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MasterHicarbdicke wrote:This is one of those times when I suddenly realize that I'm just too old to "get" something. No disrespect to the artist at all, but I just don't see how this could get 1st place. There must just be a lot of young kids out there that love LOTR the way that I loved the original Star Wars films. I would totally buy a Star Wars shirt that made no sense and wasn't particularly clever, just because it was Star Wars. I feel like that's what's happening here. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

You're partially right. I'm sure there is a good contingent of young people who fell in love with the LOTR movies at an impressionable age. And that's contributed to this win. But, unlike Star Wars, the series also has a large following of fans of all ages who read and loved the books. That subculture has been around for decades, and could easily have swung this vote as well. So, rest assured that you're not too old to get it. You're just uninitiated.

khearn wrote:I love it. The one thing keeping me from pulling the trigger is that the writing is supposed to be on the inside of the ring, not the outside. It just looks wrong. But the concept is great!

Incorrect. When heated by flame the writing appears on BOTH the inside and the outside.

kcmark wrote:Incorrect. When heated by flame the writing appears on BOTH the inside and the outside.

Wow, it just amazes me how long this meaningless debate is lasting. I feel like I'm watching a "Big Bang Theory" episode. Carry on Sheldon.

mgodlewski wrote:i haven't seen a good shirt in almost 16 months!!!

Yet you're still here commenting. Checking every day, almost 500 shirts now, still nothing good. Well, maybe tomorrow. That's either hearteningly optimistic or sad.

Why was it hard to get to Sauron's lair?

Because no matter how many you opened there was always Mor dor.

:P

a5m0deu5 wrote:yes you are wrong, the LOTR books were published in the 50s predating Star Wars by about 2 decades, my father is almost 60 and he read them as a child, so if anything, I'd say that you're too young rather than old.

The books may have been published in the 50's, but their popularity today has mostly to do with the recent film adaptation. So LOTR is like the Original Star Wars to some people

This shirt is great....big LOTR fan and had no hesitation about buying this one!

dpbowl842 wrote:It's not too cutesy for this 26 yr old man!! :D

I was like, "geez, 26 is pretty old" but then I remembered that I'm also 26 and it made me sad.

At least I have an awesome new shirt!

danberms wrote:
Had a movie poster of the eye at work and had to take it down since it offended some of the women coworkers. They though it was representing something that's not safe for work...

Wow. Just... wow.

I have infinite joy in sending my kid to preschool in woot shirts. I'm having trouble resisting this purchase...

Edit:
AS SOON AS I CLICKED POST - woot.shirt tweets that it's the LAST CALL. fryers. In for two. One for mommy, one for the kiddo.

Ah, yes. Looks like a promotional T-Shirt for the new Broadway musical "The Ring and Eye".

*rimshot*

hippie19 wrote:Is that a flaming eyeball holding hands with a ring? I don't get it.

oh good...i'm not the only ignorant one here....muah!

cincijam wrote:Yet you're still here commenting. Checking every day, almost 500 shirts now, still nothing good. Well, maybe tomorrow. That's either hearteningly optimistic or sad.

You are obviously not looking hard enough or are very picky...in which case you will continue to be disappointed here...just sayin...

Chickaboo1962 wrote:You are obviously not looking hard enough or are very picky...in which case you will continue to be disappointed here...just sayin...

"i haven't seen a good shirt in almost 16 months!!!"

EDIT: my previous response was in response to the above post....

I don't know if I want to buy this shirt or not! I love it a lot, but I don't know GOBS of things about LOTR and I'm afraid people are going to come up and harass me about the writing on the ring. I just like LOTR a lot and also think this shirt is adorable.

I don't get it. Never watched or read the LOTR trilogy. But it's still kinda cute.

Dang! Missed it by that much!

Nooo!! Sold out before I had a chance to look up the site today! PLEASE PLEASE make more!??!?

Smootiful wrote:Nooo!! Sold out before I had a chance to look up the site today! PLEASE PLEASE make more!??!?

I'm sure it'll be Reckoninged later.

hiimjohn wrote:do the woots by state take into account the shipping location, or the billing address?

This must be important!

Smootiful wrote:Nooo!! Sold out before I had a chance to look up the site today! PLEASE PLEASE make more!??!?

Just go to the reckoning page tomorrow and it will be for sale there until at least a week from Monday.

He went to Jared!

the fact that this shirt got me my first quality post makes me love LOTR that much more

RvLeshrac wrote:'cept the ring is solid, featureless gold until tossed into fire. The Lidless Eye isn't really on fire, etc. etc. etc.

But this could go on FOREVER, and that's a nice shirt.

"...a lidless eye wreathed in flame."

potsic wrote:Book 1, Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past

"... he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script."

Read the book. There's legible writing on both sides. Who has two thumbs and is an uber-nerd? <= This guy!

Trust me, I've read the books more times than I care to admit. I guess I always understood it as to be reversed on the inside, as if the glowing script was going all the way through the form of the ring. So if one furry-footed friend were to attempt to read just the inside it would be backwards, like a double-sided movie poster from the back...

...What? I already got the q.p. for expressing my nerdiness, might as well keep that trend going. I have a girlfriend by the way... I DO!! HONEST!!

BAWLIN

ahoyhoy wrote:I picked up my staff, I went lookin' for a place to hide;
When I saw Sauron and the Ring walkin' side by side.
I said, "Hey, Sauron, come on, let's go to Hobbiton."
He said, "I gotta flee Middle Earth, but m'friend can stick around."

From the band to the dead…
I lit out from Shire, I was chased by nine Nazgul
They'd kill me to get just this one ring
and all of them to rule.
Sit down Frodo, it's gonna take some time. I’m a friend of the wizard, you're a friend of mine
If you drop that ring into Mordor right, you just might get back home, alive.

This is the best shirt I have ever seen... I love LOTR! I can't believe I missed it though . But I'll definitely buy it tomorrow.

how can i get this?!!! i want it sooo bad! i love lotr =(

will it be available again?

such an awesome shirt!!!!

eebie90 wrote:The books may have been published in the 50's, but their popularity today has mostly to do with the recent film adaptation. So LOTR is like the Original Star Wars to some people

You're joking, right? The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the best selling series of all time. It's one of the primary measures that works of fantasy are measured against. The movies were made because the series is hugely popular, not the other way around.

I am 36 years old and I am a proud wooter of this shirt. This is the first time I got a shirt that isn't going to be reckoned away immediately.

jordan1122 wrote:how can i get this?!!! i want it sooo bad! i love lotr =(

will it be available again?

such an awesome shirt!!!!

go to this url tomorrow and you can get it for $15
http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=13218

fleamarketadict wrote:go to this url tomorrow and you can get it for $15
http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=13218

thank you very much, i play lotro (lord of the rings online) and when i visited here i nearly jumped out of my seat. this is gonna be the first shirt i get here, pretty excited!

nooooo I cannot believed i missed this. is there any way i can get this shirt still?

peterific wrote:nooooo I cannot believed i missed this. is there any way i can get this shirt still?

Next week when the reckoning begins

I got up early today just because I had a feeling that this would be first place, and that I'd have to buy one before work since they'd be sold out by the time I got back. Turns out my intuition actually works sometimes.

k2wananb wrote:You're joking, right? The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the best selling series of all time. It's one of the primary measures that works of fantasy are measured against. The movies were made because the series is hugely popular, not the other way around.

Thank you for pointing this out! I couldn't believe someone thought LOTR was big because of the movies...I mean come on, that's like saying the sinking of the Titanic was only important because Cameron put it on the big screen.

Congrats on the sellout, Patrick!

k2wananb wrote:You're joking, right? The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the best selling series of all time. It's one of the primary measures that works of fantasy are measured against. The movies were made because the series is hugely popular, not the other way around.

Well, yes and no. The "trilogy" is not considered in the "best selling series" because Tolkien wrote it as a single book. As a single book, you are correct. It's in the top ten, selling more copies than the Book of Mormon.

anthrochick wrote:Thank you for pointing this out! I couldn't believe someone thought LOTR was big because of the movies...I mean come on, that's like saying the sinking of the Titanic was only important because Cameron put it on the big screen.

I'm going to say, I have to agree as well. I'm 28 years of age. When I was a child (maybe 6 or 7), my father gave me a picture that he purchased for me at The Tinder Box (not sure if anyone is familiar with these, but they are cigar/tobacco shirts).

This picture is of the LOTR. It has Gandolf in the center, with Frodo at his side. At the very tip of his staff, there is a diamond in the picture (this picture is VERY thick).

As I aged, I noticed how many intricate details are in the frame, along the sides their are orcs and such. At the top, there is the depiction of the infamous words of the ring and the eye.

MAN, it really takes me back, and it completely influenced my love of the lore. It is certainly one that is difficult to match.

Having said all of this, it made me think of another, 'The World of Krystonia.'

Oh, pardon my nostalgia.. I'm getting carried away, lol!

I just don't like their hands...