Well,the big squashed thing at Queen Elizabeth Park has stirred up some rumours. How could it not? Our correspondent writes:

“the picture of the ‘Nazgul’ creature from the Evening Post has caused a bit of controversy. The angle of the photo makes it difficult to make out the shape of the creature, but i went to the Park and got a good look it and it looks more like an Oliphaunt than a Nazgul.

This creature has 4 legs, rough leathery skin, and a platform strapped on its back. This makes me believe that it is an Oliphaunt and not a Nazgul as first thought. The platform on the creature’s back is quite large and could hold several men. I always imagined the Nazgul-steed carried one passenger only, so therefore would only need a single saddle.

A very tall actor in armour was spotted on set. Could this be the Witch King? If so, then maybe the Nazgul will be a CGI creature.”

Thanks for that! Meanwhile the Evening Post has revised its opinion too, as you can see over at Stuff

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Madame B sends in the latest from a set very close to Wellington called Queen Elizabeth Park in Paekakariki. Check out what she has to say!

I am a Kapiti Coast Local who happened to stumble on a Lord Of The Rings Set in Queen Elizabeth park which is situated at Mc Kay’s Crossing, Paekakariki.

The Set is located on private land but you can see it from a road within the park. I was strolling there with my mates when one shouted out “What the B….Y! H..L! is that!?”

We sprinted down a track, leapt the fence and crossed some farm paddocks dodging the cow pats. From our vantage point behind a gorse bush we saw the huge black figure my friend had seen from the road. It was a guy approximately 7 feet high, and twice as wide, dressed in the most evil looking black armor I have ever seen. This guy really was huge!

“Now, being a fan of the book, I’d come across a picture of the Witch King on the net.

PJ’s Witch King looks very very similar. Except for a few details. The Witch King in the picture is a skinny-looking thing. This Witch King is not! The crown in the picture is a pathetic-looking thing. This Witch King’s crown is massive! The armour on this Witch King covers the whole body and is as black as the darkest night! This Witch King has a mace! ( as does the Witch King in the picture.) This Witch King sure knows how to use it too!

He was a smashing up a stuffed dummy with that mace big time! That sight made me nervous….we just took off out of there!

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Thanks to Ianman for sending in these stills from and interview monday night on TVNZ on the Holmes Show.

Check out the new shots of Gandalf and Eomer?…or is it Saruman and Grima?

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This just arrived from a contact in Wellington:

“Not sure if this is anything too important, but just so you know how many different toys they’re making, I know Ted Sandyman (played by Brian Sergeant) has been made into a toy – and he seems to be a very small character… can we expect to see similar small characters, maybe some other minor Hobbits?”

My thought was, well, yes, maybe. But on the other hand,without including the Scouring of the Shire in the movie, Ted’s character has a miniscule presence in the story. Would they take things to that extreme? Or, as others have speculated, has Ted Sandyman’s role expanded to take on more of the mischief-making in the Shire, seeing as how Saruman ends up impaled on a spike at Isengard (and I’m fairly sure of my facts here)? My bet’s on the latter.

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Ringer Spy Painty

sends in some great pics from NZ, including a Nazgul Bird and some amazing set pics!

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