Scottish Raygun fan Daniel Leyden literally danced with excitement when he received the email from Weta Customer Services telling him he had won Weta’s ‘Complete Your Raygun Set’ competition. “I was at work when I found out”, he says excitedly. “I just jumped up and down shouting ‘I’ve won! I’ve won!’”

Daniel is a games programmer for a mobile phone company, and it was here that he got his initial Raygun delivered, the F.M.O.M Industries Wave Disrupter Raygun, much to the fascination of his colleagues, who share his open planned office. “A few of my colleagues like, ‘you’re buying WHAT!@? They were certainly questioning why I was buying a Raygun! But for me, it was more of a ‘I just want this cool thing.” Continue reading “Scottish Collector Wins Complete Raygun Set”

Gandalf vs SarumanThe latest addition to The Lord of the Rings Diorama series from Sideshow Collectibles is ‘.’ Sideshow previewed this item for the first time last night and we expect it to start pre-ordering next Thursday with their newsletter launch. Click on the following link to view the full preview and while you’re there, check out the other LOTR dioramas. [] []

If you are still on the hunt for great LOTR collectibles this holiday season, check out . They have alerted their customers that the page will be updated daily at 9am PT until mid-december with new discounts every day. The latest discount is 45% off the Shelob Sideshow/Weta Statue. (That sale ends at 9am PT today) []

Bloom Narrates new Everest Doco Anthony writes: Orlando Bloom has narrated a new documentary film – now available on DVD. To see the film’s Web site and trailer go to: www.EverestPeaceProject.org. Narrated by Orlando Bloom and hailed as a “tremendous achievement” by the Dalai Lama. Everest: A Climb for Peace is not just a typical Everest film, but a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit – an inspirational film, which also has some of the most incredible Everest footage ever shot, including a dramatic rescue from near the summit of Everest.

Order ‘Everest: A Climb for Peace’ on Amazon.com Today!

Sideshow Collectibles has been running their ‘Black and White Friday‘ promotion from Nov 21st until Nov 26th 2007. If you are hunting for great discounts on some LOTR Collectibles, you’ll want to check out what they have posted. The majority of these items are available to ship right now, and are guaranteed to arrive before the Holiday. So if you have a special LOTR fan in your life, or just want to get yourself something special, check out the following discounted product list. Continue reading “Sideshow Collectibles Discounted Products”

From The White Tree Fund journal team: The White Tree Fund is very happy to announce that Silver Leaves, TWTF’s journal, will be released on November 24, 2007. There is a lot of great content in this inaugural issue including art by Jef Murray and Coralie Allan, and articles by some amazing folks including Tom Shippey, Michael Drout, Dimitra Fimi and Janet Brennan Croft. The cost of the journal is $15.00 CDN (plus shipping and handling for printed copies), and we’ll get your copy out to you ASAP. For further information, please visit our website at whitetreefund.org.

We’re already thinking ahead to the next issue, so if you have ideas, comments or suggestions, or you’d like to make a submission, please let us know by sending an email to silverleaves@whitetreefund.org.