Let me add my welcome.

LOTR is a good to great pin, and certainly is up there with some of the best.

But they are expensive!

Yes, they are a pretty penny indeed.  But seeing what all is in them, not really a bad value.  When I was just collecting the figures it wasn't too difficult to get them all.  But to keep the interest going I started to hunt for unusual items or packaging.  I remember telling my wife, 'Honey I have good news and bad news...I found something new to get with the figures...but it costs five thousand dollars!'

I find the game is fun to play, even being inexperienced at it, with the POTD, VUKS and Balrog bashing.  I find the the 'Ka-Chunk of nailing The Ring particularly satisfying.  I was watching a person, good at it, play and the knocker startled me.  I thought something was wrong.