Later today various staffers from TORn will be taking planes, trains and automobiles to get to the Big Apple and start setting up for New York ComicCon! From 3pm Thursday afternoon we’ll be manning our booth at the Javits Convention Center, and we hope that you will come on by and say hello!
You can visit TheOneRing.net at booth number 2947, where you can buy fabulous shirts, buttons and other goodies, plus play trivia, enter a draw for some incredible prizes or just chat with fellow fans! You can also hear us speak and speculate about the forthcoming Hobbit movies, at our panel at 9pm on Friday night.
And don’t forget, you can party with us tomorrow (Thursday) at 8pm at the Speakeasy Room! This is the bargain of the year – you would not believe the amount of amazing stuff we have to give away to attendees! For just $25, you get a goody bag which includes a T-shirt, TORn button and Sideshow gift card; two entries into the raffle with amazing Hobbit prizes from Weta, Noble Collection, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Sideshow Collectibles; your first drink; food; and, of course, great company with fellow fans! Where else can you get a private party in Manhattan, plus all those freebies, for such a price? Last few tickets available here, until 3pm on Thursday, or on the door! Do come and join us!
Hope to see you in the Big Apple! Many thanks to our friends at Weta, Sideshow Collectibles, The Noble Collection, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and The Tolkien Shop for their support!
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We are now just days away from our second ‘Ringers Take Manhattan’ in New York City on Thursday, Oct 11th from 8-11pm! Many have already bought tickets, but we still have a few more available – we expect them to sell quickly! We are now excited to share with you the full list of party perks included with every ticket purchase!
– Two Free Raffle Tickets (More can be purchased) for great prizes:
- The Noble Collection ‘Deed of Contract’ from The Hobbit!
- Prizes from Houghton Mifflin including 75th Anniversary editions of The Hobbit and tote bags decorated with Tolkien’s own art work!
- Select The Hobbit items from our friends at WETA Collectibles – TBD!
- A mountain of prizes from Sideshow Collectibles including a Legolas Statue, Black Orc Statue, Film Frame Collectibles, and more!
– An Exclusive New York Comic-Con 2012 TheOneRing.net Button
– $25 Gift Card for SideshowCollectibles.com
– Free Appetizers
– One Free Drink Coupon
– Good times in a private room in Manhattan, complete with a ‘Middle-earth’ playlist on the sound system!
All this for a measly $25 – Pretty sure you are making out with more than $25 worth of stuff! As Gimli would say, ‘What are we waiting for?!’ – remember, tickets on the door cost $30. So don’t delay – go here and buy your tickets now! [Purchase Tickets]
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It’s almost party time in Wellington, as they gear up for the world premeir of The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey on November 28. From the city of Wellington website: Wellington City Council will contribute $1.1 million to the premiere week activities and towards ensuring Wellington is again looking its best under the international spotlight. Celebrations and preparations for the World Premiere are already well underway, highlights include:
- A ‘countdown clock’ to be installed on the front of the Embassy Theatre. The clock will count down the minutes to the beginning of the premiere celebrations.
- Stunning artwork inspired by The Hobbit Trilogy to welcome visitors at Wellington International Airport and across the city.
- A Hobbit-inspired Artisan Festival in Waitangi Park showcasing the various craftspeople and talent involved in the making of The Hobbit Trilogy.
- Outdoor, free public screenings of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy leading up to the premiere night event.
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A few lucky people on our Hobbit discussion board who live in Norway reported today that, after standing in line in freezing cold temperatures for days, their efforts have been rewarded with tickets for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! The movie opens in many theaters in Norway with a midnight showing at 12:12 a.m., Wednesday, December 12. Tickets are currently on sale for both 2-D and 3-D showings.
Perhaps more exciting for those of us who aren’t lucky enough to live in Norway, member Carne tells us that two separate theaters in Norway report a running time of 2 hours, 44 minutes. Another member, painjoker, corroborated that with the observation that some folks who had been invited to a showing of the rough-cut in the theater he was standing in line at were inside the theater approximately three hours. Mithrandir also reported they’re allowing about three hours and ten minutes between showings, so that would also corroborate a 2:44 running time. By definition, if it is a rough cut being shown now, the running time could still change slightly, but 2:44 seems to be the consensus at the moment.
Tickets to the movie will go on sale in the U.S. on November 7. Two hours an forty-four minutes of Hobbit goodness will be coming to a theater near all of us soon, but ‘patience’ is the word of the day for those of us who have to wait until the 7th of November for our tickets!
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Our good friends at Badali Jewelry are hosting an online costume contest! There are some fabulous prizes to be won, and we know Tolkien fans are extraordinary costumers – so check out the details here and get those entries in! Good luck!
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Our good friends at publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt wanted to be sure that fans in the Boston area know about a Hobbit panel, which will be part of the Boston Book Festival. The panel features folks such as Wayne Hammond, Christina Scull, Corey Olsen (The Tolkien Professor) and another friend of TORn, writer and lifelong geek Ethan Gilsdorf. The fun happens at 11am on Saturday 27th October – all details here. (NB We have it on good authority that the ‘sneak preview’ of the film will not include anything not already seen in trailers – so whilst it may be new to some in attendance, we know that everyone here will have seen it already!) What better way to spend a Saturday morning than in the company of fellow Tolkien fans?
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