Greetings, Ringers! New York Comic Con 2025 is underway, and as ever TheOneRing.net is delighted to be back. It’s always the best of times, when we get to hang out with our fellow fans.
On the show floor, our good friends at Geek Orthodoxare back at Booth 1570. You definitely will want to see the stunning stained glass and window clings on sale there – some incredible new designs are being revealed! AND once again TheOneRing.net’s t-shirt is also available there! Last chance to pick up the 2025 design Prancing Pony Club! Once the convention ends, this exclusive edition disappears forever. So swing by booth 1570 and treat yourself! (It’s more glittery than the image below shows!)
Prancing Pony Club sdcc
As usual, we are hosting our annual geekfest party tonight – and it’s very nearly sold out. Just a few tickets remain; can’t wait to see folks there. We have some amazing giveaways thanks to our friends at Oscha, Syzygy Forge, Shire Post Mint, Sideshow, and more. And we’re thrilled that our party this year is sponsored by Middle-earth Enterprises. We’re going to eat, drink, and be the Hobbit of our choice!
We have one more trip around San Diego Comic-Con 2025 for you. In this episode of the Collecting The Precious Podcast Jim and I, along with very special guest Matt from Nerd of the Rings, talk about the fun that was SDCC 2025. We cover how cool it was, and that despite there wasn’t a film or show coming out this year, that there was awesome stuff to be seen from Weta Workshop, Vanderstelt Studio, Middle-earth Enterprises, and Cliff Cramp Illustrations. That’s not to mention how freaking awesome our booth was.
This amazing piece by Weta Workshop was revealed to the world during Comic-Con 2023. After much turmoil for yours truly, I finally had time to sit down, open, and to review this awesome piece.
This is the limited version of the Fountain Guard statue. In this version you also get the White Tree of Gondor as we see it during much of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The Fountain Guard of the White Tree is limited to 905 pieces and is sold out of course but if you’re willing you can snag this on the secondary market. It is, after having had time to stare at it, one of my new favourite pieces.
In this review/unboxing I try something different as we take a look at the very cool figures from Diamond Select Toys. These awesome figures come with 16 points of articulation and a price tag of $30. They do a great job of capturing some awesome details and likenesses of Frodo, Merry, and Pippin. I think if you’re a hardcore collector you will want some of these in your collection for sure, and if you collected the Toy Biz line they’re a must.
In this Collecting the Precious, I thought we’d have a look at a piece from my collection that is from an area of Middle-earth that means a lot to me, Gondor. I love it’s entire history from all the bits of lore we know, from it’s earliest beginnings in Numenor, through to the restoration of the High Kings throne by King Elessar.
This review covers one of that cultures greatest heroes; King Elendil. I’ve loved the armour since I saw The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring almost 25 years ago. I was lucky that many years ago my Dad got me the King Elendil bust, but as the years went on I very much wanted a statue of this character. Finally after 20+ years it got announced and it sits proudly in my collection. If you’re looking for this statue now, you will have to look for it on the secondary market, because it is long sold out. So I wish you the best of luck on your hunt. I hope you enjoy this look at one of my favourite pieces made by Weta Workshop.
