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Middle-earth Artist Donato Giancola – Artist Guest of Honor at GenCon this weekend
August 15, 2017 at 9:10 am -Many of our readers will be familiar with the superb work of artist Donato Giancola, whose stunning paintings have graced the covers of many books, including editions of both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. He’s a good friend of TORn’s, and some of you may have met him at one of our…
Best Scenes from The Hobbit movies
August 12, 2017 at 4:05 pm -Whether you love Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit movie trilogy, or love to hate it, it includes some iconic moments from J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories that are truly exceptional. So says movie writer Max Farrow in this article we found at moviepilot.com: “As we all know, Peter Jackson’s lauded adaptation of The Lord of the Rings trilogy…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s King Thorin on Throne and War Troll Pre-Orders
August 10, 2017 at 10:16 pm -Last night we got two new jaw dropping pre-orders from our friends at Weta Workshop. The first is a piece we originally saw during Comic-Con 2016, the War Troll. This amazing large beast is one of the best creature pieces by Weta Workshop. He’s a massive 20″ tall and comes in at over 20lbs. Fans…
Collecting The Precious – What statues would you like to Weta Workshop make?
August 7, 2017 at 11:12 pm -One of the best things about our friends at Weta Workshop is that they listen to fans to get an idea of the pieces we would like to see. At the Weta Collector’s forum, Flame of Udun, a list of the previous top vote earners has been assembled into a poll to see what might…
An Evening in Middle-earth
August 4, 2017 at 12:55 am -It’s that time of year again, when the Brisbane Tolkien Fellowship hosts it’s wonderful “Evening in Middle-earth”. This year there is a special treat for everyone, with an extra day, so fans can enjoy Two Evenings in Middle-earth. Along with the extra day, there is an extra special treat in store for the fans.
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop Orc Soldier and North Courtyard Pre-Orders
August 3, 2017 at 11:34 pm -We’re just out of Comic-Con and Weta keeps on delivering new and amazing pieces for us fans to add to our collections. One of the things we’d not seen so far from The Hobbit Trilogy line is one of the many soldiers who aide Sauron, Azog, and Bolg. This has been taken care of with…
Collecting The Precious – My Middle-earth Collection Update
August 2, 2017 at 8:17 am -Almost four years ago I showed off my collection as it looked upon putting it in its own room. A lot has happened since then and I thought it was time to show how things look right now. As you will see I’ve added a lot of pieces, cabinet, and bookshelf since the last time…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop Comic-Con 2017 Booth Tour and Recap
July 25, 2017 at 9:33 pm -Comic-Con 2017 may be over but our coverage still has a little left for you all. Our friends at Weta Workshop had some really awesome pieces this year and were full of surprises. They hit us with pieces like Thranduil on Elk as well as the Gollum 1:3 mixed media statue. Both these pieces are…
The Great Hall of Poets
July 24, 2017 at 10:05 pm -Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, but we hope you will read all of the poems that we have received here in our Great Hall of Poets. So come and join us by…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Comic-Con 2017 New Items
July 20, 2017 at 3:11 am -Today brought us Pre-View Night at Comic-Con 2017 and our friends at Weta Workshop came with some absolutely amazing new items. Some of them you can pre-order right now for shipping later this year and one item that is an amazing preview. Grond is an item we’ve gotten a chance to see at various cons…
Today in Middle-earth, July 19
July 19, 2017 at 1:00 am -The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on July 19th: Bilbo’s lost in the caves (1341) Riddles in the dark (1341) Bilbo finds the dwarves and the wizard (1341) The Company is trapped in the trees (1341) The funeral escort of King Théoden sets out (1419)
TORn panel and moot at SDCC on Friday, July 21
July 14, 2017 at 3:12 am -TORn will be doing a panel at San Diego Comic Con on Friday, July 21 at 5pm at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Hotel in the Grand Ballrooms 1 & 2. The Grand Ballroom is located to the right of the main Lobby as you enter from outside, we are in sections 1 &…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Hobbit Hole 19 & 20 Pine Grove
July 14, 2017 at 3:11 am -I’m a big fan of the Hobbit Hole line. It’s such a cool way to bring Hobbiton into a collection and is a price point that fans can get into Middle-earth collectibles so easy. Our friends at Weta Workshop today introduce a new Hobbit Hole for folks to add with Hobbit Hole 19 & 20…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Lurtz at Amon Hen Statue Review
July 10, 2017 at 11:45 pm -Our latest review covers another long awaited, and long asked for, piece from our friends at Weta Workshop. The Lurtz at Amon Hen captures this awesome bad guy about to take his last shot and put an end to the valiant Boromir’s last stand with Merry/Pippin. Unveiled at Comic-Con last year this piece is meant…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Smelebration
July 8, 2017 at 8:00 am -Our friends at Weta Workshop are Smelebrating Smaug this month as well as the birthday of Smaug himself Benedict Cumberbatch. Weta is unleashing a Dragon’s share of discounts on various Smaug related collectables. Just some of the Smaug goodies fans can get are: Smaug the Terrible: Premium statue $549 USD, Smaug – King under the…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Boromir at Amon Hen Statue Review
July 6, 2017 at 2:00 pm -This was one of the surprise pieces at Comic-Con last year and I will say it was one heck of a surprise. A brand new Boromir statue capturing his last moments in battle trying to save Merry and Pippin is quite a powerful piece. I think many will agree this is Boromir’s most heroic moment….
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Elven Warrior Statue Review
July 3, 2017 at 9:04 am -The Battle of the Last Alliance sequence at the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is one of the coolest moments in cinema. One of the many cool moments within that sequence is when you get that chain of Elves swiping to kill the orcs as they charge. Our…
Today in Middle-earth, Midsummer’s Day [Mid-year’s Day]
July 1, 2017 at 1:00 am -The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on Midsummer’s Day: Gandalf, the Dwarves and their Burglar leave Rivendell for the Lonely Mountain (1341) Aragorn and Arwen – A promise is born (1380) Gandalf meets Radagast the Brown (1418) The Wedding of Elessar and Arwen (1419) Frodo resigns office of mayor, and Will Whitfoot is restored…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Lady Eowyn of Rohan Statue Review
June 30, 2017 at 8:30 am -As I mention in the video, one of the great things about Weta is that they listen to us, the fans, about which statues we want to see. They run polls via the Flame of Udun, the official Weta forums, which allows fans to chime in with something that means a lot to them and…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s South Courtyard of Dol Guldur Pre-Order
June 28, 2017 at 11:22 pm -As you know we currently have an amazing contest going for a signed entire set of Weta Workshop’s 1:30 Dol Guldur scene. Going up for Pre-Order today is the South Courtyard area, which will be limited to only 500 pieces. This fantastic piece captures the broken down, thorny vine, creepy feel that we saw the…