One Ring to Rule Them All...

As a kid, my absolute favorite book was The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.  I must have read the hardcover copy I received from my parents as a gift at least ten times cover to cover.  Obviously being such a fan of that one, I got into the Lord of the Rings as well.

When it was announced almost 20 years ago now (man I'm getting old) that the Lord of the Rings books were going to be made into movies I was understandably pumped.  While, as is almost always the case, I still prefer the books, the movies were spectacularly done.  They were pretty big box office hits, and I think they hold up well even now many years in the rear view mirror.  These days Game of Thrones is the big name in the fantasy genre, but I still watch the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings films probably once a year or so.

Well, it wasn't until recently that I discovered there was a Lord of the Rings set produced by Topps in 2006 that contained stained glass inserts.  Sold!

This is the card that led me to discover the set when I stumbled upon it browsing around on COMC.  Honestly, they are very overpriced on COMC currently with each single going for around a $15 asking price.  I found a complete set on eBay for about $10 if memory serves (or you can buy my spare Bilbo off me on COMC for $2.50!).

I'm not going to give a ton of commentary here since this isn't the sort of thing I usually buy or post, but here are the rest of the scans.  The stained glass portion is sort of a colored acetate, much like the Gallery of Heroes baseball release.

So there you go, a very random post for this particular Thursday.  I'll be back with some sports-related content tomorrow!