You know, instead of waiting a year to see The Two Towers you could have just read the books...

Read books Karas1????

What's a book....

But seriously though, with so many adaptation from books to movie, LOTR was one of those (in my view anyway) where both are seperate, have their own merit and for me, I read the boks after seeing each movies to see the difference between all of them and it was fun to wait and not knowing what was going to happen (cause I didn't remember from when i read them when I was a child).

Is it just me, or does the Lord Elrond action figure's face look more like Adam Baldwin than Hugo Weaving?

Never read a book before a movie, it ruins the movie.

That is so true, if you haven't read the book you may as well wait for the film before reading the book. You'll enjoy both more that way. The book is almost always going to be better because it's ultimately your imagination combined with the writers words that paint the best picture. Reading the book afterwards will at worst enhance the characters but ultimately it'll take you deeper into pretty much all aspects

Plus you never hear the book should've followed the film closer it's always the opposite

I worked at Toys R Us from 2000-2003, and I got to be graced with the release of the PS2, the X Box, and the entire LOTR set. The Sauron figure would always get button pushed by me a thousand times per shift b/c of how bad ass his voice sounded, and we'd have sting fights all over the store.

These toys kicked most heinous ass

 Karas1, I was reading the Potter Books at the time. But you're right I could have drove into the books. I even made my own book mark with all the characters faces on it so I knew who they were. 

There are only two figures of Sauron, the 12 inch version and the Eye of Sauron. There was no 7 inch version. And the King of the Dead isn't the only figure of his kind, there was a Soldier of the Dead figure in the Pelennor Fields gift pack from Return of the King.

nice list. have to agree the electronic 15 inch tree beard is the way to go for it does the character justice by making him the way he is suppose to be big. and who could pass up having christopher lee on this list for he nailed Sauramon. though chris lee adds the flair to any role he does.

 I guess this doesn't qualify as a "toy", but I got my friend the LOTR chess set from Toy R' Us that Christmas.  Very cool set.