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We’re still walking south past Isengard this #TolkienThursday, but it doesn’t feel like going downhill talking about another ToyBiz The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers Treebeard!
In The Two Towers book, Treebeard is the eldest of the Ents, but he still relies on a quorum of the younger Ents (the Entmoot). Again, they decide to attack Isengard following this meeting, and there is some Ent singing along the way.
For Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers film, the Entmoot does not lead the Ents to war. However, Pippin convinces Treebeard to carry him and Merry south past Isengard, where he sees the destruction of Fangorn forest and decides to take a side against Saruman.
“I am not altogether on anybody’s side, because nobody is altogether on my side, if you understand me: nobody cares for the woods as I care for them, not even Elves nowadays.”
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This 9 and 3/4″ tall Treebeard figure was a surprise release to me when it came out in the second carded wave (seventh wave overall) of figures for The Two Towers. Around half the size of the first release (and minus the electronic features), he came on a standard figure card. The excellent sculpt and paint job are retained from the larger version, and the articulation appears to be pretty similar. Like the big one, some assembly was required to get all the branches attached, as they just could fit in the standard figure’s bubble.
The figure must have sold well as ToyBiz released him again in the Return of the King line, and he was also available in a ROTK 2-pack with Gandalf, which was exclusive to the UK only.
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