Yeah, some of them are pretty cool. At one time I was within 13 statues of having them all. Sold a lot of them off to help save room and some debt. Still got my faves and have my statue collection to where I really am very happy with it.
I started my collecting back in 2003 with the King Elessar statue being my first purchase. I was able to get Strider from a place in the Netherlands which was my first purchase from an overseas individual/store. Got some other crazy/funny stories too. Collecting during the heyday of the SSW LOTR line was some of the funnest collecting memories I've got.