Recommended music: Howard Shore -Théoden King (feat. “The Funeral of Théodred”, performed by Miranda Otto)
The Hour is not Late, Ringers! On this #TolkienThursday, let’s talk about the ToyBiz Possessed King Théoden!
In The Lord of the Rings books, King Théoden ruled Rohan for nearly 40 years. Becoming old and tired, Théoden allowed his chief adviser Gríma to mislead him during Rohan’s invasion by Dunlendings, Uruk-hai, and other Orcs due to the influence of Saruman’s machinations.
For the Peter Jackson films, Théoden is straight up possessed by Saruman and initially appears to be an extremely old man with glazed-over eyes and gray hair who is not willing to send out the Rohirrim to defend their lands against the new invaders.
GRIMA: (whispering to Théoden) He’s not welcome.
THEODEN: Why should I welcome you……Gandalf Stormcrow? (he looks to Grima for agreement)
GRIMA: A just question, my liege. (he gets up and walks towards Gandalf) Late is the hour… in which this conjurer chooses to appear. (The menacing group moves nearer to them.) Lathspell, I name him. Ill news is an ill guest.
Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas arrive in Edoras, and Gandalf exorcises Saruman’s spell right out of Théoden. The king quickly returns to a healthier look and recovers his clarity, booting Grima from Edoras.
This Théoden figure was included in the fifth and final wave of carded figures for The Two Towers line and was not a part of any other releases. This was the third Théoden figure released for TTT, with one more packaged for Return of the King. The figure comes with no accessories, but this version of Théoden King does not have his sword in the film just yet. While it may look like ToyBiz was trying to be cheap with this release, the final look of the figure is excellent with a beautifully painted unique headsculpt and sculpted robe overlay.
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