A peek into what was revealed at Comic Con

The Weta Workshop booth at the San Diego Comic Con 2013, along with a few others, more than filled up The Hobbit void caused by Peter Jackson unfortunately being too busy to attend this year. Their displays not only showed life-size statues and meticulously detailed environments, but also many new fine pieces of merchandise.  

Dwarves, wargs, and orcs - drawn in amazing detail

Nick Keller recently posted concept art he did for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It is fantastic. No expense was spared in designing the costumes, makeup, scenes, and just about everything else that appeared in An Unexpected Journey. You can head over to his website to see the artwork, or simply proceed beyond the break. 

The Dwarves, the White Council, Wizards, Trolls, and more!

The other day I came across a slough of new videos on a Japanese website. They are the most interesting videos I have seen since the last official trailer, so be sure to watch at least a few of them. These videos contain exclusive behind-the-scenes info and interviews, so they are well worth the watch, even though they do have Japanese subtitles. 

Comicbookmovie.com scanned a few behind the scenes photos of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey from Brian Sibley's tie-in book The Official Movie Guide. They include Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, a group of goblins, Nori and Bofur, Andy Serkis in his motion-capture attire, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, and a group photo of all the dwarves draped in spider-webs, obviously from their entanglement in Mirkwood. I fully acknowledge that these are scans of a book that were on another website, but I will post them nonetheless, but beware, they contain spoilers.

There are actually seventeen new posters for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. For some odd reason, the web browser was only showing fourteen posters, so I only posted fourteen. This post now will show the right amount, but they will still be beyond the break, on account of their size and number.

These pictures, as usual, are amazing, but I warn you, before you move on and click 'read more,' there may be some major spoilers, so proceed with caution. I will repeat the title again. There are many, many, many photos. Courtesy of The Hobbit App and TheOneRing.net.

Here is a picture of the first Hobbit Legos revealed at the San Diego Comic Con. This is a model of Bag End, home of Bilbo Baggins, and includes minifigures of Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Dwalin, Bombur, Bofur and Balin. As you can see, it contains exquisite detail, from the hair on the dwarves to the specially-made round door. It is not yet available for sale, and I expect that it will not be available until The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes out in DVD, but I might be wrong.