There’s a cute Gollum, sorry, the little bug-eyed sneak is cute here, and a Frodo who manages to be both heroic and cute simultaneously.
Adorable Lord of the Rings Mini Co figures
Due out at the end of the year after a collaboration between Sideshow and Iron Studios are a series of absolutely adorable Lord of the Rings models.
These geeky duckies are adorkable
There are dozens of these little yellow cosplaying ducks, and each one looks carefully painted, crafted and worthy of shelf space.
Second guessing Gandalf’s motives
Who will take the ring to Mordor? Lots of people were ready to step up and carry the ring. We’re not saying Things in Squares is entirely right with this vision … just that it’s worth thinking about. Also, wouldn’t it have been handy to have Superman on Middle-Earth?
Incredible LEGO construct is an 8 foot 9 Tower of Orthanc
Wizard hats off to LEGO master Brendan M (aka LegoRyu) for this 95,000 block tower. You can see the full gallery here on Flickr and you really should take a look. Brendan spent a year building the 8 foot 9 inch Orthanc; that’s some 75,000 in the Orthanc itself and about 20,000 in the landscaping […]
Delete! You fools!
[I need this!] Sometimes you just need a helping hand. There are occasions – like Balrog induced death – when you cold do with someone deleting your browser history. Some spells are too dark and dangerous to be seen by mortal eyes. This Shirt! Woot! t-shirt is designed by ApeLad and if you go all […]
A quick four minutes to learn about The Lord of the Rings mythology
CGP Grey’s video is an excellent way to go deep into the huge mythology of Lord of the Rings. Most importantly, this won’t take you days and days of readng. This takes between 4 and 5 minutes of animation and quick, but clear, voice over. This video explains the role Gandalf and the other wizards […]
Gandalf was smart enough to avoid a doomed Giant Eagle flight into Mordor
It’s an old gamers joke. Let’s assume none of the PCs ran off with the ring the very second it was discovered. What would happen next? The chances are someone would want to use the Giant Eagles to fly into Mordor, fly over Mount Doom and drop that pesky ring into the lava. Problem solved? […]
Detailed little Gandalf amigurumi
It feels like a little while since Geek Native has featured any of the crochet wonders of amigurumi. To fix that let’s take a minute to marvel at the stitching wonder of Sammi’s grey wizard. This Gandalf is superb.
Bluff your Tolkien knowledge: The Silmarillion in three minutes
Think you aught to know what happens in Tolkien’s The Silmarillion in order to protect your geek cred? Don’t fancy reading the book? This video might help – although, yeah, you really should give it a read. Creating by John Kloess the YouTube animation rushes through the events in the book, paying special attention to […]
