From: Boris
Here’s the official press release from Games Workshop, regarding their upcoming Lot game (check out the cool picture of Saruman!).
This was handed out at Games Workshop’s stand at this year’s Nürnberg toy fair in Germany. [More]
Month: February 2001
From: Jebus
I found this on the popcorn website (popcorn.co.uk). Sean Astin (Sam) talks about the LOTR films, and his time in New Zealand.
One of the stars of the three ‘Lord Of The Rings’ movies has been speaking exclusively to Popcorn about the upcoming trilogy, saying he hopes it “lives up the the hype”.
American actor Sean Astin plays gardener Samwise Gamgee in all three films, and he’s full of praise for director Peter Jackson’s epic vision. “It was really hard work but it was really good, important work,” the 29-year-old son of John Astin (aka Gomez in ‘The Addams Family’) says. “What Peter Jackson has tried to accomplish – and what he has accomplished – is so massive that it’s staggering.”
While Astin admits that life as a hobbit was gruelling, he says the delights of New Zealand were a major compensation. “New Zealand is one of the last unspoiled splendours on the face of the Earth, so we were working in Middle Earth – with the green lush forests and the rolling hills and the fjords and the snow-capped [Southern] Alps.”
“It was amazing,” Astin adds, “helicopting to the top of these mountains or working on an active volcano for six weeks – it was pretty spectacular.”
From: Alun
Monday morning (5th Feb 2001), the LotR trailer was shown in full on Channel 4’s ‘The Big Breakfast’ in the UK.
The presenters added a few remarks on the fact that it was expected to break all box office records and a joke that the public should be careful, because the films may be, “hobbit forming!”
Thanks to the tie-in with the movie, LotR gets a blurb on the front page of barnesandnoble.com today, and I quote:
“Also in our Bookstore: Gear up for the epic movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings with a deluxe Millennium Edition box set of the trilogy.”
Thanks to Daddy Twofoot for the info!
In December, Ringer fan Saint brought us news concerning the ‘real scan’ process for making the Lord of the Rings toys. (12/07/00)
Today, Saint sends us news that the next issue of ToyFare Magazine will have the first images of these toys. He also sends a long a link to StarWars.com where we can see what this scanning technology can produce! Check out the great model of Christopher Lee! [More]
We wanted to make sure you knew that Gollum is in the running for the Champion of the UnderGround
He may seem like a pathetic, pitiful psychopath who likes to refer to his Ring as “my precious,” but he’s a wily one when it comes to riddles. If you guess right, you’re home free. If you guess wrong, you’re dinner. His opponents had better know how to use their minds as well as their fists.
You can decide his fate and with each vote, you are eligible to WIN the coveted UnderGround Mother Lode, including a Sony AIBO, iMAC DV+, a Dig Dug vintage arcade machine and more! The more times you vote, the more points you’ll score. [More]