It's time for another competition here at War of the Ring! "And what is the prize?'" you ask...

Well...in association with Sideshow/Weta, we are giving away an Orc Soldier Bust!!

The fact that Sideshow/Weta are providing this sculpture as a prize is a special treat, as production on Orc Soldier Bust has been suspended. They will not be manufacturing any additional pieces of this item, so the edition is considered closed and is now limited to the remaining stock on hand!

You can view all the details about the competition and find out how to enter here!

Good luck! :o) 

Based on the best-selling book by legendary author J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit will take center stage at the Temple Theatre as it presents its annual summer Kidstuf Production.

Read more at Up and Coming Magazine!

'Lord of the Rings' star Elijah Wood got a bit of a shock at a press conference in the Czech Republic.

He was answering questions about his new film, an adaptation of the book 'Everything is Illuminated', when a fan wandered up to him and handed him an envelope.

Apparently someone walked up and handed Elijah and envelope with a "slash" photo of him in it.

Read the full story here at the BBC.

The Randwick City Council will consider Mayor Murray Matson's suggestion next week even though he says he has since changed his mind, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.

Read more at The Washington Times!

Mithril Miniatures Newsletter - The Forces of Sauron in The Battle of Mirkwood has been released at last.

Trolls, orcs and werewolves await you at Mithril Miniatures.

More from their extremely limited stock of out of production 'M' series figures are available today - A definite blast from the past - Fill those gaps in your collection before they sell out. Many of the last posting have
sold out already.

Check them out here!

Thanks Michael!

This week we and our friends over at Arms of Valour are pleased to bring you Anduril!  This is one of the greatest sword of the Trilogy, one that all true fans must own.

Our good friends at AOV are giving you as visitors to WotR, first shot to buy them before they  advertise them on the front of their site (one week or until they are sold out).

Check it out and get yours today right here!

Thanks Jason!

Local residents take fantasy characters onto the field of battle.

...driving past the Weede Physical Education Building on the campus of Pittsburg State University every Monday and Wednesday night might feel like they're traveling past a Renaissance Festival, like they were transported into a J.R.R. Tolkien novel or are on the set of one of the "Lord of the Rings" movies.

The local fighters use soft weapons, which they have fashioned themselves out of foam, to fight like the characters in their favorite books and movies.

Read all about it, right here.

Thanks Morning Sun!

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The box office success of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy has made him rich. Sales of merchandise linked to movies of the J.R.R. Tolkien books are set to make him even richer.

Read more at Canada.com

The power of the ring is luring thousands of tourists to New Zealand and pumping millions of dollars into the local economy, a new survey shows.

Interviews with overseas tourists found the The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy brought more than 7 per cent of them to New Zealand.

That is the equivalent of more than 76,300 people over nine months of last year.

Read more here!

Thanks to the Marlborough Express.

Quint over at Ain't it Cool News has an update from Comic Con! He's been able to interview quite a few folks and spills the beans on all the goings on, including dispelling a rumour about a screening of the RotK SEDVD!

You can read all the skinny here!

Thanks Quint!

We are pleased to announce that our Community Competition to win a signed copy of The War of the Ring RTS game has concluded and that a winner has been chosen totally at random.

Please join me in congratulating Ereinion!!

Thanks to everybody that sent in entries and helped to make this a fun competition! :o)

We will be starting up a brand new competition this week that will be open to everybody, and for quite a nice prize, so keep an eye, or two if you can spare them, right here or sign up for our Red Arrow and Min-Rimmon newsletters so that you get the news first!

In Fellowship,
Illu

Hallo Folks,

I received this today from the Project-Monaghan Staff, and am honoured to be able to bring you this news:

On Wednesday, July 28th, Billy Loons Charities, wwwbbloonscharities.net & Project Monaghan, www.project-monaghan.net  will be holding a joint-event called  Fellowship for the Trees, along with the non-profit organization, TreePeople, www.treepeople.org!  This tree care event will take place at a school in the Los Angeles area and will consist of the upkeep and care of trees previously planted by TreePeople.  This event will be held between 10am and 2pm.

This is a kick-off to Project-Monaghan's continuing partnership with TreePeople, and to our big December Tree Dedication event, where we will present TreePeople with the donations Project-Monaghan has collected during 2004, and assist in the planting of new trees.  These donations will be made in Dominic Monaghan's name, and he has been invited to attend.

We have reopened our Forum Community. Apologies for the delay, but we wanted to certify the integrity of the database before we reopened.

I hope the withdrawls have not been too awfully bad. :p

Thanks for your patience folks!