Sideshow/Weta Collectibles is down to the last nine Gandalf Bronze statues. Follow the link to learn more about this 36 piece limited edition collectible for the most discriminating (and wealthy!) collector. [More]
Category: Old Main News
A lot of folks have written to ask about PayPal, how it works, and how they can register before tickets for The Return of the One Party go on sale. Ringer Staffer Beldin has been kind enough to write up a brief description. [More]
The Return of the King press round table was held at the Four Seasons Hotel. This was my first-ever press junket, and I had no idea that the whole point was to coddle us (the press) into submission. The Four Seasons is an amazing place for coddling – there are people hired simply to stand around and smile and ask you if you need anything. Did I mention the swag? We were handed bags of promotional material to “help” us report on the movie. The bags had several movie-related books, Return of the King itself (with Viggo on the cover), little figurines, a puzzle, a PlayStation game, and more. So much swag that it instantly felt like stupid levels of bribery. [More]
Canuck writes: The newest issue of Canada’s “FAMOUS” magazine has 14 pages worth of material on ROTK. [More]
Joel writes: Vodafone mobile phone service in New Zealand has a feature that shows the current location of the phone in its main display. Normally, downtown Wellington is shown as “Wellington CBD” (Central Business District). However, the phones today say “MiddlEarth”. The photo included in this note shows an example… cute! [More]
Cadiliniel of Gondor writes: Here are the scans from December 30th Sunday Times. Yes it is certainly worth the cover price, I’d pay much more for the great Eowyn and Witch King pics! Great interview too. [More]