The Westminister Collection only has 350 of The Two Towers, limited edition, framed Maxicard Collection left to purchase. This collection features all six of the maxicards officially issued by the New Zealand Post Office. At this site, click on Lord of the Rings, then click on Lord of the Rings Maxicard Collection.
The 2004 Nebula Awards weekend will take place in Seattle, Washington, April 16th through 18th, and will present the awards for the past year. Last year, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson won the Best Script award for FOTR…will ROTK win this April?
Will The Return of the King win its much-deserved Oscar? MSNBC speculates, and we all cross our fingers…
Elijah Wood will be seen live on E! News for an interview about Return of the King. The show will be seen on August 14th at 7 pm (PST, check your local listings). This should be an interesting interview and one that all Elijah Wood and Lord of the Rings fans will not want to miss!
The Wellington Lions’ crowd is to be asked to stay behind after the Lions’ national provincial championship to record sounds for battle scenes in The Return of the King. Read about it at Stuff.
Possible *spoiler* alert, only the editing of the final installment will tell. He was an extra, a soldier listening to King Theoden’s speech, and was also an Orc. Read Warren Williams’ story at The Southeast Missourian.
The Arms of Valor site, via the War of the Ring site, is giving us all an opportunity to win a bow. One entry per person, please. You can choose between three kind of bows: Rangers Bow, Captain of Gondor bow and Wood Elf bow–Legolas is over there on the left side of your screen, modeling it ;). Good luck!
Collectormania, a popular trade fair, is going to take place this year on October 3-5 in Milton Keynes, England. This year’s LOTR guests include Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and more. There is no charge for attending and you can meet the celebrity guests and get their autographs. To read more, go to the official website: Collector Mania
You have probably noticed the sudden jump in guests, and the subsequent server slowness. TORN and fark.com have linked to the “Gollum for Governor” story, and it’s slowing down the server a bit. Nothing it can’t handle, except when the number of people on the site starts climbing past 1000. Things should start loading faster within a day or two, once the number of visitors slows down. Thanks for your patience.