# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/21 "2002-09-03T06:47:46Z")
But it’ssssssssssssss my precioussssszzzzzzz! 😃 And I mean to have one! :mad: So I’m gonna ask Santa to bring me a sterling silver one. 😉 Just as a memento of the film, you understand. I’ll probably put in a drawer and will it to my grandson, **Quaso** to pass on to **his** children. JK! 😉 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/22 "2002-09-03T19:17:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ludovic \* > \*\*I’d buy it if it were just a plain ring, but the writing showed when placed near fire 🙂 \*\* …is [their](http://www.dragonsfireforge.com) command. I can’t vouch for them, but it looks like [this](http://www.dragonsfireforge.com/shopping/cart/shop.cgi/page=onering.htm/SID=1031080148.26401) is what you’re looking for. A bit expensive, but nifty. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/23 "2002-09-03T19:49:53Z")
**CheapBastid** , that’s just plain cool. I wonder how they get the letters to glow? The next thing I wonder is who’s going to get me one for a “birthday present.” ---
**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 3, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/24 "2002-09-03T21:20:29Z")
> [@](#): > > **CheapBastid** , that’s just plain cool. I wonder how they get the letters to glow? It looks like they did the letters in Teflon or the like, so that soot wouldn’t stick to them. But there’s no way I would buy a Ring of Power from someone who can’t even spell “their”. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/25 "2002-09-03T23:33:50Z")
Spoofe - I’ll have to check in the book, but even if Aragorn kissed Boromir when he (Boromir) was dying, I’m sure it was only on the brow and not on the lips. A ring that shows the letters when you expose it to fire is pretty nice, but then you have to clean it each time! How about a ring with tiny LEDs so that all you have to do is press a minuscule button to make the letters glow? A manly man wouldn’t want either the One ring or the Elf rings. He would want one of the dwarf rings. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/26 "2002-09-04T00:56:58Z")
**Arnold** , but wouldn’t a manly man want a ring that was given to . . . well . . . _man_? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/27 "2002-09-04T01:08:04Z")
You can buy a tiny little one-ring on a bookmark of your choice at Barnes and Noble… for a buck! Values have plummeted since the third age ended. Maybe someone will come up with a “One Mood Ring” where the lettering comes and goes as your mood changes?..Timmy ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/28 "2002-09-04T05:17:43Z")
I first met the man in 85 or so. He was selling Tolkien jewelry then. I still treasure my Gollum Ring (I can’t find it on the site-it’s a sterling silver Gollum, curled into a ring-as though he was climbing your finger). He also sold a Gandalf bracelet at that time ‘Yes, that’s Gandalf. Most people don’t know who Gandalf is. So I lie and say it’s Merlin.’ ``` The man is a genuine Tolkien fan. The film has just allowed him to sell a whole line of items instead of a few. ``` NOTE- I am in no way affiliated with Badali jewelry. I just had long talks with the man at many fairs. Heck of a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373/29 "2002-09-07T19:12:44Z")
I went and had my index finger sized and it’s a size **16**! I’m not morbidly obese, I’ve just always had fat fingers (which makes it difficult to chord my git-box, btw). I checked the sites and they don’t offer anything in a ring that large, and I sure as **hell** don’t wanna wear it on my ring finger or around my neck! Maybe I’ll get one of the swords and carry it around with me everywhere I go, just in case I run into some **Orcs**! 😃 Q [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merchandising-the-one-ring/126373.md?page=1)