Tonight we have several new items from our friends at Weta Workshop. The first of these new items was my personal favorite at this years San Diego Comic-Con.
The beautiful Lady Galadriel at Dol Guldur is without a doubt the best version of this character we’ve had a chance to add to any of our collections. This stunning piece comes in with an edition size of only 750 pieces world wide and can be purchased for $275. You can expect to have her in March of 2017.
The next two items continue the growing resurgence of the helm line. Fans can now add the helm of Dain Ironfoot as well as The Witch King as we see him at Dol Guldur during The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Both the helms come in with a price tag of $79 and edition sizes of 750 pieces. If you manage to order all three helms that have been released so far by September 30th, 2016 by midnight (NZT) you can be in the running to get the #1/500 Uruk-Hai helm.
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This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Stephen Hunter (Bombur) about his latest projects, his new website and his Vlogs. Enjoy!
Continue reading “TORn chats to Stephen Hunter”
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New items are landing from our friends at Weta Workshop for Pre-Order.
We have the return of the 1:4 helm line that fans have been begging to have back. The new line leads off with the helm of Skully the Orc, who you may recall from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. This piece looked absolutely fantastic at Comic-Con, with the skull looking like the real bones from some poor soul. Skully’s helm can be had for $79 and is due to ship in quarter one of next year. Continue reading “Collecting The Precious – Weta Workhop’s Skully Helm and 1:30 Scale Figure Pre-Orders”
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Not to sound as alarmist as Fredegar Bolger rousing the Hobbit-folk in the wee hours of a peaceful Shire morning, but perhaps the time has come for fans of Howard Shore’s scores to sit up and reconcile themselves to a very dismaying possibility – that the unheard music of Middle-earth might well in fact never be heard.
It’s Earl, your soundtrack-obsessed TORn-staffer, and the reason I’m venturing to make this statement is because of the recently announced Limited Collector’s Edition of the movies, which makes it almost excruciatingly clear that the Warner Bros studio is so very, very far removed from knowing what fans really, truly want, and are willing to pay for.
Continue reading “Awake! Fear! Fire! Foes! or What Does the Limited Collector’s Edition Portend for the Unheard Music of Middle-earth?”
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Greetings — Quickbeam here.
The forthcoming “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” 6-film Blu-ray set of both LOTR and HOBBIT has caused much consternation among Ringers, eliciting strong reactions across the board. Several of our Staff have published their excellent viewpoints (my op-ed is here) and our community feels energized like it was 15 years ago. Continue reading “EXCLUSIVE: Peter Jackson not “involved in this release””
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If you’re into 1:6 figures of your favorite Middle-earth characters then Asmus Toys has you covered. Their latest figure is Gandalf the Grey and the fantastic thing about this figure is that it covers both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. How is that? This figure comes with all the staffs Gandalf uses over the course of all six films. The thing that blows me away the most in the pictures of this figure is how well done the clothes look. They really look movie screen quality. I also like the blend of sculpted hair in the beard and real hair on the top of his head. The final thing that really impressed me was if you want to recreate the bridge scene from The Fellowship of the Ring. Gandalf comes in with a price tag of $199 and comes with an insane amount of stuff.
Gandalf the Grey Specs:
Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Gandalf the Grey from The Lord of the Ring trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy.
Asmus Toys KP01A+ male body
Approximately 30 cm tall
Over 36 points of articulation
Features :
An authentic likeness of the actor from the film.
- One pair of relaxed posture hand
- One pair of weapon holding hand
- One pipe holding hand
Special features on Clothing:
- One signature grey wizard hat
- One pair of brown long sleeved inner shirt
- One dark grey robe
- One dark grey hooded cloak
- One brown woven belt
- One printed blue belt plus sheath holder
- One pair of brown leather boots
- One traveling bag
Special features in weapons:
- One wizard staff, used in the first entry of the movie.
- One wizard staff, used to defeat Balrog
- One elvish sword
- One sword sheath
- A pipe
Accessories:
- One interractive cutom base of the broken bridge in Moira
- One Asmus Toys figure stand
- One display base of Asmus.
PRE-ORDER ONLY: One wizard staff, used in the Hobbit movie
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Tonight we have several new items from our friends at Weta Workshop. The first of these new items was my personal favorite at this years San Diego Comic-Con.
