Spies tell us that eyewear manufacturer Oakley is creating a special, limited edition run of 3D glasses for The Hobbit. The branded, high-quality 3D glasses will retail for $150.
Our spy, Ringer Irish Man, tells us they will come in a sleek, wraparound style, like they’d belong on the beach, very unlike the Dwarf-inspired shape we’ve seen from mass-release Hobbit 3D glasses we reported last week.
Only 4,000 pairs will be made, and each will come with a gold/silver metal lapel pin of Bilbo’s elvish sword Sting.
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Ringer Lissuin provides a translation of the Aftonbladet article about the self-sufficient Hobbit village planned for Stockholm in Sweden.
You’ll soon be able to live like a Hobbit — in Sweden
An entire village from The Lord of the Rings is going to be built — on Musk Island. Soon you’ll be able to live like Bilbo in Stockholm’s archipelago. The Lord of the Rings village will entice stressed-out city dwellers to live under the ground. Continue reading “Translation: Swedes plan self-sufficient Hobbit village”
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Ringer Quackingtroll alerts us to a Lego Lord of the Rings playable online flash-based game over on the Lego LoTR website.
It’s called The Siege of Helm’s Deep. Personally, I found it a bit confusing, but go try your hand!
If nothing else, the lead-up cut-scenes look really, really cool.
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TheOneRing.net is set to invade Dragon*Con , the world’s largest Sci-Fi/Pop Culture convention, this Labor Day weekend (August 31st – September 3rd) in Atlanta, Georgia.
This years LotR/Hobbit guests include Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Craig Parker, and Sylvester McCoy.
Meet up with other Tolkien fans at the annual Evening at Bree event on Friday August 31st, hosted by Tolkien’s Middle-earth Track with music by Emerald Rose and a costume contest MC’d by Craig Parker. The Tolkien Track will also host fan film screenings, costuming panels, scholarly discussions, even open mic nights! Stop by TOR.n’s fan table to pick up a TOR.n t-shirt and try your hand at Tolkien trivia. And of course TOR.n staffers will be on hand to discuss all the latest information on ‘The Hobbit’ films.
For a complete list of Tolkien Track panels, click here.
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Radio NZ National program The Arts on Sunday has interviewed Peter King who is the brains behind the make up design for the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
King has previously won an Oscar and a BAFTA for his work on The Lord of the Rings, while his other film credits include Nine, the Nanny McPhee movies, King Kong, Thunderbirds and An Ideal Husband.
I don’t know how long the link will remain up so you should have a listen soon. Press play below to hear the interview.
If the above link doesn’t work for you listen [here]
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Today, Weta Workshop put up their most detailed environment yet. The Barad-Dur: Fortress of Sauron has gone up for order and after seeing this at Comic-Con just last month this is something fans will want to make sure to figure out how to get into their collection. Barad-Dur took the team at Weta over 1,500 hours to complete and when you get a chance to see this you will be able to see why.
This environment is a perfect rendering of what was on screen and will take you right to the moment we first saw Barad-Dur on screen. Barad-Dur comes in with a price tag of $699.99 and an edition size of only 1,000 pieces world wide which are sure to sell quickly.
You do have time to save though as this environment will not be shipping until December this year or next January.
[Pre-order your Barad-Dur]
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