The Hobbit at the San Diego Comic Con

EW Comic Con Cover

Last week, The Hobbit appeared on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, on their annual preview to the San Diego Comic Con. Inside is an exclusive preview to the upcoming blockbuster The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The Weta Workshop will set up a display booth in the annual San Diego Comic Con for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

The Hobbit Comic Con Poster

The Weta Workshop will be displaying exclusive Middle Earth art and collectables in their booth (#3513B), many of which will be for sale on the 11-15 of July, starting just two days from now. These collectibles and prop replicas, created by the original film artists and under license from Warner Bros. Consumer Products, will be available for order later this year.
Two of these items are exclusively for sale at Comic-Con International, including a figurine of Thorin Oakenshield bearing a shield. 500 of 700 1:6 scale polystone statues will be available for purchase at San Diego (US$249 limit 2 per customer). The other 200 figurines will be for sale in October at the Weta Cave in New Zealand and at the Ring*Con in Germany.

Thorin Oakenshield, without a shield
available at www.wetaNZ.com in October

Art print by Weta Conceptual Designer Gus Hunter will also be available for purchase. 100 signed (US$60) and 400 unsigned (US$50) copies will be offered at the San Diego Comic Con.
Weta will also reveal their most complex collectible ever created - Barad-dûr, the Fortress of Sauron. It is the newest piece in the Lord of the Rings range, which debuted back in 2001. Download the new free app "Eye of Sauron" before the show to get the full advantage of this amazing collectible.