Let's Chat: Play Along Toys - Gollum Having Internal Struggles

Here's the AOME LOTR Gollum figure just posted yesterday in the scene where he's having an active discussion with himself as to whether or not he should throttle the Hobbits now or bide his time. Welll, we all know the answer to that.

This is not the image I really wanted, but using the free version of Chat GPT limits me. I only get four or five edits every 24 hours and if the image isn't exactly what I want, I can burn through those in no time, which means other image edits are put on hold.

Ed

Play Along Toys AOME LOTR Battle Scale Figures - #48170 Gollum (Toys-R-Us Promo in Window Box)

Back in 2015 I posted all of the window box Battle Scale Figures I had - but was missing one of the Ringwraith's, Haldir, and Gollum. The Ringwraith and Haldir were recently posted and today we're presenting Gollum. That I know of, Gollum and Frodo (posted in 2015) are the only two non-international window box promos available as Toys-R-Us promos. Toys-R-Us had a bunch more AOME LOTR promotional items, but those two were the only single figure, window box offerings.

Ed

Let's Chat: Play Along Toys - Army of The Dead Warrior

I really like that after 16 years, these old photos  of dead warriors still have some life left in them 😜. Today's chat was inspired by Play Along's 'Soldiers and Scenes' Army of The Dead set, specifically that third guy on the right - the Warrior.

Ed

 

Let's Chat: Play Along Toys - King Theoden on Horseback

This Chat is based on Play Along Toys AOME LOTR King Theoden on Horseback, part of Play Along's 'Warriors and Battle Beasts' series. One of the frustrating aspects of working with Chat GPT is its tendency to want to make every image look realistic - even when that is not the goal. Mostly, for what I want to accomplish with these LOTR figures, is to place them in realistic settings, yet allow the toy to remain toy-like. It's like being a kid again and playing with your little Army Men. The toys are there in all their plastic wonderfullness, but in the child's imagination, they're battling it out in realistic settings. In that regard, this Chat image is a failure. Overall, it's a terrific picture, but the Chat image of Theoden looks nothing like the toy image - he's too real looking!

Ed

Play Along Toys AOME LOTR - Heroes & Villains of Middle-earth - Attack Craft Orc with Club

There are two Orcs in this Heroes and Villains series specifically labeled as 'Attack Craft Orc', but Play Along Toys never made an attack craft. It was planned, and mock-ups built, but the project was canceled. Here's a low-res photo I culled from the Internet ages ago and is the only picture I have of it.

Ed

Removable headgear, weapons, and shields allow one to 'customize' their AOME LOTR armies.