J.W. Braun is back with another trivia question and a review of The Art of the Lord of the Rings book series by Gary Russell. If you like Braun’s reviews, be sure to check out his new facebook page.
Category: Merchandise
lotrcrazy spotted this LOTR mention from last week’s ‘Get Fuzzy’. Click to view in full size.
As you know the digital effects wizards at Weta Workshop are not just a company that makes some of the most fantastic images, props, costumes, etc that you see on-screen. They also make collectibles based on some of the stories they help produce. During The Lord of the Rings trilogy their statues, busts, weapons, medallions and environments were integral parts of collecting from those films. In 2005 this line of collectibles came to an end leaving Tolkien collectors with a very impressive collection representing these films.
Well, two years ago Weta came back to making product from The Lord of the Rings trilogy with more environments, a new shield line, swords, and prop replica pieces. One big difference: Weta is now making these pieces under their own collectibles company – Weta Workshop. These new items, allow collectors to continue to build on the previous The Lord of the Rings collection. That’s great news for us!
Continue reading “Collecting The Precious: Weta Collectibles”
Come June and Lord of the Rings fans will have much reason to celebrate, for in anticipation of the BluRay release of the Extended Editions of the Lord of the Rings films, AMC Theatres will be screening the very same director’s cuts of the films over three weeks in June.
Begin the epic journey of The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) on June 14th 2011,
experience the union of The Two Towers (Extended Edition) on June 21st 2011, and behold the end of all things with The Return of the King (Extended Edition) on June 28th 2011.
And that’s not all…
Check back at TheOneRing.net for an EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT about these events in the coming weeks!
Ted Nasmith himself dropped me a line asking to promote this fundraiser for a worthy cause, take a look! Just a quick email to let everyone know that 2 original pieces of Ted Nasmith’s work will be on a 10 day auction on ebay starting at 10pm today (UK time).
Tom Bombadil and the River Daughter by Ted Nasmith
Luthien Escapes Upon Huan by Ted Nasmith original art
Tom Bombadil and The River Daughter and also Luthien Escapes upon Huan. Although both pieces should sell for around £4000 each they have a start price of only £1250 each and no reserve. The proceeds from the sale are all going towards urgently needed medical expenses for a loved member of Ted’s family so please give generously and bid early.
Before we announce our winners for the Bag End Giveaway, we’d like to send a special thank you to Weta Workshop for generously donating the prizes. It goes without saying they make some of the best collectibles on the market today, so please support them by visiting WetaNZ.com today!
And now, without further delay. The winners are:
Grand Prize – Jeremy S. of New York, USA
Runner up – Samantha H. of Yorkshire, England
Runner up – Joel R. of Adelaide, Australia
Runner up – Matthew E. of California, USA
For the questions and the correct answers, click the link below.