Ringer Spy Pippinskywalker dropped us a line to say that according to the Ted Nasmith Official Site there is going to be a special LoTR documentary on Sunday February 16th on Bravo! in Canada. Entitled “The Legacy of the Lord of the Rings”, the show will air at 8:00pm and feature some of Ted’s beautiful artwork. In the absence of any further details, you are urged to check your local guides!

Update: You can read a bit more about it here.

Our good friend Robert from Caltanet dropped us a line to let us know they had unearthed some previously unpublished Two Towers piccies. They’re over on the right and include shots of Legolas and Arwen. [Caltanet.it] [Images]

If action figure sets are your thing, these ‘Armies of Middle Earth’ figures being released across the next few months will definitely appeal! Action Figure has the scoop, and has a whole series of fabulous pictures of several forthcoming sets, including: Balrog playset, Helm’s Deep playset, Saruman’s Chambers playset and serveral others. Thanks to Lawrence for the tip! [Action-figure.com]


[Balrog Playset] [Helm’s Deep Playset]
[Saruman’s Chamber Playset] [Uruk-hai Playset]

Just a reminder: There are only 4 days left! The pre-registration area for the Battle of Helm’s Deep pre-release on DGMA.com will CLOSE FEB 17th at midnight. If you haven’t signed up for the event, please visit DGMA.com and do so by midnight this Tuesday. After that, you will only be able to purchase a spot on the day of the Tourney – either Feb, 22nd or 23rd – as a walk-in first come, first serve registration.

FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PLAYERS and LOTR TCG FANS!

For all of you who live in Southern California or nearby, you have the opportunity to attend TWO pre-release tournaments! This DOUBLE-HEADER weekend is indeed a very special circumstance and here is all of the event information at this time:

THE OFFICIAL PRE-RELEASE EVENT OF THEONERING.NET!

FEBRUARY 22, 2003: WIZARDS OF THE COAST – Westminster Mall (Westminster, CA)

The WIZARDS OF THE COAST Store in the Westminster Mall, Westminster CA is the Official Pre-Release Tournament location of TheOneRing.net! This tournament will be held SATURDAY, Feb. 22nd. Here is a link for all of the official tournament information for this pre-release: [EVENT DETAILS]

FEBRUARY 23, 2003: SQUEEZE PLAY – Tustin, CA

There will also be a second Pre-Release Tournament at SQUEEZE PLAY in Tustin, CA on SUNDAY, FEB 23rd. Here is a direct link to the Battle of Helm’s Deep Pre Release at Squeeze Play: [EVENT DETAILS]

Thanks all for reading. Don’t forget…Pre-Registration CLOSES FEB 17 at midnight!

More to come…

Lao of Gondor

Backstage.com has a small writeup about TTT’s nomination for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. TTT is nominated for best ensemble, take a look! [More]

Stewart writes: Once again we’ve put two interviews on billyboyd.net. The first deals with the rather unsavoury issue of Internet impostors and the other one is just a lot of nonsense about stuff. [More]