looks nice, much improved graphics.

As to compatibility with the current expansions, I do believe you could use the Sauron expansion if you have the original LotR set as you use the orignal tiles along with the red tiles from the sauron set instead of the new tiles from this set which look smaller.

According to the advice for card sleeves, the cards in this new set are the same european standard size as with the old sets. But even if they where not it wouldn't be a problem as the new cards from sauron don't get mixed with any of the decks from the base game.

The resource chits will probably (hopefully) fit on the new boards.

And hopefully if they come out with Silver Line expansions, they will be compatible with the original set, as that is the one that I have, and I would like to be able to pick up at least one or two of them for relatively inexpensively.

If the Silver Line Edition will get some expansions, then maybe that i will buy it.

I have the old edition with the first 2 expansions:)

I am still missing battlegrounds..

Battlefields is nice, harder than Friends & Foes, though haven't yet dared to pair Sauron expansion with anything other than the base game.

I see that the Silver line edition exist 2 years already?

And there are still no expansion sets?

It doesn't look like it. Best to get the original and expansions on eBay.