Due out at the end of the year, the second part of The Hobbit, is The Desolation of Smaug. This trailer shows us some more elf, orc, spider, Legolas and dragon action. Smaug doesn’t look like a “could be kind and wise” dragon. Not at all. This is the UK trailer.
The Periodic Table of Middle Earth
This particular table of “elements” includes characters from the Lord of the Rings as well as the Hobbit. Other geeky Periodic Tables? Sure, we can do that. What about Syfy’s Periodic Table of the Empire Strikes Back or this one of Imaginary Elements? What about an actual periodic table? Via LOTRProject.
Wizards without Coats: One Ring
In this week’s Wizard without Coats encounter, we go to places that The Lord of the Rings never did. < PreviousWizards without Coats Next > Thats like, the first unwritten rule; no one wears the One Ring doing dishes… gah hobbits! The first rule of surviving the dangerous fantasy world – do not wear […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug preview feature
This isn’t a trailer as such but this feature with Peter Jackson does give as a peak into the second Hobbit film; The Desolation of Smaug. Released on April Fools’ Day it does have some joking with questions from special guest stars but is certainly worth a watch. I especially liked the Mirkwood art. Via […]
LEGO Two Towers… as bookends!
It’s hard to imagine anyone would want to be caught between the two towers… until today. LEGO builder δTMMδ has created an awesome set of bookends here. We have the Two Towers. We also have a fantastic diorama that would rock any table. It’s hard to gauge how heavy these bookends are and whether they […]
Geeky travel prints make great gifts
UK geek centric retailer Firebox has recently stocked up on a number of travel prints. They’re straight out of famous works of fiction and are designed by Steve Thomas. Thomas has worked for Hasbro, ICON magazine and the roleplaying publishers Fantasy Flight Games. Check out the collection. Asteroid Zip-Line Travel Print Purchase Print Canyons of […]
The Hobbit’s Bag End as a bonsai tree
This bonsai is all types of impressive. It’s very clearly a micro version of Bag End, home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, and based on Tolkien’s original words. “A large hill (The Hill) lay to the north, and under its southern slopes Bilbo’s father Bungo built the luxurious smial Bag End above the lane of […]
Infinite Middle Earth scarf
‘ve seen gamers do clever things with maps. I’ve seen paper maps, plastic maps, maps on commercial banners and computer maps. What about scarf maps?
The face of Gandalf in an unexpected place
There are people who have found the face of Jesus or Mary in toast, chips, trees and all sorts of interesting places. Perhaps it gives them strength and an interesting ebay account. Behold! The face of Gandalf! You might not be able to see it but if you squint you can just make out the […]
A ring as the timeline of the One Ring
The web is full of infographics. Geek Native tries only to show interesting or relevant ones. Step forward the LotR Project’s “The Timeline of the One Ring”. I like the way some of it is presented as a ring. I see what they did there.
