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Toywiz has Topps The Two Towers trading cards available for pre-order, now!

Box Office Mojo has the latest statistics on LOTR DVD rentals, and on LOTR video rentals

Another snippet, this time from Yahoo:

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson’s effects house, Weta Digital, has signed with Ohio Edit, New York, for its first commercial representation in the U.S. The 15-year-old effects company, based in Wellington, New Zealand, is owned by Jackson and creative effects supervisor Richard Taylor, winner of two Oscars for The Fellowship of the Ring. The filmmakers’ previous commercial work has been limited to New Zealand campaigns, including a General Motors effort for which they created animatronic robots.

Here is a snippet of information at Ain’t It Cool News

Mighty forces were brought onstage for the stirring world premiere of Howard Shore’s concert version of his score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.Read more at The Hollywood Reporter

Don’t look if you don’t want to know. Applause Toys has the leader of the Ents, plus a whole lot more.

CoE has a new and improved Languages Section. Please take a look at it when you have some spare time. Improvements include: Poll, Translations, Phrases, and a link to the Sindarin Workbook.

OK. You don’t have 32 thousand US dollars. Here is something a bit more affordable.New Line Cinema Auction is offering Elven glassware actually used on the set, at Rivendell.

First editions, that is. Tolkien’s magnum opus in the opinion of many, all three volumes of The Lord of the Rings, for almost 32 thousand US dollars! That’s a steal, considering their condition! Please, go and buy them for me, at Sothebys

The Gateway promotion features PC savings, a free DVD of the film with the purchase of any Gateway PC, and a sweepstakes–the grand prize winner will receive a ten-day/seven-night trip for two to New Zealand!