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25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 3:57:03 AM UTC

Stu wrote:
My FoG deluxe finally arrived. Looks marginally better in real life than in pictures, but that colour is definitely an odd pick. Definitely just a "sunk cost fallacy" purchase for me.

I feel the same way, that colour's not for me either. On a positive note, I'm loving the trade edition's endpapers!
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 4:22:53 AM UTC

Berelach wrote:

Stu wrote:
My FoG deluxe finally arrived. Looks marginally better in real life than in pictures, but that colour is definitely an odd pick. Definitely just a "sunk cost fallacy" purchase for me.

I feel the same way, that colour's not for me either. On a positive note, I'm loving the trade edition's endpapers!

The trade edition is a nicely done book, IMHO.
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 4:33:51 AM UTC
The colour is indeed a unique one. But I don’t mind it. I was just glad it wasn’t another shade of blue/grey.

On the topic of which, the FCL deluxe will probably be red (the obvious Christmas colour besides green which has been used for B&L)? I don’t have LOTR. Is it red or more maroon-ish?
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 1:39:14 PM UTC

On the topic of which, the FCL deluxe will probably be red (the obvious Christmas colour besides green which has been used for B&L)? I don’t have LOTR. Is it red or more maroon-ish?

LoTR is maroon. My guess is FCL will be to LoTR as B&L is to The Hobbit (dark, rich hue to more bright and vibrant). Knowing HC though, they'll probably want to expand their browns palette.
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 2:35:27 PM UTC
Snow white, please!
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 3:40:17 PM UTC
Oh I hope they don’t use brown for a Christmas themed book
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 3:42:42 PM UTC
Oh that would be beautiful I think. I hope at least for the inner book cover’s foil stamping they use a nice combination of red and silver instead of just sticking to regular gold.
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 3:48:32 PM UTC

Eorl wrote:
Oh that would be beautiful I think. I hope at least for the inner book cover’s foil stamping they use a nice combination of red and silver instead of just sticking to regular gold.

Completely agree
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 3:53:15 PM UTC
Well TFtPR had Gold and Red (maybe Silver too, been a while since I took it out of it's slipcase) so there is a presedence for at least two colors -- though I'm not sure HC would devote the extra cost to do that, without shipping the book off to China for printing/binding.

Kullervo is red, a color that would have looked nice on FCL. Suppose they could go with a little bit brighter red if they wanted to go the red route. Given the recent FoG color, I could see HC just throwing a dart at the color wheel and going with that.
25 Sep, 2018
2018-9-25 4:29:07 PM UTC
Yes, the Alan Lee signed edition of Perilous Realm does have foil stamping in three colours as you recall (it’s why I suggested it for FCL :))
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