Saturday, November 24, 2012

Blizzard of The Hobbit Merchandise & News

  I know it's been awhile since I last posted and a lot has been happening in thee way of The Hobbit merchandise and news. So much so, I don't know where to begin maybe with the shameful fact that I got sucked into The Hobbit merchandising vortex by buying a Thorin Oakenshield bookmark and key pen from Barnes & Noble and I swear this will be the only merchandising tie-in with the movie I will buy. Now the dvd of 'The Hobbit' is going to be a whole nother story, I will not deny myself that.



Now from here on out I maybe hop-scotching around a bit but I will definitely start with what is going to be happening Wednesday November 28 with the invasion of tourist from around the world coming to Wellington to get in on the very first 'The Hobbit' experience. Have fun, stay safe and don't pass out if you have a close encounter of the Richard Armitage kind.

  Of course there is the tricked out Boeing 777-300 plane going to London to pick up some people that had something or another to do with the movie and I think some of them , one in particular, have their face painted on the outside of the plane. And as was stated by The Dallas Morning News website "Hey, Hobbit fans, isn't this precious?"




Oh and here is a time lapsed video of the plane being tricked out:



  What else? Um...let's see... Well Richard did give an interview to Spanish Magazine AccionCine magazine



 I almost forgot and this is VERY important, nowlive is going to livestream the Wellington premiere or at least interviews with cast members as they go down the red carpet in the States, at least, Tuesday November 27 at 10:30pm EST/7:30PST. So who knows maybe, just maybe and hoping and praying for a few words Richard.

  Another interview Richard gave was to the Dominion Post in New Zealand, which I found on FEDORALADY's blog The Armitage Effect, who in turn got it from Heirs of Durin. Poor baby, when Peter Jackson offfered him the part of Thorin he had to pick himself up off the floor. Plus he was in New York when Superstorm Sandy hit and so he got stranded there for a bit.








  Lord knows there is more but right now I can't think of the because I took a break and got distracted by a youtube video, that I am soooo going to post after this one.

I know that there are The Hobbit playing cards and cappuccino mixes. I think cappuccino mixes , which I can not find.

Now if I could just find the card with Thorin on it. I saw it on twitter and made the comment to some of my twitter friends about that must be the card we play stud poker with.

This isn't the one I was talking about but it will do in a pinch.






  Oh and the gold coins with The Hobbit faces on them that is worth thousands but will become legal tender in New Zealand



So if any of you know of anything else that I missed let me know.



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