Congrats to Ringer Mike M from Tomball, TX!

This contest is now over – thanks to all those who participated!

To celebrate their Spooktacular event, Sideshow Collectibles has kindly offered fans of TheOneRing.net a chance to win the Gollum Premium Format Figure! Priced at $299, this figure (just announced on Tuesday and shipping 2nd Qtr 2011) features a swappable torso, so you can display either Smeagol or Gollum. And in case you want to display them both at the same time, they are including a separate base to accommodate. Since this giveaway is exclusive to TheOneRing.net, you’ll need to follow these directions to participate. Go to SideshowCollectibles.com and visit the Spooktacular Contests area. [right here] Click on the ‘Gollum Giveaway’ link near the bottom. Enter your details into the form and use the word ‘HobbitNZ‘ when prompted for the contest word. And that is it! One winner will be chosen at random on Saturday at 4pm ET, and we will post the winning name as an update to this story. You must be 18 years or older to win. Good Luck! [Gollum Figure]


Things are moving in the Hobbit world; there are rumors afoot of castings, contracts, scripts and even start dates. It’s all very exciting and if you were at TORn’s panels at DragonCon this year, you were prepared for it!

Yes, TheOneRing.net was present again this year at one of the world’s biggest fan-based convention. Staffers from TORn ran a table over the course of the weekend, where we had the great pleasure of chatting to fans, meeting regular TORn visitors, catching up with old friends and faithful supporters, and introducing newbies to the joys of the website. Over the four days of the convention we gave out freebies, distributed candy to those brave enough to answer Tolkien trivia, sold t-shirts to help keep the website attending conventions and events, and provided the fun of the ‘Don’t you know you’re [sic] Sam?’ photo opportunity! Apologies Samwise fans, but we decapitated Sam in a hobbit standee, so folks could pose with their head in his place; and all kinds of aliens, cartoon characters, heroes and villains stepped up over the weekend to
offer to ‘share the load…’ For images from the weekend click here. Lots more written details after the break! Continue reading “The official ‘DragonCon 2010’ report (and photos!)”

Sideshow Collectibles has started their Comic-Con celebration early with the launch of their month-long Online Comic-Con. Each day they are revealing new products, exclusive discounts, and a slew of contests and giveaways. Today’s super secret product release was the Gandalf Statue, part of their recently launched Lord of the Rings Statue line-up. These statues, like the previous Sideshow/Weta line-up, are made of heavyweight polystone. Unlike the past line-up, the hope is to capture the essence of each character instead of simply capturing a moment from the films. They released Aragorn as Strider a few weeks ago, teased Legolas in a video, and now have made the Gandalf statue fully available for pre-order today. We’ll keep you updated on any other Lord of the Rings related events during their Online Comic-Con. [ Pre-Order Gandalf ]

Sideshow Collectibles Morgul Lord Premium Format Figure

Sideshow Collectibles has revealed the full product gallery and pricing information for their upcoming ‘Morgul Lord’ Premium Format Figure.  The exclusive version of the piece, available only at their website (SideshowCollectibles.com), will include a switch-out flaming sword and begins pre-ordering tonight at approximately 5-6pm ET. There have been quite a few characters in this premium format figure line-up, and some are still available to order. They include Gandalf the Grey (pre-order), Moria Orc (instock) and Galadriel (instock). (psst – If you got one of those $25 TORn Gift Cards the other week, you can use them on the instock items!) For the complete Morgul Lord gallery click on the following link. [Morgul Lord] Oh, and last week Sideshow also revealed the latest statue in development…looks like a Legolas in Helms Deep armor. [Check out the Video]

Sideshow Collectibles has revealed the full product gallery and pricing information for their upcoming ‘Aragorn as Strider’ Statue – part of a new line of The Lord of the Rings collectibles.  The exclusive version of the piece, available only at their website (SideshowCollectibles.com), will include a switch-out portrait of the un-hooded Strider. The exclusive version will pre-order with the launch of the Sideshow Collectibles newsletter on Thursday approx 5-6pm PT. For the complete gallery click on the following link. [Aragorn as Strider]

Sideshow Collectors rejoice! We’ve just secured an exclusive arrangement with Sideshow to offer ALL TheOneRing.net readers a free $25 Gift Card Code to their website SideshowCollectibles.com. You can use the card on a variety of products, including some of their more popular LOTR items. They’ve recently added items like the ‘Clash of Kings’ Diorama, Uruk-Hai Legendary Scale Bust, and ROTK Lithograph to the list of gift card eligible products. There is nothing more to it then clicking on the following link and look for your code at the top of their page in a yellow box. [Free Gift Code]