Pre-Order The Hobbit at Wal-Mart AND Amazon AND Barnes & Noble

  By chance today I went to Wal-Mart and saw one of their small in-store billboards advertising The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for pre-order. I then come home to check online and YES we can pre-order The Hobbit right now from the price range of $19.96 for the DVD + Ultraviolet in Widescreen to $29.96 for the 3-D Blueray+ Blueray+DVD+Ultraviolet in Widescreen. If we order now our preciousss will be shipped on March 19th and shipping is free to our homes.

  Now there is still no pre-order at Amazon in the States. So I'm guessing that there is not going to be a pre-order event of The Hobbit at Amazon and that Warner Bros. and Wal-Mart are in a partnership for the release. But like I said I'm just guessing. I'm not that thrilled that Wal-Mart is the one doing the pre-order but at least SOMEONE is having The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey on pre-order.


Quick update! I don't know when Amazon did it because I checked an hour ago and it wasn't up but we NOW can pre-order The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  from Amazon, so please disregard the afore mentioned paragraph. Also add Barnes & Noble to your places to buy The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey.

So I guess it's safe to say: Hobbit and Richard Armitage fans lets go shopping!

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.

More Merchandising: Thorin Oakenshield Cardboard Cutout

Amazon now has Thorin Oakenshield cardboard cutout. According to the company it is a lifesize cutout, which upon reading that I immediately thought of Richard's actual height, 6'2"or 6'2 1/2". But no it is 59" (4'9") x 25" (2'1"), so naturally that is a bit of a letdown. Oh my Lord, could you imagine an ACTUAL lifesize cutout of Richard? Or a blow up doll of him? Sorry but I just couldn't resist. Now granted the real thing in person would be sooo much better. 

Merchandising of The Hobbit : Plush Toys

The Geek Link now has plush toys of some of our favorite 'The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey' on pre-order sale. They are in England, but there  are some sites stateside that have them on pre-order sale as well or wherever you live, that have the plush toys for sale. Until we can find these other sites we will have to make do with picture of our Hobbit heroes.

Gandalf the Grey

Gollum

Bilbo Baggins

The Goblin King

Orc

Legolas

Our fearless leader, Thorin Oakenshield