Category: Collectibles

Sideshow Collectibles and Weta Workshop have announced their decision to end their range of LotR limited edition collectibles. Over the past 4 years they have produced over 180 LotR items including busts, plaques and helms. The final piece they produce will be a tribute to Peter Jackson, a statue of PJ as a Corsair. Greg…

At sideshowtoy.com there’s a preview of their latest new statue, Battle Troll of Mordor. You can now pre-order the Lady Galadriel statue; there are further details here.

At sideshowtoy.com you can preview a new polystone statue of Lady Galadriel and read an article by Daniel Falconer on the creation of the statue.

At sideshowtoy.com you can view some of their collectables that were previewed at Comic-Con International. The latest items include The Mouth of Sauron bust and the Grond Troll maquette.

Mattel have just released information about a new Barbie and Ken that will be available from mid-November. This time it’s Barbie as Galadriel and Ken as Legolas!There are further details at barbiecollector.com.

On 7th July, the New Zealand Post is releasing a set of eight stamps to commemorate the landscapes of Middle-earth. The stamps feature some of the locations in New Zealand that were used in the filming of the LotR movies and include Skippers Canyon, the setting for the Ford of Bruinen scene in FotR. You…

Heath Hammond, Sideshow Weta’s Supervisor of Product Development and Senior Designer, will be chatting live on Tuesday, April 27, at 1 pm (PST). More details can be seen here. Ask him what you ever wanted to know about Sideshow Weta! Also, you can now pre-order a new LoTR exclusive statue: Newborn Uruk-hai.

SideShow Weta has uploaded an exclusive Quicktime video of the Mines of Moria environment featuring photographs of the Moria-environment collectible (which can be bought for $200).

For any of you collectors out there, Sideshow Weta now has a Last Alliance collection available for ordering, comprising of Elrond, Isildur, Elendil and Gil-galad.

Decipher’s new cards for their Lord of the Rings trading card game will feature some of Tolkien’s characters that did not appear in the movies. These include, Tom Bombadil, Goldberry, Elrohir and Elladan. The photo images for the cards have been created by Weta Workshop. You can read the full story at Yahoo.com.