The figures for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be available in a matter of hours! The Bridge Direct has published their final press release letting fans know what to expect from their awesome line of figures. As we mentioned, starting October first fans will be able to find these collectibles in their favorite brick and mortar stores nationwide. Items for this line range in size from 3.75″ figures to your very own Dwarven Battle Axe. Next week, when these figures arrive in stores, we’ll have reviews of some of the awesome collectibles you can get your hands on.
Read the official press release from The Bridge Direct (after the break):
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Warner Bros. has revealed another great scroll-like Hobbit poster on their site. Similar to the movie poster revealed recently, the newest poster concentrates mainly on the dwarves, with a little Bilbo and Gandalf thrown in. This helps further establish personalities and, with this particular scroll, names for each of the dwarves, helping fans familiarize themselves with all thirteen prior to seeing the movie. Do you have a favorite already? More than one? Let us know: Barliman’s chat; Hobbit Movie Discussion; TORn facebook, TORn Twitter. Read more…
This weekend, we’re resuming our Fellowship of the Ring read-through in Hall of Fire as Elrond summons a great council of representatives of Middle-earth’s free peoples — men, elves, dwarves, hobbits and Istari.
At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice.
“I will take the Ring,” he said, “though I do not know the way.”
FoTR: Book Two, Chapter Two — The Council of Elrond
Frodo and his companions have already done much in simply bringing the Ring safely to Rivendell, and keeping it from the servants of the Enemy. Continue reading “Hall of Fire tackles the Council of Elrond tomorrow”
Ringer jan-u-wine alerted us to an entertaining article on flavorwire.com: a listing of ten literary authors who illustrated their own work. Number one on the list is none other than J.R.R. Tolkien. Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien are lucky that Tolkien was quite a talented artist who made many illustrations and maps for his literary works. Tolkien’s unique artistic style added charm and character to such works as The Father Christmas Letters and The Hobbit. What better way to envision Middle-earth than through the eyes of the author himself.
As an author/illustrator, Tolkien is in good company. Other authors that illustrated their own works include T.S. Elliot and Rudyard Kipling. Check it out. Read More…
XKCD is getting geeky on us again, this time referencing swords that glow blue. We’re definitely familiar with a few of those, namely Bilbo’s ‘Sting,’ Gandalf’s ‘Glamdring’ and Thorin’s ‘Orcrist.’ Thanks for putting a smile on our geeky faces, XKCD. (Click on the picture to see the full-size image).
October 1st marks a big day for fans awaiting collectibles of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. This day marks the day where companies can officially start selling products for the first of the films in this trilogy. Film Cells Ltd will at midnight start taking orders for their amazing film cell collectibles with stills from the first movie, and if you know about their The Lord of the Rings items you will want to make sure to get these. As you know figures from The Bridge Direct will start showing up in stores for fans to purchase on the spot. Finally, from the folks at Weta Workshop some of the amazing things we saw at Comic-Con will start showing up on their website. Just some of the things you might see from Weta on Monday include: Fine Art Collectible Sculptures, Authentic Prop Replicas, The Master Swordsmith’s Collection, Art Prints and Maps from the original artists, Jewelry, A series of books created by the artists at the heart of the film-making process, and much more. Is your bank balance ready??
