Welcome to our collection of TORN’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORN and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions. Watch this space as every weekend we will spotlight the most popular buzz on TORN’s Message Boards. Everyone is welcome, so come on in and join in the fun!
Continue reading “TORN Message Boards Weekly Roundup – October 14 2012”
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Ringer-spy Rosie-with-the-ribbons sent us the following report from this years RingCon.
Last weekend there was another RingCon in Bonn, Germany, the 11th RingCon to be precise.
In the last few years more and more fandoms have been invited to attend. And this year we were very happy to greet a big number of Game of Thrones-stars and their beautifully costumed fans to the event. But I am going to focus on all the LOTR-stuff that happened.
Continue reading “RingCon 2012, what a wonderful time”
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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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Emil Johansson is the brains behind LOTR Project. His site, you may recall, brought us the Middle-earth family tree.
Now he’s unveiled an extension to the project that collates population statistics from extant Middle-earth resources, and explores various age and life-expectancy trends. Johansson describes it as an exploration of the world of Tolkien through numbers.
EDIT: It seems as though the site is experiencing heavy demand. So please be patient, and maybe try again later?
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