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This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Stephen Hunter (Bombur) about his latest projects, his new website and his Vlogs. Enjoy!

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Not to sound as alarmist as Fredegar Bolger rousing the Hobbit-folk in the wee hours of a peaceful Shire morning, but perhaps the time has come for fans of Howard Shore’s scores to sit up and reconcile themselves to a very dismaying possibility – that the unheard music of Middle-earth might well in fact never be heard.

It’s Earl, your soundtrack-obsessed TORn-staffer, and the reason I’m venturing to make this statement is because of the recently announced Limited Collector’s Edition of the movies, which makes it almost excruciatingly clear that the Warner Bros studio is so very, very far removed from knowing what fans really, truly want, and are willing to pay for.

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Greetings — Quickbeam here.

The forthcoming “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” 6-film Blu-ray set of both LOTR and HOBBIT has caused much consternation among Ringers, eliciting strong reactions across the board. Several of our Staff have published their excellent viewpoints (my op-ed is here) and our community feels energized like it was 15 years ago. Continue reading “EXCLUSIVE: Peter Jackson not “involved in this release””

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If you’re into 1:6 figures of your favorite Middle-earth characters then Asmus Toys has you covered. Their latest figure is Gandalf the Grey and the fantastic thing about this figure is that it covers both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. How is that? This figure comes with all the staffs Gandalf uses over the course of all six films. The thing that blows me away the most in the pictures of this figure is how well done the clothes look. They really look movie screen quality. I also like the blend of sculpted hair in the beard and real hair on the top of his head. The final thing that really impressed me was if you want to recreate the bridge scene from The Fellowship of the Ring. Gandalf comes in with a price tag of $199 and comes with an insane amount of stuff.

Gandalf the Grey Specs:

Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Gandalf the Grey from The Lord of the Ring trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy.

Asmus Toys KP01A+ male body

Approximately 30 cm tall

Over 36 points of articulation

Features :

An authentic likeness of the actor from the film.

One pair of relaxed posture hand
One pair of weapon holding hand
One pipe holding hand

Special features on Clothing:

One signature grey wizard hat
One pair of brown long sleeved inner shirt
One dark grey robe
One dark grey hooded cloak
One brown woven belt
One printed blue belt plus sheath holder
One pair of brown leather boots
One traveling bag

Special features in weapons:

One wizard staff, used in the first entry of the movie.
One wizard staff, used to defeat Balrog
One elvish sword
One sword sheath
A pipe

Accessories:

One interractive cutom base of the broken bridge in Moira
One Asmus Toys figure stand
One display base of Asmus.

PRE-ORDER ONLY: One wizard staff, used in the Hobbit movie

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One of my favorite things to do at Comic-Con is to do a booth tour video of many of the collectibles that you can find at the Weta Workshop booth. As you’ve seen from my previous post, Weta has some really superb items this year, like the new Lurtz at Amon Hen, Boromir at Amon Hen, Saruman the White at Dol Guldur, Lady Eowyn of Rohan, and the Elven Warrior. Those are just the items you can order right now. There are also amazing items like Galadriel at Dol Guldur, Grond, War Troll, Skully Helm, and the 1:30 line which were being previewed at this years Comic-Con. Hope you all enjoy this look at all these great items!
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Battle of the Five Armies Presentation Pack — *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* Presentation Pack

Over the last couple of years, New Zealand Post has issued various products featuring characters and scenes from The Hobbit films, ranging from official stamps and uncirculated coins, to commemorative pure silver and premium gold coins.

With San Diego ComicCon 2016 upon us, we’ve teamed up with our long-time Tolkien friends at NZ Post to bring you a fun new Hobbit-themed contest.

If you know your Wizards from your Orcs, this could be as easy as “String… or nothing!”

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