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22 Jul, 2017
2017-7-22 3:23:53 PM UTC
22 Jul, 2017
2017-7-22 4:00:41 PM UTC
Nice... though I wish they'd take that map clutter off the case.
22 Jul, 2017
2017-7-22 4:04:48 PM UTC
Agreed. Books look nice, slipcase not so much. Are these "pocket" size?

BH
22 Jul, 2017
2017-7-22 5:30:11 PM UTC
Yes
22 Jul, 2017
2017-7-22 9:58:51 PM UTC
Yeah, Pocket size. I had a semi-informed inkling that these would use the 1st Edition jacket styles.

I'd jave preferred a full-size edition with those jackets, but this is one I will pick up, I think (despite my feelings about the pocket format).

Agree that the box is much too fussy. I think something primarily white, rather than primarily black would work a lot better.

Edit: Speedhyhen has the picture of the back of the box also

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22 Jul, 2017
2017-7-22 11:05:57 PM UTC
Looks all jazzy and mismatched :-/
23 Jul, 2017
2017-7-23 12:13:27 AM UTC
I agree. As always, I have an idea of what it SHOULD look like :) Maybe I will fire up the drawing package after I have sorted some thorny database queries this afternoon (having to use SQL Server, and I can't say I like it after 20 years of Oracle and PostgreSQL)
23 Jul, 2017
2017-7-23 5:39:49 AM UTC

Stu wrote:
I agree. As always, I have an idea of what it SHOULD look like :) Maybe I will fire up the drawing package after I have sorted some thorny database queries this afternoon (having to use SQL Server, and I can't say I like it after 20 years of Oracle and PostgreSQL)

I feel like we have similar design sensiblities :)
23 Jul, 2017 (edited)
2017-7-23 7:13:40 AM UTC
I think I'd want something more like this (although I'm sure I could do better with a bit of thought). Just nice and simple and true to the original material.

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23 Jul, 2017
2017-7-23 9:08:08 AM UTC
I would prefer this pocket box to fit with the Tolkien Treasury given it also called "Treasury" and have a cover piece from each book, the covers used in the 2005 volumes would work well, I think they would fit more with the Tolkien Treasury covers. Either the towers or the background of Return of the King would fit the Roverandom style on the front. I think the white spines of the Rings volumes are what look out of place.
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