Apart from all the ComicCon madness there are some other newstidbits to report. Eleanor dropped us a line to tell us about two upcoming events in Geneva, Switzerland.
I’d like to let people in and around Geneva, Switzerland, know about two movies at cinélac, a great open-air-cinema on the lakeshore of the lac Léman, where you can sit and watch fab movies on a big screen while admiring spectacular sunsets over the mountain-range and the illuminated city on the other side of the glittering lake!
They are showing “The Two Towers” on aug 6th at 9:30 pm, in the FRENCH version, though, and “Pirates of the Carribean” on aug 15th at 9:15 pm; that one being the english original version.
Their website is www.orangecinema.ch/en/geneva.htm (or just type www.cinelac.ch). Last year’s show of Fellowship was great. And I assure you: if it’s gonna rain, it’s gonna be fun! 🙂
SAN DIEGO – To goof just a little on a movie classic, “I love the smell of geek in the morning.” Day Two of Comic Con 2003 was a intensification of Day One but with a lot more breathing room with a big dose of geek in the air. Instead of a three-hour tour of the convention, patrons could enter the great hall at 10 a.m. and stay on the main floor until 7 p.m..
With a solid number of Con attendees settled into the skyscraper-forest of downtown San Diego, many patrons of the pop-culture super event rubbed the fantasy dust from their eyes and trudged or shuttled down to the more than 400,000 square feet of convention floor space.
Yes, 400,000 square feet of wild and wooly buying, selling, wandering, head-turning displays and head-turning costumes from all conceivable genres. Naturally one can buy comic books but an almost unbelievable myriad of other items are everywhere including toys, posters, weapons, games, magazines, cards, photographs, music, lunch boxes, furniture, clothing and more uncommon items than you can shake a staff at.
As predicted, TORn ran out of its Day One and Two buttons and had to quit selling t-shirts temporarily because demand was much greater than supply. Copies of “The People’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien” moved briskly with our own Ostadan and Quickbeam on hand to personalize copies to happy fans who reveled in the atmosphere thick with all things geek. The film crew for “Ringers” continued to pack in fanatics to its “confessional” to record fans’ passions for all things Tolkien.
Six WETA crew men, including the incomparable Richard Taylor, showed up early in the day fresh off a plane from New Zealand to deliver an amazing new display-only, life-size Gollumn statue to the Sideshow area (TORn’s neighbor) before the floor opened. Sideshow’s CEO Greg Anzalone was delighted to add Gollumn to the terrifying life-size collection which includes a cave-troll head, a mounted wraith and Lurtz.
According to Anzalone, Gollumn was the WETA crew’s carry on luggage from all the way across the world and a few weeks ago it wasn’t clear if Taylor would have time to create the display because apparently he is busy working on some movie about a king or something.
“That is how committed they are to making this (Comic-Con) a special experience for fans. This is the ultimate gathering of fans because it is a true cross section of fans of pop culture.”
Taylor later did a signing in the New Line pavilion and on Day Three he will again be a part of New Line’s main presentation at Con’s 5,000 seat upstairs room. Last year of course WETA’s almost legendary make-up demonstration and guest appearances by a couple of Hobbits and some big bad villains.
“This is the country’s leading pop-culture show and it is an honor to be a part of it,” Anzalone said.
“The Lord Of The Rings pavilion, made up of eight key companies (Sideshow, TORn, Houghton-Mifflin, New Line, The Noble Collection, Decipher, EA Games, Games Workshop) is great. Fans are having experiences with creators.”
Fans were also having experiences with Gollum, getting their picture taken next to the life-like statue by the hundreds. TORn senior Tolkien fan Ostadan called it “the most impressive piece of Tolkien art that I have seen in 30 years of fandom.”
Just upstairs from the millions of buyers marching up and down isles was a day full of presentations including a one hour TheOneRing.net panel. TORn gave away a fantastic “Orc Brute” statue made by Sideshow/Weta Collectibles along with several copies of the people’s guide. Quickbeam, Tookish, Ostadan and Flinch entertained the crowd with a fan-led discussion which implemented the fans’ own comments and questions which ranged from the future of TORn, to possibilities of a Hobbit movie, to the elvish language and potential submersive on-line games set in Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
A fandom show-of-hands poll revealed that a few in the audience had never read Lord Of The Rings and glob of others had read the book because of the Peter Jackson movies. The youngest reader who had finished the work was 12 years old and the longest-time reader was a veteran since 1958.
Tomorrow there are no scheduled Lord of the Rings panels, but TORn is planning on selling more t-shirts and doing a few giveaways at the booth. Photos and another report to follow.
SAN DIEGO – On-line Tolkien fans already know that TheOneRing.net is the center of all things LOTR, but on Comic-Con 2003 Day One, that reality became literal instead of just figurative. Inside the giant expanse that is the Comic-Con’s exhibit floor, the Lord of The Rings pavilion sits in the heart of it all. TORn has taken up residence in the middle of the middle, flanked by Sideshow Toys, New Line Cinema and EA Games.
Close neighbors include LOTR publisher Houghton-Mifflin, the Noble Collection’s of LOTR themed products, Decipher and Games Workshop. This collection of Tolkien-loving floor space stands as one of the most brilliant, if not the best part of the garganutan (and that is not hyperboyle) event.
Wednesday night, titled preview night, is a chance for fans registered for all four days to canvas the exhibit floor and canvas they did. A significant number of fans made a bee line for the TORn booth to hob-nob with friends and snag one of three TORn buttons specially produced for the event. Wednesday and Thursday feature the green “TheOneRing.net is Hobbit forming” which fans gobbled up lightning fast, leaving only a handful for Thursday.
Also featured at TORn’s booth are three t-shirts which also miraculously disappeared as Tolkien fans took advantage of the $15 preview night price. Most popular was the green shirt with the following on the back: “I WAS… chased from my house, stabbed by a wraith, assaulted by a mutant octopus, speared by a troll, stalked by a creepy little man, drawn into a corpse-filled swamp, poisoned by a giant spider, rendered unconscious… I even lost my RIng, AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT
New Line Cinema, promoting its elite DVD’s, including LOTR of course, has a giant screen atop a faux-rock stand,flanked by Orthanc – as seen on the live web cam that updates from Con every 10 seconds. Many TORnados have stopped by with a cell phone to call friends and family at home and prompt them to logon to TheOneRing.net to catch a glimpse of them, smiling from Con. Meanwhile, the TORN staff watches “Austin Powers” highlights and moments from “Dumb and Dumberer” over and over and over – and this is but day one.
Also on playing at the TORn booth is “Sauron Speaks – Fat Beats From The Dark Tower,” which is a independantly produced record from Morgan Phillips knows as DJ “Supergenius.” Phillips produced the disc before he ever found TheOneRIng.net but while promoting his record he discovered TORn and its dominance of Tolkien fandom on-line.
He describes his compositions as “slightly abstracted electro rock” which is an hour blended from Bashki, Rankin-Bass, Led Zeppelin and other Tolkien themed music. Who will like it? Phillips things there is quite a list.
“…hard core fans, fans of art, hip hop, classic rock, epic fantasy…it is a spin on a whole genre.”
Phillips has been a Tolkien fan since his childhood when his mother read the books to him. He is passionate about the books and for his taste, Jackson’s movies depart too far from the source. His works are available at suckadelic.com.
Neighbor Sideshow has its famous display stone troll head-and-hands up with its fantastic collection on display including its new “Bronze Gandalf,” a whole new level of spectacular by any standard. Thirty-six statues were made for the public but four of those were sold by early Thursday morning. Retailing at over $5,000, these amazing creations are sure to become legendary. We will post the image shortly but cover your ears, this is mind blowing. Sideshow trotted out a new life-size creation on Day Two to go along with its Day One Lurtz and Black Rider.
Day One was chaos and the friendly hoards descended on TORn’s Rohanian tent. If you haven’t made plans to be here, chide yourself, read and weep. If you are coming or haven’t decided yet (Californians) turn off your computer now and get a move on. Time and traffic are your enemy. WETA is in the house.
[Gorlab] Aiya! [Gorlab] Elvish are real languages… [Gorlab] They have a comprehensive structure…meaning… [Gorlab] Really they are best termed a simulated language… [Gorlab] A lesson in linguistics and code… [Gorlab] More than some “practical” speech of an existing language in the primary world… [Gorlab] It may be odd when you think about it, [Gorlab] but Tolkien created his languages first and then created stories based on it… [Gorlab] not the other way around. [Gorlab] So as a work of art, the elvish languages have an absolute validity towards studying them… [Gorlab] as one would study a piece of music by composers… [Gorlab] Hello everyone! [Gorlab] And welcome to another zany installment of Elvish 101… [Gorlab] Tonight’s episode: The Elvish Noun! [Annatar] Greetings [Gorlab] Tonight Kris Nelson, (as Gorlab) and Paul Dunne and Jeff Sherrill (as Injvstice_Annatar) will conduct tonight’s chat… [inJvstice_Annatar] Excellent [Gorlab] We are zoning in on the Noun tonight. [Gorlab] Nouns, of course, are Person, Place, or thing…. [Gorlab] Idea, Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable… [PippinSkywalker] I wonder what category I fit into [inJvstice_Annatar] Nouns operate by very different systems in Sindarin vs. Quenya [neitmol] probably idea [Gorlab] The source for most Nouns can be found in the “Etymologies” [inJvstice_Annatar] in Quenya they are heavily inflected, whereas in Sindarin there is very little inflection [Gorlab] Quenya nouns are full of affixes… [inJvstice_Annatar] btw, the Ardalambion site is also a good source for noun lists [inJvstice_Annatar] go ahead Gorlab [Gorlab] These are letters or groups of letters inserted into different places in a word [Gorlab] pre-fix = before the word [Gorlab] in-fix = in the middle of a word [Gorlab] suf-fix = at the end of the word [Gorlab] Quenya nouns are “inflected” by “case” forms… [inJvstice_Annatar] and by number [Gorlab] There are 10 cases that have different endings attached…. [inJvstice_Annatar] there are 8-9 cases… [inJvstice_Annatar] or 10 [inJvstice_Annatar] *-) [Gorlab] with one mystery case… but that’s not important right now… [Gorlab] The UN-inflected form of the noun is the noun itself… [Gorlab] The Nominative form [lotr_chick] is Sindarin difficult to learn? [Gorlab] “house” is a noun [Gorlab] Not too difficult, no…. [PippinSkywalker] harder or easier than Quenya? [inJvstice_Annatar] yes because of the phonological changes [Gorlab] None of the Elvish languages are when you get used to the rules… [inJvstice_Annatar] basically in Sindarin phonological changes denote a change from singular to plural [inJvstice_Annatar] however, Sindarin does not use case ending, per se [lotr_chick] oh [Gorlab] It seems like a lot of information, but really it is simply a reorganization of the way information is presented within a language… [inJvstice_Annatar] noun relationships depend on word order and prepositions [neitmol] like Spanish… [Gorlab] you see, what the case endings actually are, are the prepositions of English… [Gorlab] We would say “book” [Gorlab] In Quenya, it is “parma” [inJvstice_Annatar] in Quenya these relationships are determined by case, such as the Nominative, to return Gorlab to the subject [Gorlab] In English, I would say “on the book” [Gorlab] But Quenya only has one word for it: [Gorlab] “parmasse” [Ide] no more complicated than German, really. [neitmol] how would you say that?] [Maeglin_Lomion] Or Latin [inJvstice_Annatar] That is an example of the Locative case [Gorlab] the “-sse” ending is the Locative case… [lotr_chick] what part of parmasse is book then [Gorlab] parma [inJvstice_Annatar] which function for in and on [Gorlab] Pahr-MAH-seh [neitmol] hmm [neitmol] so this is Quenya [Gorlab] Yes, Quenya grammar is similar to Latin [inJvstice_Annatar] -sse- would then be the Locative affix [Gorlab] Sindarin grammar is similar to Welsh [inJvstice_Annatar] though Quenya actually cases than Latin [inJvstice_Annatar] or about as many [inJvstice_Annatar] Actually Sindarin mutation (phonological) is like Welsh [neitmol] So what would be more functional of the two forms of Elvish? [neitmol] Sindarin? [Gorlab] Either and Niether… [inJvstice_Annatar] Quenya is more ‘ready made’ [neitmol] right… [inJvstice_Annatar] but Sindarin is what you get in LOTR [lotr_chick] so they are just as hard to learn? [Gorlab] Niether language can be spoken in complete fluency… [lotr_chick] oh [Gorlab] Even Tolkien was not a native speaker… [neitmol] except by the elves of course [PippinSkywalker] LOL [neitmol] 🙂 [inJvstice_Annatar] lotr_chick, the difficulty is up to you [lotr_chick] ok [inJvstice_Annatar] there are generally more and easier to understand means to learn Quenya [neitmol] if one has a grasp of both forms [neitmol] one can actually…figure it out [inJvstice_Annatar] however, you get more Canonical Sindarin [neitmol] from both forms [Gorlab] But you CAN learn to read, write, and write in Tengwar with a certain degree of fluency… [neitmol] ok [inJvstice_Annatar] back to the noun, We’ve mentioned the Nominative and Locative case [neitmol] let us move back to nouns then [inJvstice_Annatar] We’ll get to Tenqwar another day [Gorlab] Yes, indeed…the Dative case… [Gorlab] is the ending (or suffix) “-n” [Gorlab] it functions as the prepositions “for” or “to” [inJvstice_Annatar] such as [inJvstice_Annatar] in English that would be the ‘indirect object’ [Gorlab] ni = “me” [Gorlab] nin ” “for me” [neitmol] or “to me” ? [inJvstice_Annatar] yes [Gorlab] (Perhaps the Knights of Ni were shouting “me me me” the whole time?) [inJvstice_Annatar] *gives neitmol a star* [lotr_chick] so is the n for? [Gorlab] (sorry) [Maeglin_Lomion] 🙂 Gorlab [snuh] lol [neitmol] to indicate whether the subject is for or to something… [inJvstice_Annatar] in Sindarin the noun is made Dative by place by placing it directly after the subject [inJvstice_Annatar] an example Onen i-Estel Edain [inJvstice_Annatar] in this case ‘Edain’ is the indirect object [inJvstice_Annatar] the direct object is i-Estel [neitmol] hope [Gorlab] Yes… [inJvstice_Annatar] So to correct my earlier example you have Onen (I gave), i-Estel (the hope), Edain (to the Dunedain) [Maeglin_Lomion] What is the nominative form of Edain? [neitmol] edai? [Maeglin_Lomion] I was wondering that too, never seen Edai used. [neitmol] I remember in the extended edition of Fellowship [neitmol] Edai was used [neitmol] by Haldir [neitmol] in a flet [neitmol] mentioning Aragorn of the Edai [neitmol] n [inJvstice_Annatar] in Sindarin Edan is singular, Edain is plural [inJvstice_Annatar] sorry Adan, not Edan [neitmol] okay [Maeglin_Lomion] Now, that’s confusing! 🙂 [neitmol] 🙂 [Gorlab] Which corresponds to Atan in Quenya [Gorlab] Atani plural [Maeglin_Lomion] Ni, nin – Adan, Edain? [Maeglin_Lomion] Quenya nouns seem easier to learn. [inJvstice_Annatar] that is an example of plural mutation in Sindarin [inJvstice_Annatar] Maeglin, Quenya sentance structure is harder to learn [inJvstice_Annatar] Since the case causes all sorts of things we do not do in English [Gorlab] Speak like Yoda you will if Quenya learn you must… [neitmol] heh [Gorlab] the Ablative case… [Maeglin_Lomion] Ahhh…. now that’s not difficult. Also similar to Latin or German sentence structure. OK, thanks. [Gorlab] has the ending “-llo” [Gorlab] and means “from out of” [Gorlab] “Sindanoriello” [Gorlab] “from out of a grey-land” [Maeglin_Lomion] Sounds Italian [inJvstice_Annatar] it does a bit [neitmol] pronounced? [Gorlab] The stress and phonology IS a bit Italian sounding… [inJvstice_Annatar] sin dah NOR yellow [neitmol] So this is still Sindarin? [Gorlab] sinda = grey [Gorlab] norie = “country” [Gorlab] -llo = “out of” [inJvstice_Annatar] you’ll find this example in “Namarie” in FOTR [inJvstice_Annatar] any questions here? [Maeglin_Lomion] So “Singollo” (Thingol) would be “of the grey cloak?” [inJvstice_Annatar] approximately [inJvstice_Annatar] it is short of Sindacollo [inJvstice_Annatar] oops that is short FOR Sindacollo [Maeglin_Lomion] So there are a lot of elisions and mutations here…? [Gorlab] Got your ablative mixed up with your dative…:) [inJvstice_Annatar] yes very much so [Gorlab] A few elisions in Quenya… [inJvstice_Annatar] that can bring us to Dative case [Gorlab] Sindarin has most of the softening characteristics of mutation.. [Gorlab] did Dative first… [Gorlab] -n [Gorlab] ni = “I” [Gorlab] nin = “for me” [Gorlab] Ladies and Gentleman…the Dative… [inJvstice_Annatar] lets move on to Genitive [Gorlab] Plural forms of the noun are added on afterwards… [Gorlab] ah..Genetive case… [Gorlab] has the ending “-o” [inJvstice_Annatar] the Genitive case reflects possession or more precisely being of someone or thing [Gorlab] and generally seems to correspond with ” ‘s “ [inJvstice_Annatar] in English [PippinSkywalker] I though ni was me? [Gorlab] ni changes to “me” in the Dative… [PippinSkywalker] oh ok [inJvstice_Annatar] thus Roma or “horn” [Gorlab] “the book’s red words” in English… [inJvstice_Annatar] the horn of Gondor [Gorlab] becomes “i parmo carne quettar” in Quenya… [inJvstice_Annatar] “Romo Gondor” [inJvstice_Annatar] of “I romo Gondor” [neitmol] so ni turns to no… [inJvstice_Annatar] of=or [Gorlab] no = ” being’s” [neitmol] or “one’s”? [inJvstice_Annatar] or “its” [inJvstice_Annatar] however Sindarin does this job without cases [Gorlab] Yes, although there are different endings for possessive pronouns… [inJvstice_Annatar] for example, (from FOTR) Ennyn Durin Aran Moria [inJvstice_Annatar] “Doors of Durin, King of Moria” [inJvstice_Annatar] in this case Durin and Moria are genitive, but they take no case [inJvstice_Annatar] word order is enough to reflect possession [Maeglin_Lomion] So proper names don’t change for case? [inJvstice_Annatar] in Quenya yes, in this case of Sindarin no [Maeglin_Lomion] How would a person’s name change in Quenya…. example? [inJvstice_Annatar] again from Namarie [Gorlab] Vardo [inJvstice_Annatar] “Vardo tellumar” [inJvstice_Annatar] “somes of Varda” [Maeglin_Lomion] Meaning “Varda’s?” [inJvstice_Annatar] “domes of Varda [inJvstice_Annatar] yes [Maeglin_Lomion] Thank you. [Gorlab] Speaking of the Namarie poem… [Gorlab] We have a phrase that everyone here… [Gorlab] should be able to use in a bar or other eating establishment… [Gorlab] “Si man i yulma nin enquantuva” [Gorlab] “Who now shall refill the cup for me?” [inJvstice_Annatar] “yulma” is an interesting stem [Gorlab] it is the nominative form of the noun “cup” [Gorlab] a similar verb derivation…. [inJvstice_Annatar] because as a verb it indicates more than simple ingestion of liquid… [inJvstice_Annatar] but rather the kind of imbibement associated with carousing [PippinSkywalker] was the cup line Sindarin? [inJvstice_Annatar] Quenya [Gorlab] Namarie is a poem in Quenya… [PippinSkywalker] ok [Gorlab] because Galadriel was the last of the Noldorin exiles to stay in Middle Earth… [Gorlab] which is why her people spoke Sindarin… [inJvstice_Annatar] perhaps they said it on Gondolin after a hard days work [Gorlab] but she still knew the speech of the blessed land of light.. [inJvstice_Annatar] Gondolin [Gorlab] yulme is the verb “to drink” [Gorlab] but specifically to drink with carousal in mind.. [Gorlab] simply to ingest fluid is “sucin” [Maeglin_Lomion] Connotative 😉 [Gorlab] exactly, its connotation is different! [inJvstice_Annatar] Remember, “c” is “k” [Gorlab] So, at this point I must wish you a toast to the fair people of Elvish 101…thank you so much for coming….. [Maeglin_Lomion] Tolkien had a sense of humor 🙂 [inJvstice_Annatar] he did indeed, the stem for cat is apparently “miauo” [Gorlab] we will have another exciting installation of Tolkien’s humorous in-jokes in one week’s time… [Gorlab] doves are called “cu” [Maeglin_Lomion] Thanks for the lessons, I’m logging these chats for person reference. [Gorlab] Namarie! Gorlab has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) [jincey] : ) [inJvstice_Annatar] in the meantime,, look up the derivation for Smaug, not Elvish, but funny, Namarie [Maeglin_Lomion] Smog? Dragon-breath? 😉 [inJvstice_Annatar] Goodnight, “Mara Lomme” inJvstice_Annatar has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) jincey asks how are y’all liking these lessons? [Maeglin_Lomion] Love ’em! Thanks for bringing these guys to us, jinc. [PippinSkywalker] great grammar by Elvish! LOL [jincey] i wish y’all could see them in person [jincey] they are great : ) [jincey] they do sessions at Dragon*Con [PippinSkywalker] oh!
After the news broke that Viggo Mortensen’s ‘Hidalgo’ has been pushed back 6 months, fans have been speculating as to the reason why. Here is a rather informative and logical look at the situation. Thanks to Kathleen
Some movie premieres are pushed back simply because the film is a big stinker, but I can’t imagine this is the case with “Hidalgo.” I think it’s likely that Disney moved it for strategic marketing reasons.
Imagine the potential box office for “Hidalgo” in October–BEFORE the Two Towers Extended Edition comes out–versus March, 2004, AFTER ROTK has premiered, out-earned FOTR and TTT, earned New Line a slew of Oscar nominations, and then won the Oscar for Best Picture, etc.?
I think it’s a brilliant move. In March of 2004, Viggo Mortensen will be a bona-fide world-class movie star, far beyond the so-called sci-fi/fantasy “fringe.” What better time to premiere another Viggo “product?”
If the premiere has been moved for some other reason (something related to post-production problems, etc.) I have to congratulate Disney for their good luck. I think they’ll make a heck of a lot more money releasing this film in March than they would have in October.
As a fan, I’m disappointed that I have to wait, but we LOTR fans have learned to be patient. 🙂
Westlake Village, CA—July 15, 2003: Sideshow / Weta Collectibles is pleased to announce that it return to the enormously successful Lord of the Rings Pavilion at this year’s International Comic Convention in San Diego, California. The Comic Convention, held at the San Diego Convention Center will run from July 17- 20, 2003, with a special Preview Night on July 16, for pre-registered professionals, press and four day attendees.
This year The Lord of the Rings Pavilion will feature New Line Home Entertainment and seven of New Line’s LOTR licensees, including Sideshow / Weta, Houghton Mifflin, Electronic Arts, Games Workshop, Decipher, Sabertooth Games, and the Noble Collection. The LOTR Pavilion will also feature fan site TheOneRing.net, forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien.
With crowds expected to swell to well over 65,000 for the weekend, this show will be action packed to accommodate the fans. The Sideshow / Weta booth returns with its impressive display of Lord of the Rings merchandise, showcasing their new Return of the King products and large limited edition figures, environments, prints and bronzes. Sideshow’s exhibit will be at booth #2529 in the LOTR Pavilion. Middle Earth will be re-created at the Sideshow Collectibles booth with looming Cave Troll display and life-sized figures of the Ringwraith on Steed, Gollum and a Goblin.
On hand this year will be Academy Award winner, Richard Taylor, Director of Weta Workshop, the special effects facility that brought Middle Earth to life on film. Richard Taylor will also be accompanied by several of the highly talented artists whose work also appears in the trilogy. The Weta crew will be performing a make-up demonstration on Saturday afternoon during a special presentation given by New Line Cinema. There will also by a costumed Sideshow / Weta employee who will be available for photo opportunities at the Sideshow booth (#2529).
The Lord of the Rings Pavilion will feature raffles and giveaways throughout the weekend. Tabletop gaming and electronic gaming stations will be available as well as New Line’s 20-ft. screen, which will feature clips and sneak peak from “Return of the King”. Don’t forget to stop by the Sideshow / Weta booth to enter for a chance to win the coveted sold out, Balrog statue!
Sideshow Collectibles will be showcasing their core product lines including T3, The Simpsons, Star Trek, James Bond, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Universal Classic Monsters, Muppets and more. They will also debut upcoming products including a 1/4 scale Frankenstein figure, WW1 figures, Civil War figures, World of Froud Faeries, Live by the Sword -Pirates and more! The famed Creature from the Black Lagoon 12 inch figure will debut at this show, along with Q and JAWS from the action packed James Bond line.
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Apart from all the ComicCon madness there are some other newstidbits to report. Eleanor dropped us a line to tell us about two upcoming events in Geneva, Switzerland.