Take a look at this french site with tons of LOTR goodies, pick some up aujourd’hui! [More]
Day: October 22, 2001
From: Murky Past
If you are interested, this is a copy of an e-mail sent to the University of London Union about a bar promotion for LOTR.
‘Fellowship of the Rings’ The Lord of the Rings Part 1 Bar Promotion Nights.
Guaranteed to fill your bars up of real ale drinking computing studies students (and for some reason I suspect Ents Staff too) faster than you can say Bilbo Baggins. (who writes this stuff? -Xo) [More]
From: Murky Past
If you are interested, this is a copy of an e-mail sent to the University of London Union about a bar promotion for LOTR. Print whatever’s interesting. I’ll let you know if and when it runs.
‘Fellowship of the Rings’ The Lord of the Rings Part 1
Bar Promotion Nights.
Guaranteed to fill your bars up of real ale drinking computing studies students (and for some reason I suspect Ents Staff too) faster than you can say Bilbo Baggins
It’s scratchcard promotion where we provide scratchcards with allocated merchandise to win shuffled in. These scratchcards are intended to be given out over the bar with purchase on any drink or a specific brand at the discretion of your bar management. There will be a good prize fund for this one but has yet to be totally finalised. (unfortunately our suggestions of comedy elf ears and dwarf beards weren’t taken that seriously – so it’ll be good stuff instead.)
It will however include:
1 LOTR Crew Jacket
Soundtracks
T-shirts
Pewter key rings
Quads
Minis Posters
There are certain things that we have to do which are slightly different compared to our normal way of working please read the points below.
1. Types of night – You know your campuses best, but it needs to be busy there will be nothing in the prize fund that will cause problems for your security e.g. swords, axes, rings of invisibility etc.
2. Dates – between 18th – 25th November
3. Reports / Photos – where we can we will be asking our Student Reps (for this please read student staff rather than student brand manager) to get photos and give us the student perspective but we will need Photos and short reports form every bar/venue manager that the promotion takes place with. We will put cameras in every kit that goes out and a fax back form for a report for those who you who don’t want to use electronic mail. We’ll phone to remind you but would rather we didn’t have to. If you take this promotion an integral part of the agreement is to return photos and a short report – this is very important to us and the film company.
I’m not going to waste everyone’s time with stupid bits of paper to sign but please be aware that this is the agreement for us placing the promotion with you.
Ringer Spy Ryan L sends along word about all the LOTR: FOTR coolness being seen in the Toronto area, I’ve got to say, the city that always sleeps seems to be getting LOTR fever…I hope Montreal catches on. [More]
From: Ryan L
I’m sure you have probably heard this already, but businesses in Toronto have undergone a massive advertising campaign for Lord of the Rings and specifically the Casa Loma exhibit.
Along the sides of major streets (Most noticibly Spadina), Lord of the Rings Banners hand from light posts. Giant Murals depict scenes from LOTR on the sides of buildings (I saw two within two blocks on Bloor Street around the Bay Street area).
An advertisment for the Casa Loma exhibit was shown during ‘From Hell’ at a Cineplex Odeon (Varsity Theatre on Bloor St) this Saturday 20th. It was about 30 seconds in length and depicted scenes from the movie. In the theatre there were lots of flyers and posters up for the Casa Loma exhibit (As well as plenty just for the movie). They had stacks of flyers at the entrance, I picked up about 20 or so. (I would scan one in, but don’t have a scanner at my disposal until the upcoming weekend)
Not to mention the advertising in the Toronto Star and all the Tolkien Book setups at book stores. I’ve also seen a couple of convience stores (who don’t normally sell books) who have small Tolkien setups.
Insiders in the Burger King camp are telling us that the big BK may be halting it’s online LOTR: FOTR Campaign. No word yet on its other ventures regarding the film. More info as it comes!