# The Sword That Was Broken - yours for only $245! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812 "2002-11-15T02:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812/1 "2002-11-15T02:46:04Z")
Yep, it’s Christmas catalog time. And last night, we got one that’s full of expensive Tolkienia, if that’s a word. And of course they have a website too, so I can share these images with the rest of you. [The Sword That Was Broken](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9371&catid=17), mounted on a wooden display plaque, only $245. [Sting](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9921&catid=17) and [Glamdring](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9450&catid=17) (Bilbo’s/Frodo’s and Gandalf’s swords, respectively), $295. [Gimli’s axe](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN2222&catid=17), a comparative steal at only $129. (Don’t ask me how they left out Legolas’ bow.) And want to wield power? The Rings of Power can be yours - from those that enslaved the [Nazgul](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9875&catid=17) to the Dark Lord’s bidding, including a special ring for the [Witch-King of Angmar](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9358&catid=17), the seven rings given to the [Dwarves](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9635&catid=17), and two of the three Elven-Rings - those of [Elrond](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NG9624&catid=17) and [Galadriel](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9174&catid=17). (Elrond’s ring is a bit pricey at $295, while the others are $129 or less.) But of course the clincher is that you can get the [One Ring of Power](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9991&catid=17), the Ring that would give the Dark Lord total and complete dominion over Lower Middle Earth, for a mere $295. Best of all, you could keep that one for yourself, and pawn a $129 [gold-plated, sterling-silver knockoff](http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN9269&catid=17) off on the Lord of the Rings. By the time he notices the difference, Barad-Dur will have collapsed around his ears, and you’ll be Ruler of Middle Earth! Won’t _that_ be a trip! Plus, you can buy Middle Earth brooches, goblets, pendants, and even a $495 chess set. Sheesh - if you can have the One Ring for $295, you can get the Elven-Smiths of Eregion to make you all the cool Middle-Earth chess sets you want, for free. Of course, finding people who’ll give you a good game will be tough - nobody wants to spend the rest of their lives in the dungeons of Dol Guldur, or some equally charming place. So buy the One Ring while you can - at $295, it’s a steal and a half! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812/2 "2002-11-15T02:49:29Z")
Well. I know what **I** want before my next salary review. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812/3 "2002-11-15T03:03:35Z")
Yeah, I got that catalogue. I read it in the smallest room in my apartment. It was soon behind me. [sub]Now watch these things become incredible collector’s items worth thousands of dollars.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812/4 "2002-11-15T05:25:26Z")
Durn it I want the sword after it’s been fixed! _sits at her computer drooling_ Hmmm _adds it to the things to buy when she gets money list_ ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812/5 "2002-11-15T08:35:59Z")
Great… Lola and I were discussing getting committment rings with the phrase “And one ring to bind them” engraved. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812/6 "2002-11-15T11:28:53Z")
I was a little miffed that the sword that was broken doesn’t have the rest of the peices so it can be remade. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812/7 "2002-11-15T13:10:18Z")
“But what happened to the other Rings?” asked Frito. “Recalled for factory defects,” replied Didldo." They tended to short-circuit in the rain and fry one’s finger off." “Save the One Ring,” said Goodgulf. — “Bored of the Rings”, by the Harvard Lampoon (Doug Kenney and Henry C. Beard) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sword-that-was-broken-yours-for-only-245/136812/8 "2002-11-15T13:53:33Z")
“I can’t make out the words,” said Frito. “No, you cannot,” replied Goodgulf. "They are Elvish, in the tongue of Fordor. A rough translation is: “This ring, no other, is made by the Elves, who’d pawn their own mother to grab it themselves. Ruler of creeper, mortal and scallop, this is a sleeper that packs quite a wallop. The Power almighty rests in this Lone Ring, the Power, alrighty, for doing your Own Thing. If broken or busted, it cannot be remade; if found, send to Sorhed (the postage is prepaid).”