TheOneRing.net is proud to announce a new feature on TheOneRing.net…TORn Tuesday! This LIVE event will be hosted by long-time staffer Clifford Broadway, aka Quickbeam, and will feature non-stop discussion about the words and works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Cliff will be interacting live with our Barliman’s chatroom and will, of course, discuss the latest happening related to Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films. Today is a dry run, we hope you enjoy it! Check out the broadcast in our LIVE event section now! [LIVE Event Area] (TORn Tuesday will take place from approx 5-7pm PT – See All Times)
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Sideshow Collectibles, makers of high-end The Lord of the Rings collectibles, is hosting a ‘Collect for Life’ auction to benefit Make-a-wish of Orange County. Their goal is to fund five wishes and they are raising money via paypal, txt, and one-of-a-kind auction items. The auction items from LOTR are: Witch-king of Angmar Statue LOTR Artist Proof, Fell Beast and Morgul Lord Statue ROTK Artist Proof, Gandalf the White on Shadowfax ROTK Artist Proof, and Legolas Greenleaf Statue LOTR signed by Orlando Bloom! So place your bids, or simply donate to the cause. Jump over to SideshowCollectibles.com for complete details. [Make-a-Wish Auction]
They are perhaps a sign that the owners have taken their obsession with the silver screen a bit too far. But these homes from around the world built on movie themes are nonetheless stunning pieces of ‘surreal estate’. They include a tiny cottage based on the JRR Tolkien novel The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings saga and a Flintstones home apparently carved inside a boulder. Simon Dale designed the Middle Earth inspired dwelling, which is actually in Wales, as he sought to create an affordable house that blends into the hillside. As well as its movie appeal, the house, which is made from an oak frame and has a roof comprising mud and turf, has green credentials too. Underground air cools the refrigerator, solar panels power the appliances and a nearby spring provides water for the house. More..
Our TORn staffers at Comic-Con are busy (and tired) but the time is coming soon when the live streaming will return to TheOneRing.net/live and continue for the convention’s afternoon and then into San Diego’s night. We want to under-promise and over-deliver so we will only tease that if things go well, an astounding guest or two might join us today. We will visit Weta’s booth and Sideshow Collectibles to feature the news LOTR items available as well as cool stuff and cool people from everywhere.
A reminder that TheOneRing.net will be at Comic-Con this Thursday giving a 50-minute presentation titled “Hobbit Talk,” which we are hoping to stream live as we also bring the flavor of Comic-Con to readers.
Our friends at Weta wanted to remind fans that they will have a booth on the showroom floor and pass along this message:
“Weta Workshop would like to welcome all our friends from theonering.net to come visit us at the Weta booth at Comic Con next week. This year we have a bigger crew than ever before with conceptual designers Daniel Falconer, Greg Broadmore, Paul Tobin, Claire Hackett, Stephen Crowe and Stuart Thomas all attending. Continue reading “TORn, Weta, Comic-Con only four days away!”
Want to get a cool t-shirt and help fund TheOneRing.net’s trip to Comic-Con and DragonCon? As you can imagine, it is quite expensive to send staff to these annual conventions, and this year, more so than others, we can’t fully depend on our staff paying their own way. (TheOneRing.net is a completely volunteer organization – no staffer is ever paid. We depend greatly on your support) In an effort to raise funds, we are selling our ‘Lake town Archery Club’ shirt as well as some other odd size shirts we found in the TORn attic remnant. Click on the ‘continue reading’ button below to view the shirt and size availability. And thank you in advance for your generous support of the site! Don’t want a shirt and just want to send a donation? We won’t argue with you! Our PayPal email is webmaster @ theonering.net.
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