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[ealgylden]

One month exactly until The Two Towers is released on DVD. Just one month left until noble, frozen Edoras, Eowyn and Eomer and all their tragedy, Theoden min god cyning, Hama the cuddliest doorwarden to ever ward a door, the swords and the horses and the Horn of Helm Hammerhand, and all the rest of Rohan are back within reach. Sure, there's other stuff in the movie, things not involving the Rohirrim, but that's just gravy. I'm here for the horselords.


So to celebrate having only one month left to wait, I finally cancelled my order for the Galadriel and Prologue Elf Warrior action figures, which has been in limbo since, what, February? The store kept putting me off and putting me off, so at long last, I gave up. Not ten minutes after I finished with them, I had a new set ordered from an Ebay seller I've had good experiences with in the past, and my elves will be on their way early next week. And to think it only took me six months. Sheesh. I have another auction still going that I don't want to jinx, but with any luck in one day and nine hours, I'll be crowing about... the thing. Fingers crossed!


And sadly I'm down to my last two Boromir candy bars. Too bad- they were yummy and they made me giggle (well, I thought it was funny that Boromir and Aragorn were both peanut butter. Aww. My chocolate OTP). It's a pity Disney missed the merchandising boat (ship, sorry) on PotC, or I'd undoubtedly have pirate candy to tide me over until RotK (chocolate doubloons, maybe? Though I probably have some old Chanukah gelt around, if I get desperate). And action figures, why on earth didn't they come out with action figures? Don't they know how neat it would be for me to have pirates mixed in with my elves, warriors, martial arts masters, spacemen, vampires and slayers, and whatever the heck else I have? Foolish Disney. I'm a geek with a shopping addiction, and you're not taking advantage of that! Such a wasted opportunity. I want my six inch Jack Sparrow with sixteen points of articulation and "authentic" pistol firing action! I want my Barbossa-and-monkey, with undead variant figure and apple accessory! I want my Pintel/Ragetti two-pack! Can this really be the same company that tried to sell me Pocahontas Native American popcorn and Hunchback of Notre Dame soap-on-a-rope? Where are the shelves full of useless fripperies? Can't rely on anything anymore.


One month left. tick tick tick...

Comments

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest eBay, but the pirate craze has resulted in way high prices.

Yeah, I was just noticing that. Darn it all anyway. Go bid on... on cowboys, people! (Of course, then I'll be annoyed when I try to work on my Western theme, but snarking at other collectors is half the fun).

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe *I'll* go bid on cowboys. As a kid, I focused so much on the pirates/Navy and the knights/castle collections, I neglected the western sets. Are they cool?

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

They're very cool, but not always easy to find. Cowboys are sort of out of fashion, so they may have discontinued the line (not entirely sure about that, though). Some stores do still stock them, though, and I think they're relatively affordable on Ebay. I should go check, actually- I need more townsfolk and Indians. Too many cool sets to buy!

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

It really sucks that cowboys are so out of fashion. It's like western movies, so few are successful anymore. eBay seems to have a few sets available. The bigger sets are going for high bids, but I could get some basic figures for reasonable prices.

eBay is so dangerous for me...*g*