Family
FAVORITE FOOD: Fish, Orc
BACKGROUND: Born a hobbit, Gollum, originally named Sméagol, coveted a ring his cousin Deagol found, and murdered him for it, on Gollum´s birthday. From then on, the Ring slowly twisted and deformed him, and yet, his inner hobbit strength kept the Ring from total control. Eventually the Ring left Gollum to search out Bilbo, and Gollum only got it back on the very rim of Mt. Doom.

PLUS INFORMATION:
- Matches written description in the book

Gollum is another character that appeared in both The Hobbit and LOTR, and played substantial roles in both of the works. Gollum is really a fallen hobbit named Smeagol and is a tragic character throughout both works. He has been corrupted by the ring (though that he murders his cousin to get it shows he did not start out as an angel) and cannot stand to not have it. While the ring has prolonged his life, it has also given him extreme hatred of living things, especially elves, and twisted his soul and appearance.

He has a large degree of articulation for a figure as small as he is. Gollum aka Smêagol - can represent Gollum at many parts of LOTR. He comes with a boat and a rabbit.

The History of Middle Earth Toys

Lord of the Rings has been a literary staple for decades but had been a relatively untouched property as far as toys go. The only real effort at LOTR toys was made by Knickerbocker in 1979 to go with the animated film of the prior year. This dearth of toy coverage was an appealing point to the fledgling Toy Vault in 1998. So the company approached Tolkien Enterprises with the idea of making toys from the three books that comprise the Lord of the Rings trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King). As luck would have it the timing seemed perfect for all concerned and Tolkien Enterprises accepted their offer and Toy Vault was now in business with Middle Earth Toys.

The goal for Toy Vault with the Middle Earth figures, according to Jon Huston, is 'to produce toys that are realistic, conform to the licenses, and are fun'. Toy Vault was keenly aware that these are toys and built as much play value into them as possible

One of the significant differences between Middle Earth Toys and both the prior Knickerbocker line and the following Toy Biz one was that the other two were based on a motion picture while Toy Vault was based on the literary work. The other two lines had the benefit of a large group of people with access to a large budget to be used to design the look of Middle Earth from the ground up. Toy Vault was in the position of creating a vision of Middle Earth by itself.

To aid this ambitious effort noted fantasy artist Daniel Horne was recruited. Horne has a long history of fantasy art, working for TSR (the creator of the Dungeons and Dragons game) in the seventies and producing a plethora of book covers in the genre. While primarily a painter, Horne saw this as an opportunity to branch into sculpting (which he had taken up only eight months earlier) and agreed to help. Horne would work up the line drawings of the figures and build up a sculpture (complete with articulation) from there. He continued his work on the toys by sculpting the lion's share of the Middle Earth figures, including Gollum (who was a personal favorite).

JRR TOLKIEN HOBBIT GRAPHIC NOVEL PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS!

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THE HOBBIT GRAPHIC NOVEL. JRR TOLKIEN. VOLUME 1
GRAPHIC NOVEL/ILLUSTRATED BOOK (1989)

THIS VERSION IS LONG OUT OF PRINT.

ILLUSTRATED BY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ARTIST DAVID WENZEL!!

Published by Eclipse Comics.

This is the hard to find first printing of the original HOBBIT volume with full color lavishly painted illustrations by artist DAVID WENZEL.

This is the RARE original 1989 published version of the Graphic Novel, and was never sold in any mass market retail outlets. It was only available to purchase through comic book specialty shops.

Product Description
Full-color artwork complements an adapted, graphic novel version of the epic fantasy novel that chronicles the adventures of the inhabitants of Middle-earth and of Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit who brought home to The Shire the One Ring of Power.

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has become one of the best-loved books of all time. Tolkien's fantasy was then adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, which became a classic in its own right... The enchanted prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger -- and in the end it is Bilbo Baggins alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most dreaded dragon in all Middle-earth. Here, the classic tale is told in a full- color, graphic novel format.



"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."

The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. No such luck, however; soon 13 fortune-seeking dwarves have arrived on the hobbit's doorstep in search of a burglar, and before he can even grab his hat or an umbrella, Bilbo Baggins is swept out his door and into a dangerous adventure.
The dwarves' goal is to return to their ancestral home in the Lonely Mountains and reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. Along the way, they and their reluctant companion meet giant spiders, hostile elves, ravening wolves--and, most perilous of all, a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring in a riddling contest. It is from this life-or-death game in the dark that J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, would eventually spring. Though The Hobbit is lighter in tone than the trilogy that follows, it has, like Bilbo Baggins himself, unexpected iron at its core. Don't be fooled by its fairy-tale demeanor; this is very much a story for adults, though older children will enjoy it, too. By the time Bilbo returns to his comfortable hobbit-hole, he is a different person altogether, well primed for the bigger adventures to come--and so is the reader.

This squarebound book is in brand new condition and measures approx 6.5" x 10" inches, and is printed on high quality paper to enhance the delicate and beautifully painted artwork.

JRR TOLKIEN HOBBIT GRAPHIC NOVEL PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS!

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION




THE HOBBIT GRAPHIC NOVEL. JRR TOLKIEN.
GRAPHIC NOVEL/ILLUSTRATED BOOK (1989)

THIS VERSION IS LONG OUT OF PRINT.

ILLUSTRATED BY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ARTIST DAVID WENZEL!!

Published by Eclipse Comics.

This is the hard to find first printing of the original HOBBIT volume with full color lavishly painted illustrations by artist DAVID WENZEL.

This is the RARE original 1989 published version of the Graphic Novel, and was never sold in any mass market retail outlets. It was only available to purchase through comic book specialty shops.

Product Description
Full-color artwork complements an adapted, graphic novel version of the epic fantasy novel that chronicles the adventures of the inhabitants of Middle-earth and of Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit who brought home to The Shire the One Ring of Power.

J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has become one of the best-loved books of all time. Tolkien's fantasy was then adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, which became a classic in its own right... The enchanted prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger -- and in the end it is Bilbo Baggins alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most dreaded dragon in all Middle-earth. Here, the classic tale is told in a full- color, graphic novel format.



"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."

The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. No such luck, however; soon 13 fortune-seeking dwarves have arrived on the hobbit's doorstep in search of a burglar, and before he can even grab his hat or an umbrella, Bilbo Baggins is swept out his door and into a dangerous adventure.
The dwarves' goal is to return to their ancestral home in the Lonely Mountains and reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. Along the way, they and their reluctant companion meet giant spiders, hostile elves, ravening wolves--and, most perilous of all, a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring in a riddling contest. It is from this life-or-death game in the dark that J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, would eventually spring. Though The Hobbit is lighter in tone than the trilogy that follows, it has, like Bilbo Baggins himself, unexpected iron at its core. Don't be fooled by its fairy-tale demeanor; this is very much a story for adults, though older children will enjoy it, too. By the time Bilbo returns to his comfortable hobbit-hole, he is a different person altogether, well primed for the bigger adventures to come--and so is the reader.

This squarebound book is in brand new condition and measures approx 6.5" x 10" inches, and is printed on high quality paper to enhance the delicate and beautifully painted artwork.