Wow, that's one of my dreams too. You never know how much they would cost, maybe they wouldn't be as that expensive.
My favorite things about the game are both the lore, as I love middle earth and the lord of the rings, as well as the community. The people I've met while playing lotro are all nice people who treat each other well and are very helpful people, they remind me of some of the people you might meet in middle earth if it was a real place. The story of the game is also very well done and there's plenty of group content to keep the game interesting, as well as new content coming out every now and then.
I really just loved being able to interact with a fully realized version of Tolkien's world. I play most games for the lore rather than anything else, and I thought that the developers did a great job of building a compelling version of Middle Earth.