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From Hollywood.com: In 1971, Jan Sterling was 19 years old, married, caring for a one-year-old baby girl, and living out of a 1961 Econoline Ford Van. She was driving around the country in a state that she describes as “quite homeless.” She says that her life was forever changed when, one day, she happened upon an old set of The Lord of the Rings books.
“I was saved by Tolkien’s story and world,” Sterling says. “It became my lifeline through those lonely, hard days and years after. It was incredible how the same story spoke to whatever life events I was experiencing.”
Hot on the heels of our ‘Map and Key of Thorin Oakenshield’ giveaway, we have another opportunity for you to win big from The Noble Collection!
Contest #2 is for this amazing replica of Sting – the sword which accompanies both Bilbo and Frodo on their many adventures through Middle-earth. Sting retails at TheNobleCollection.com for $109 so its an amazing opportunity to snag a more pricey item for your collection!
How do you enter? Well, we have been saying it for days…submit a Ringer Review and you will be automatically entered! Make sure to submit your review by Dec 18th at midnight PST to be eligible and sorry, we won’t be accepting reviews of just a few words. You need to fill out all questions and leave at least a 50 word review. Yes, if you already submitted your review you are already entered! One entry per person per email for this contest. Alas entry is for US residents only. The winner will be chosen at random. Good luck! [Submit your Review]
As we’ve come to expect, Weta and Harper Collins have produced another sumptuous, richly-bound volume detailing the process of turning words and imagination into the films we see. It’s written by Daniel Falconer, who’s had a hands-on overview of the road to executing Jackson’s vision since the beginning of LOTR. Thus you see many sketches exploring the different concepts that inform the finished designs we see on screen, and a wealth of objects you only dream of studying at leisure and in detail. It’s full of insights into how the film’s creators saw the character and history of The Hobbit’s people, creatures and places. The actors get to speak about their characters too, so we learn for instance that Sylvester McCoy loves animals in real life – he whistles to birds and they whistle back! Definitely a book to treasure. It’s full of spoilers too promising scenes that we can hope to see in the extended edition DVDs if nowhere else – scenes with the Old Took and Belladonna Took, Gandalf’s first meeting with Bilbo when he was a young boy, and a closer look at more Shirefolk such as Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Old Gammidge and Old Hob. Check out some scans below. [Purchase Today!] Continue reading “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Chronicles”
This past Friday The Noble Collection teamed up with us here at TORn to give away a pretty freaking awesome collectible. After hundreds of entries in just 24 hours we’re pleased to announce the winner of this contest. The lucky person who will have this delivered to their door is K. Poole of Phoenix, Az. Congrats to you! Your info is being passed on to The Noble Collection.
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