Wanna join the staff of the Prancing Pony? WBShop.com is pre-selling an official and exclusive Pracing Pony T-shirt right now.

Join the staff of the Prancing Pony with this EXCLUSIVE t-shirt from The Lord of the Rings!  The Inn of the Prancing Pony, in the town of Bree, is where Frodo Baggins first meets Aragorn.  This 100% cotton, black t-shirt features the Inn’s logo on the front and STAFF on the back.  Available in adult sizes. Please note: this is a preorder item. The shirt will ship on April 6th, 2010.

Follow the link to place your pre-order today! [Prancing Pony Shirt]

Claire writes: In early December 2008 TheOneRing.net carried a report of the launch of Dr Dimitra Fimi’s book ‘Tolkien, Race and Cultural History’. Well, the publishers, Palgrave Macmillan, have decided to reissue the book – and this time it’ll be in paperback!

It’s fairly unusual for an academic volume to be published in paperback, so this is a real coup for Dimitra and Tolkien studies. It’s due out on 14th August 2010, but you can always pre-order a copy from your local bookshop or on line. To do that you’ll need the ISBN, which is 9780230272842, the title, author’s name and publisher. Continue reading “Dimitra Fimi’s ‘Tolkien, Race and Cultural History’”

Celebriel writes: I’m not at all sure we should encourage this, but Entertainment Earth is introducing bobbleheads of Frodo, Gandalf, Legolas, Gollum and Sauron in April, to coincide with the Trilogy launch on Blu-Ray. More..

The folks from Badali Jewelry send this along: Just thought we would let you know that we believe that the Big Bang Theory episode, “The Precious Fragmentation”, will feature one or more of our 24k. gold plated bronze One Rings of Power. We shipped an order of three 24k. Gold Plated One Rings to The Big Bang Theory people at the beginning of February. Click so see (or order) a sample of the ring in question. [badalijewelry.com]

Check out ‘The Big Bang Theory’ on CBS

Thanks to Ringer GrgOffr for alerting us to the upcoming March 8th episode of CBS’s ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ The episode is titled “The Precious Fragmentation.”  The story has the crew finding a replica of the One Ring at a garage sale.  You can imagine what follows. Check your local listings! [Official Website]

The Official Lord Of The Rings website has undergone a major redesign in anticipation of the upcoming Blu Ray release of the Theatrical Editions of the films, available April 6, 2010.

Subscribers of the Warner Bros. newsletter will have received an official Lord of the Rings newsletter less than an hour ago with an alert to the same.

Much of the site is still in the process of being updated, and while most of the links currently display “Coming soon”, some of the newer links are relevant to the Blu Ray release such as “Bly Ray & DVD” and “The Restoration Process”.

Visit www.lordoftherings.net to view the newly redesigned website.