LEGO are well placed to soak up interest in The Hobbit when it finally hits the big screens. Their expert marketing teams have been pushing the already established LEGO Lord of the Rings line and treating us to some classics. This version of The Battle of Helm’s Deep is in the humour-laced LEGO style and […]
Limited edition Hobbit Moleskine notebooks
The hobbits at Think Geek have gotten their hands on a set of rather attractive Moleskine notebooks. These are Hobbit Moleskine notebooks and they are limited in number. Each one has a sewn binding on acid-free paper, rounded edges and make use of ribbon markers and an expandable inner pocket. Rather nicely, each notebook includes […]
5 amazing The Hobbit posters you can buy today
It’s not long until the first of the three The Hobbit movies appears on the big screen. There will be a wave of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey merchandise soon enough – but it’s possible to get The Hobbit posters today, ahead of the flood. The following are five amazing The Hobbit posters to put […]
Bilbo’s Bag End recreated in balloons
Bag End is the home of Bilbo Baggins, inherited from his parents Bungo and Belladonna Baggins. The grounds are tended by the Gamgee family, later on by Samwise Gamgee, and are desired by the Sackville-Bagginses. It takes 2600 ballons and 40 hours of build time to convert a living room into a Ballon Bag End […]
The Lord of the Rings Project
Tolkien’s characters had a rich history. Aragorn could trace his family tree back generations. Meet a dwarf and you would stand a good chance of discovering who is father and grandfather were then and there. In an incredible project, Swedish engineering student Emil Johansson is attempting to map all these relationships and family connections. The […]
Cryptozoic’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game due early 2013
The poster above is the latest teaser for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It features the White Council at Rivendell. That’s Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman. Saruman seems like a grim chap; glad he’s on our side. Cryptozoic have announced a license dealwith Warner Bros Consumer Products that allows them to produce a new board […]
Tales from Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made? review
“When Gandalf is vanquished, the text is ‘He fell beyond time and memory’. We puzzled about how you put that on film.” – director John Boorman on his proposed adaptation The Beatles wanted to do a Lord of the Rings movie and John Boorman was the director who was going to wrestle with it. In […]
Bombur steals the limelight in latest Hobbit poster
New Line have released the latest teaser for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It features just the dwarves. The poster Thorin Oakenshield looking typically grim and broody in the middle of the group – but, really, it’s poor Bombur who seems to hog all the attention with a mouthful of food. We need to get […]
Happy Hobbit Day
Today is Hobbit Day. Bilbo and Frodo share a birthday – but different years. Both Hobbits were born on September 22, with Bilbo born in 2890 and Frodo in 2968 in the Third Age. Hobbit Day parties are the appropriate way to celebrate. This means food, fun and friends. A worthy celebration.
Games Worshop deny leaked miniature production list
Games Workshop have contacted The One Ring to refute the accuracy of a leaked list of planned miniatures. The One Ring was interested in the list because it included a significant number of models based on The Hobbit – and warned their readers about spoilers. The research was based on a Pastebin document that looks […]
