Would you buy a replica of Bella’s Eclipse engagement ring?

As we mentioned last week, a high quality still of the engagement ring Edward gives to Bella in Eclipse was causing quite a stir on the internet. While we think the ring is a pretty good match for the one described by Stephenie Meyer in the book, some fans aren’t happy with the ring. The Guardian has published an article about movie merchandise, and more specifically Bella’s engagement ring. So we want to know your opinion on the issue, would you buy a replica Eclipse engagement ring?

I love movie and TV merchandise; whether it’s my Team Edward or Merlotte’s Bar t-shirt, I like to show my love for my favourite stuff. So when I read this article in The Guardian I was a bit surprised. While I agree that spending $1999 on a replica of Bella’s engagement ring is taking fandom a bit too far, I don’t think all movie merchandise should be classed as ‘tacky’. Here’s an excerpt from the post:

As a general rule, Twilight fans don’t need another excuse to be insufferable. But what the hell, here’s one anyway. A jewellery company in America has just released one of the most objectively wrongheaded pieces of movie merchandise in living memory – a replica of Bella’s engagement ring from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

It’s an actual engagement ring. Admittedly you can buy cheaper versions that cost £40 and £330, but there’s also a full-blown engagement ring – made from diamonds and 14 carat gold – that can be yours for £1,300. If you want it, that is, which presumably people do or else it wouldn’t exist.

But just because you can buy a Twilight engagement ring, it doesn’t mean that you should. At £1,300, it’s clearly aimed at people who should know better. People who should realise that wearing an engagement ring based on a faddy movie about a silly-haired vampire will one day look as silly as wearing an engagement ring branded with the New Kids On the Block logo. People who should realise that they’re one small step away from sending out wedding invitations requesting that guests turn up dressed as Hobbits or members of Starfleet. People with fiances who understand that they’ll always play second best to Robert Pattinson but still stick around anyway because they don’t have any self-esteem left.

The Twilight engagement ring is such a bad idea, such a catastrophic waste of money, that it effectively eclipses every other piece of tacky movie merchandise ever made. So now is the perfect time to hold something of an amnesty. If you’ve ever bought or received a piece of bad movie merchandise, I want you to come clean about it here. And you don’t have to feel embarrassed about it, either – whatever it is, it won’t be as bad as a £1,300 Twilight engagement ring.

So we want to know what you think about the engagement ring and Twilight merchandise in general. Is some of it taking the obsession too far or is it a unique way of showing your love for the saga? Would you buy either the fashion, fine or genuine ring for yourself or a loved one? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

[via The Guardian]