During the month of July we teamed up with our friends at United Cutlery and BudK to give away one replica of Orcrist, as designed for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. After weeks of entries we’re pleased to announce the winner who will be adding this amazing item to their collection. The winner is Clara G. of Cannes France! Congratulations Clara on your prize and thank you to everyone who took the time to enter this contest. Also, thank you to United Cutlery and BudK for allowing us to give away this great prize!
As a surprise for all of you, we were sent this little teaser from our friends at United Cutlery and BudK, it’s an image of the Orcrist Scabbard coming out this fall. We hope you enjoy this teaser.
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It is hard to believe, but the little live webcast that could, TORnTUESDAY, has reached a new milestone! Two years non-stop, ongoing live coverage of major fan events such as Comic-Con and Dragon*Con — as well as bringing you a bevy of stars such as Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd and his band Beecake, Royd Tolkien, “The Last Unicorn” and LOTR writer Peter S. Beagle, “Hellboy” star Doug Jones, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” creator Kevin Eastman, the Happy Hobbit girls, “Lord of the Rings” Living Card Game designers, and many more!
To mark this special anniversary we will have a lot of material to cover, and let’s all take a closer look at the Extended Edition of THE HOBBIT: AUJ that is coming out — so please bring your questions and comments to the chat!
We launch TORn TUESDAY every week at 5:00PM Pacific: brought to you by host Clifford “Quickbeam” Broadway and producer Justin “Nothing Up My Sleeve” Sewell — Our innovative live show includes worldwide fans who join us on the Live Event page with a built-in IRC chat (affectionately known as Barliman’s Chat room). Be part of the fun and mischief every week as we broadcast *live* from Meltdown Comics in the heart of Hollywood, U.S.A.!
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During Comic-Con 2013, Sideshow Collectibles was kind enough to give us a Dark Rider of Mordor Premium Format Figure as a giveaway. We are now happy to announce the winner:
Richard E. Jr.
Richard, you will be contacted shortly via email! If you didn’t win, consider owning this impressive piece. The Dark Rider of Mordor Premium format figure may be a bit pricey, but if you have ever seen this monstrous piece in person, it is well worth it. And heck, Sideshow has a FLEXPay option for no cost. [Click here]
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TORn friend, Brian Tither, who has studied Old and Middle English and Old Icelandic at Victoria University NZ, has sent this response to our post on Making Sense of the latest Tolkien Lawsuit.
Continue reading “The literary legacy that members of the Tolkien Estate want to protect”
If you have a Tolkien/Middle-earth inspired poem you’d like to share, then send it to poetry@theonering.net. One poem per person may be submitted each month. Please make sure to proofread your work before sending it in. TheOneRing.net is not responsible for poems posting with spelling or grammatical errors.
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Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the week ending August 4, 2013. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch up on the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the link 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 the fun!
Continue reading “TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – August 4, 2013”
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Ringer Alan lets us know that MovieStop, a movie store in Atlanta, Georgia, has this fantastic in-depth look at what we fans can expect from the Extended Editions of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Let’s dive right in and look at the goodies that are going to be on the discs. Continue reading “An in-depth first look at the AUJ EE contents”
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During the month of July we teamed up with our friends at United Cutlery and BudK to give away one replica of Orcrist, as designed for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. After weeks of entries we’re pleased to announce the winner who will be adding this amazing item to their collection. The winner is Clara G. of Cannes France! Congratulations Clara on your prize and thank you to everyone who took the time to enter this contest. Also, thank you to United Cutlery and BudK for allowing us to give away this great prize!
