First off let me apologize for not titling this as "Book Collection: amd013", as I am starting off this thread for posting pics of my Lord of the Ring statues collection, as there was a request from frik to see my LOTR statue collection. So here they are. Note that I do intend to include my books in this thread at a later date, but that later date may not be until after I have moved to Austin (if I move to Austin), so could be as late as November or December 2015 before I get around to it.
So I alluded that I probably had 100 of these statues. Final count was I think 84 (or was it 82) of sideshow weta related LOTR statues or plaques. Only a fraction are on display. So here they are:
Below are 3 pictures of a stack of boxes in my Laundry room (from left to right). None of these statues are on display. Just don't have the room for that many statues/busts.
In addition to LOTR statues, there are also 3 Simpsons statues, and one James Bond Statue/action figure that was thrown in by Sideshow Weta as gifts with some of my orders. (hard to see the James bond, as it is covered by a stack of papers, and other miscellaneous stuff (wrist bands, key chains). There are also 6 statues from New Line Cinema.
Below we have Gandolf and Aragorn diligently guarding my center channel speaker in my TV room.
Below are 8 more statues drinking up all my Liqueur on my wet bar in my basement. Haven't actually used the bar in about a decade now because of them.
Don't tell Merlin1958, but I the pictures in the background is of the Big Red Machine just before completing their sweep of the Yankee's in the 1976 World Series!! (ok, full disclosure, I don't know when the picture was taken, maybe it was before game 7 of the 1975 World Series). It was autographed at an event in 2006. Tony Perez, Johnny Bench, Sparky Anderson, and Joe Morgon included the year of their induction into the HOF. Poor Pete signed with the final total of hits in his career (4,256). Sadly I bought this a day or two after Sparky passed away.
Below are a bunch of statues ready to pounce on visters to my home. The picture is taken from the "loft" upstairs where I have my bookcases. (sorry for the piss-poor quality of this and a few of the other photos)
Finally we have Gandolf and Legolas guarding some of my 1st/1st editions of Stephen King books. (see wasn't it worth while just to get to this picture). Consider this a sneak peek of my collection.
Hope you enjoyed my "other" collection.