# Merchandising The One Ring? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373 "2002-08-30T21:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/1 "2002-08-30T21:53:39Z")
Have any jewellers started capitalizing on the popularity of the film by producing their own copy? Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/2 "2002-08-30T23:20:17Z")
[Bada Jewlery](http://www.badalijewelry.com/) [Lord of the Rings Store](http://www.thelordoftheringsstore.com/) Those are the ones I know of right off. There is also an order form and mini catalog from somewhere in the DVD that has The One Ring as well as some other jewelry from the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/3 "2002-08-30T23:55:10Z")
Then there’s the [Noble Collection](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9269&catid=17) version. Sterling Silver, though, blah. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/4 "2002-08-31T00:04:12Z")
Well, among all the other nifty toys that they have at [swords-online.com](http://swords-online.com) (of all places), they have [this](http://www.swords-online.com/website/navigator.cgi?type=display&language=&uid=261twJBo5q&refid=None&from=fantasy&goto=NN9991&area=all&sort=type&level=) purdy lil’ thing. It’s pretty expensive, though. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/5 "2002-08-31T00:08:54Z")
Well, I hope any reader of LOTR would imitate Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and refuse the offer of such a ring. Isn’t the whole point that virtuous people would **not** buy it? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/6 "2002-08-31T01:10:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Well, among all the other nifty toys that they have at [swords-online.com](http://swords-online.com) (of all places), they have [this](http://www.swords-online.com/website/navigator.cgi?type=display&language=&uid=261twJBo5q&refid=None&from=fantasy&goto=NN9991&area=all&sort=type&level=) purdy lil’ thing. It’s pretty expensive, though. \*\* Didja notice the “Hurry! Supplies are limited!” right underneath the text describing it as the one ring? Well, DUH!.. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/7 "2002-08-31T03:15:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, I hope any reader of LOTR would imitate Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and refuse the offer of such a ring. Isn’t the whole point that virtuous people would not buy it? Who are you, the Pope? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/8 "2002-08-31T05:54:33Z")
I dunno, Noodles. Point a truely virtuous person out to me around here and I’ll ask. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/9 "2002-08-31T16:46:22Z")
is on my “official” Liv Arwen Bookmark that hanging out of my One-Vol HB of LOTR ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/10 "2002-08-31T16:53:19Z")
I’m not buying that ring. I must be virtuous. ---
**Author:** ![epraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/82dd89/32.png) [@epraz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epraz)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/11 "2002-08-31T16:58:03Z")
the “SkyMall” magazine in airplanes has been hocking “The One Ring.” I hear they only can sell one. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/12 "2002-08-31T17:18:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Well, I hope any reader of LOTR would imitate Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and refuse the offer of such a ring. Isn’t the whole point that virtuous people would **not** buy it? \*\* But **Arnold** , if I had one, I would use it to do only **good**! **Really** , I would! 😉 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/13 "2002-08-31T18:03:28Z")
There’s a replica put out by Applause. It’s fairly cheap (~$16 retail), and I have a bunch that I was going to put on eBay, and it looks…decent. The one issue I have about it (besides its not being gold, but for the price who would expect it to be?) is that it has the writing on the ring engraved into it, while I kind of like the idea of it being a plain gold band. Then again, I guess that wouldn’t be as marketable (“that’s just a plain ring!”), but still. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/14 "2002-08-31T19:46:59Z")
OK, you guys can be Boromir, and I’ll be Aragorn. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/15 "2002-08-31T20:21:50Z")
You can buy it but, be forwarned it will turn you into a shriveled spiney wimp. Perhaps that isn’t much of a difference You can posess it but you _must_ leave it to a Hobbit. Preferably one with a Wizzard Mentor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/16 "2002-09-01T06:04:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TelcontarStorm \* > \*\*You can buy it but, be forwarned it will turn you into a shriveled spiney wimp. Perhaps that isn’t much of a difference > \*\* Oh, but it **is**! In my case, it’s an improvement! 😉 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/17 "2002-09-01T06:32:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TelcontarStorm \* > You can posess it but you _must_ leave it to a Hobbit. Preferably one with a Wizzard Mentor. What kind of sad, hopeless person needs to write WIZZARD on their hat? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/18 "2002-09-01T12:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > OK, you guys can be Boromir, and I’ll be Aragorn. Sweet! I get an awesome death scene! And now you have to kiss me! Bwahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/19 "2002-09-01T19:30:38Z")
No way would I buy (a replica of) the One Ring. But if they were to start selling the Three, well that might be another story. Especially if they came with Galadriel ;). Besides, the Three are much more interesting. The One was the only one without any sort of setting. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/20 "2002-09-02T17:15:05Z")
I’d buy it if it were just a plain ring, but the writing showed when placed near fire 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373.md?page=2)