Recommended music: Howard Shore -The Last March of the Ents (feat. Ben Del Maestro)
Don’t be hasty this #TolkienThursday. Let’s take our time talking about the ToyBiz The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers Treebeard!
In The Two Towers book, Treebeard is the eldest of the Ents in Middle-Earth. While Ents are not technically trees, Treebeard was a “shepherd of trees.” Treebeard calls out the other remaining Ents for a meet-up known as an Entmoot. They decide to attack Isengard as a result. Also, there is a lot of singing.
For the Peter Jackson films, the Entmoot does not lead the Ents to war. However, the result is the same. A clever Pippin gets the idea for Treebeard to carry him and Merry towards Isengard. This causes Treebeard to see the destruction of the forest. He then calls upon the Ents to march on Isengard anyway.
[The Ents hover, making low voices. Treebeard approaches the hobbits.]
Pippin: “Merry.”
Treebeard: “We have just agreed.”
[He seems to fall asleep.]
Merry: “Yes?”
Treebeard: “I have told your names to the Entmoot and we have agreed: you are not orcs.”
Pippin: “Well, that’s good news.”
Merry: “And what about Saruman? Have you come to a decision about him?”
Treebeard: “Now don’t be hasty, Master Meriadoc.”
Merry: “Hasty?! Our friends are out there. They need our help! They cannot fight this war on their own.”
Treebeard: “War, yes. It affects us all. But you must understand, young hobbit. It takes a long time to say anything in old Entish, and we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.”
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This 17″ Treebeard figure was available right away when the first waves of figures for The Two Towers line were hitting stores, and the film was hitting theaters. While the $30 price point seemed high at the time, it’s a steal today considering the scale and electronic features. Not only do the eyes light up, but the mouth moves (well, the mustache anyway). He delivers a handful of lines from the film with the press of a branch, and voice sounds right on for Treebeard voice actor John Rhys-Davies. The sculpt and paint are stellar, and the articulation is better than you’d expect with a plant based figure of this size. ToyBiz could have made him even taller, but he has a hard enough time fitting in my The Two Towers display, especially with two hobbits in tow.😛
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