Jeff Hrubiak writes: It has been just over a year since The Lord of the Rings Tradeable Miniatures Game from Sabertooth Games brought Tolkien’s Middle-earth to the gaming table with the all new Combat Hex® gaming system. Since the initial release of the 120 figure Base Set (BS) in October 2003 Sabertooth has brought avid gamers and Tolkienists alike such exciting new products as The Fellowship of the Ring (FE) Expansion, 2 Map Packs, and 3 Premium Line (PL) Figures. In addition, they have many new releases planned for Christmas Time 2004 and many more throughout 2005. [More]
Month: December 2004
The good folks from the Salvation Army writes: When these bears were donated to the Salvation Army, they knew that they’d had a great life with their previous owners. They also knew that they were ready to take on a more demanding role for the 10th Annual Teddy Bear Tea and Auction, which raises money for the North Central Brevard County Salvation Army Domestic Violence Program in Cocoa, Florida. [More]
From the folks at the Minnesota Tolkien Society: Sean Astin’s down home goodness was no greater than when he spoke with and signed autographs for the crowd of over 700 people last night at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. [More]
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From the folks at the Minnesota Tolkien Society:
Sean Astin’s down home goodness was no greater than when he spoke with and signed autographs for the crowd of over 700 people last night at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. Stephen, a manager at Barnes and Noble, the host of last night’s event, said that alot of celebrities come through, but none more genuine and friendly than Sean. Even one of the Mall Security assigned to escort him and his family noted that he was just a real nice guy.
Sean had just returned from New Zealand last week, and had brought his family with him to Minnesota. While Sean talked, they went on rides in Knott’s Camp Snoopy indoor theme park.
Sean was excited to receive a shirt from the Minnesota Tolkien Society (promoting the Return of the Trilogy event), and wore it the whole night, even after he finished signing over 700 autographs for 3 hours straight.
The Return of the Trilogy showing tickets on New Year’s Eve are available here.
These are a little late in coming, however here are a few choice images from the Armageddon Convention in Wellington. Here are a few images of Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies and the always lovely Sarah McLeod! [More]
Laura writes: I just thought I’d send you my photos from when I went to the signing in London. It was all over pretty quickly once we got in, but I will say that Sean was very sweet and gracious when I met him, despite having a queue of 200+ to get through (plus the 500 pre-orders he had to sign too). [More]