Our insider contacts send along this very interesting piece of inforama, take a look at just WHAT HMV is giving away starting tomorrow! I haven’t found anything on their site yet, but I’m sure we’ll see something tomorrow!

HMV.com is giving away one of the Hobbit Beds from the Casa Loma exhibit. The contest will start early tomorrow morning. It’s a no-purchase-necessary entry. [More]

Here’s some more Walgreen DVD info: valawen found the VHS and Fullscreen in Oxnard, California … Shawn says that they have already been on sale in Houston since Sunday and are unsuprisingly now sold out … Isis found the DVD and VHS in three of the four stores in Coconut Creek, South Florida … Charles found the fullscreen and VHS versions in Dallas, and supplies are dwindling.

It looked like The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition DVD was the only blockbuster movie released on DVD November 12th…until Lucasfilm revealed that the Attack of the Clones will be going on sale on DVD and VHS on the exact same day: November 12th. Just when you thought the comparisons between AotC and FotR were done and dusted… [Buy]


TORN @ Comic-Con: Day I

Ringer Spy Irascian sends along his report from Comic-Con day 1. The TORN presentation brings down the house! All of WETA come to see us! And more! [More]

Cora writes: It is possible to get a free LOTR VHS in Germany (German-Version only). Those, who subscribe to the STERN magazine get one free. [More]

Jozef writes: Great Tolkien-illustrator John Howe will be guest at Istrocon, held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic in September. [More]