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Lord of the rings gollum action figure2/12/2024 ![]() ![]() $3.75 is way too high, even with the extra markup you’d expect at a drug store. UPDATE (4/5/14): I finally found a carded figure, Aragorn, with a price tag on it. You can see close-ups of all the figures here. ![]() Knickerbocker Toy Company, at the time “ the world’s largest manufacturer of the popular Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls,” was founded in 1922 and went out of business in 1982, “battered by losses.” The LOTR gambit didn’t help.īy the way, if you want to own one of these guys-or buy me one for Christmas-the specimens above went for between $300 and $600. ![]() Even if the line had been on the shelves in force, it would have been lost in the clamor for Star Wars, BSG, Micronauts, and giant robots. The action figures were underproduced and I don’t remember seeing a single advertisement for them. The merchandising campaign for Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings was extensive but poorly managed, as unfocused as promotion of the feature itself. ![]()
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