Jarl Benzon (Glorfindel) Sandro Kopp (Gildor) Gino Acevedo (Weta Workshop) John Howe (Conceptual Artist) Come and meet Alan, along with the other 14 other The Lord of The Rings cast and crewmembers at the festival. Product Line: FUNKO. Competitions, workshops etc. Talking to some of the guys in the room, the show had so far been a bit of a disappointment.
Apparently he had to be away (attending his son’s birth) that day. The HobbitCon is very different. OK EA Games are quite big, but Sideshow were notable in their absence. He is an accomplished artist exhibited worldwide and gave a nice view of what it was like to be in the background of the set. Apart from John Howe and Alan Lee, signing for free, discounted copies of their assorted books (including advanced copies of Alan’s excellent revamped The Hobbit (I got 2), we had a pewter seller, a poster seller, a stall promoting New Zealand as a holiday destination, and a mini lecture theatre in the corner where lectures were being given on the intricacies of Elven weapon adornment.In the middle of the room, next to the folk dancing, was Cards Inc, UK distributor of the Topps cards, and makers of their own lines of trading cards and memorabilia. They were often seen looking around the exhibition area or sitting in the main hall watching other talks and from what I hear all had a very enjoyable time, especially in the evenings.This kind of event can work and I think it’s a welcome break from cross genre marketplace events, but I hope future organisers look at this event and take note of where it did go wrong. For a family show, it was very much off limits. The Festival’s PR exclaimed the Biggest companies in the World would be fighting to display their latest wares. Free shipping for many products! He felt that PJ should have digitally replaced his face on the face of the stand-in. You do not need to stay in a line overnight to get into a Q&A panel hall.
That was even before the first movie from PJ’s second trilogy was released, and the dwarf actors were only known to us from the director’s video blogs. Shop LORD of the RINGS - RETURN of the KING, The (Lawrence Makoare & Sala Baker) 8x10 Cast Photo Signed In-Person and more music, movie, and TV memorabilia at … Alan also laboured on the New Zealand set of Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, The Lord of The Rings. Very hot. . Lots to catch up on this ones for fans of the Appendices... we are just about at the point where Makoare says he was a road maintenance worker who stumbled into acting by mistake.
Don’t forget to click the link at the bottom to read the complete report.I do remember the very first HobbitCon. Signed by: Lawrence Makoare! And now he is hot. Makoare was a road construction builder who drifted into acting after he accompanied a girlfriend to a drama class and was picked out by the teacher to perform because of his impressive height. Some highlights would be…The spoof radio play written by Mark Ferguson (Gil-Galad) and performed by him, Craig Parker (Haldir), Sarah McLeod (Rosie Cotton), Cameron Hodges (Farmer Maggot) and sound effects by Bruce Hopkins (Gamling).
Lawrence has only done 1 USA signing where Funkos were available for signing. Very Rare autograph. ed’ film cells!Some might have already guessed it but none other than Alan Lee is the latest addition to the lineup for The Fellowship Festival:We are proud to announce that Mr. Alan Lee, one of the world’s leading Tolkien Artists will be joining us at The Fellowship Festival from 28th-30th August 2004, at Alexandra Palace, London.As all Tolkien fans out there will know, Alan illustrated the lavish anniversary edition of The Lord of The Rings. And in fact, the first HobbitCon proved to be a commercial failure, though it had a very pleasant and homely atmosphere.Speaking objectively, the HobbitCon is a unique event in the whole world.