Tolkien Musing - Mike Makras

On my latest delve into the internet I came across a Tolkien sculpture from the 70s/80s Mike Makras.

There is a fan Facebook page.

He was primarily around at the time of the Rankin Bass animated films, which, according to the Facebook page, his figures are based on however I don't believe he had any connection with.

His figures are quite rare and collectable and it is hard to find much detail on them.

CollectTolkien website has details of some figures

I believe that the figures were hand made so each one would be unique, it would therefore be impossible to have a complete guide of them.

These are some examples I have found.

Frodo

Sam

Bilbo

Boromir

Gollum

Shelob

Elf King

Treebeard

Elrond

    

Aragorn

Gandalf

Saruman

Galadriel

Thorin

Bombur

    

Kili

    

Fili

    

Dori

    

Oin
    

Ori

    

Bard
    

Orc

    

Troll

    

Smaug

Hobbit House

Isengard

    

Isengard Planter

Limited 7500

    

    

Hobbit Bookends

Chess Set (70/80s)

These are very, very rare as all figures are all handmade.

Rooks: Hobbit Hole, Treebeard, Orthnic (sic), Gollum
Kn: Frodo, Smaug (sic), it's Bilbo in photo, Balrog, Smaug
B: Gandalf, Elrond, Nazgul, Great Goblin
Q: Galadriel, Shelob
K: Aragorn, Saruman
P:Kili, Fili, Dori, Oin, Ori, Dwalin, Thorin, Bilbo (pawn scale), Goblins (mixed), Orcs (mixed)