Scorpio writes: I recently ordered a Cave Troll ToyBiz toy from kbkids.com. The overall quality of the toy is amazing! Very good for a mere $20. He comes with two weapons…of course the two from the movie. [More]
Month: January 2002
Scorpio writes: I recently ordered a Cave Troll ToyBiz toy from kbkids.com. The overall quality of the toy is amazing! Very good for a mere $20. He comes with two weapons…of course the two from the movie.
The “big ol’ mallet” and the “wild boar skewer.” It comes with two battle actions; “crushing mallet action” (attempted on Sam in the movie) and the “skewer a wild boar action” (attempted on Frodo).
When performing these attacks the troll opens his fierce mouth and lets out 1 of 3 troll sounds. The texture of the troll’s face and torso are very realistic (as realistic as you can get for a troll). This is a must-have for any toy collecting Tolkien fan! Bravo ToyBiz!
Cleolinda sends us this great quote by Peter Jackson on Tom Bombadil. Read on! [More]
Cleolinda writes: Kathleen, just sent us this quote from Cinefantastique–beautifully documented, too–if you’re interested:
“What we did contemplate,” Jackson recalled, “and it was really for the fans, was to have the hobbits walking through the Old Forest and to see a feathered cap come darting through the trees, to hear the sound of Tom Bombadil’s voice and son and then have the hobbits turn and run away as fast as they could!(he laughed) We thought (that)would acknowledge Tom Bombadil in an affectionate-joke kind of way. We didn’t have time to do it.”
(from the Dec/Jan 2002 Volume 33 No. 6 issue of Cinefantastique in the article titled LOTR:FOTR Peter Jackson Being True to Tolkien: The New Zealand Director Honors a Literary Classic)
This should kill all Bombadil rumors people keep asking us about.
New Zealand movie-maker Peter Jackson has been nominated for the award he wants perhaps second only to an Oscar – best director as judged by the Directors’ Guild Association. [More]
HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) “Harry Potter” had one more trick up his sleeve as his box office dominance fades. The diminutive boy wizard eked past the rampaging dinosaurs of “Jurassic Park” to become the second-highest grossing movie ever overseas. [More]