With the start of production on The Hobbit, and all the buzz about The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Set, can there be a better time to share your love for all things Tolkien? We think not! So let us help you do so by offering you the 2011 Spring Collection of T-shirts from TheOneRing.net. There are two designs in this collection: ‘TheOneRing.net Lousy T-Shirt 2011’ and ‘Mirkwood Pest Control – No Spider too Large!’ We are are taking reservations for these shirts from now until April 6th 2011, with an expected start of shipping on April 25th 2011. Reservations for your specific size and style are only $5 per shirt and most shirts are only $20. Proceeds from the sale of these shirts will go to our server costs, so Thank You in advance for helping keep TheOneRing.net online! [TheOneRing.net T-Shirt Pre-Order]

Our friends at Warner Bros Studios are also celebrating  Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday today with up to 50% off selected items, and free shipping on orders of $60 or more from their WBshop.com store. This might be a perfect opportunity to nab a Halloween costume, DVD or that Gandalf bobblehead you’ve been putting off buying. Check out their complete Lord of the Rings offerings here. Thanks to stormcrow20 for the alert.

Steve Thomas writes: This homage was inspired by the races and places in Middle Earth. The idea came from out of the blue, but I have to admit – after doing a Google search to make sure no one else had thought of it – there was a fantasy (pun intended) Middle Earth hockey league set up by someone else, but I don’t think the site is up anymore. The teams weren’t named the same as I have below.

Anyway, these logos are about a year and a half old so they can technically fall under “Retro Thursday”. I’ve recently slapped them onto tshirts and stickers. The tshirts are completely customizable, meaning you can change the style and colour of the shirt. Zazzle has a large number of different styles from tshirts to hoodies. Check them out here.

One of the greatest conventions in North America (probably the world for that matter) kicks off in less than a week and as always, DragonCon will feature a programming track dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien with special guest Sean Astin and TheOneRing.net will be there to help celebrate! For a complete schedule of the Tolkien-themed events, please click here or read on for TORn highlights. Continue reading “DragonCon ready to swoop down upon us”

Luthien writes: I make corsets for a living, and as a huge fan of all things Tolkien I decided to give a “one ring” corset a go. It took me hours to paint the script onto this corset once I had finished the rest of it, but I’m really proud of it. More..

Sales have been suspended. These shirts will be available at DragonCon 2010

Each year at Comic-Con, TheOneRing.net releases at least one new t-shirt for the attendees. And each year we can all but guarantee that we’ll get a load of email from non-attendees looking to purchase the same shirts. This year, we were prepared! We’re happy to announce that you can now place your order for our Comic-Con 2010 T-shirts online. If you were not already aware, TheOneRing.net occasionally runs these t-shirt sales to offset the costs of running our website. Even with an all volunteer staff (including owners), we occasionally find our selves strapped for cash to fund basic operations. Thank you for your continued support!

We had two designs this year: ‘Talk nerdy to me’ and ‘I kissed a geek…And I Liked it!’

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