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Kids win big at Dragoncon

September 02, 2001 at 00:28:14

The Tolkien and Middle-earth fan programming track celebrated Hobbit Madness by giving away Tolkien merchandise at Dragoncon.

Organized by staff volunteer Ginger Wages, the Tolkien track celebrated all things Tolkien by letting fans enjoy Hobbit cakes, desserts, and fruit juice. But the event was capped off by the presentation of five Hobbit Packs to lucky fans.

The Hobbit Packs included copies of the upcoming re-released of the Hobbit graphic novel (published by Del Rey), gaming cards from Decipher, a free T-Shirt courtesy of TheOneRing.Net, a copy of track director Michael Martinez' book Visualizing Middle-earth, and a coupon for a free Gandalf bust from Sideshow Toys.

Attendees were invited to solve riddles and submit their answers to a drawing. Five names were drawn at random by members of the audience and the winners presented with their Hobbit Packs.

Three unopened copies of original press "Journey of the Dunadan" CDs by Glass Hammer were also awarded to contestants in an impromptu costume contest organized by Ginger on the spot. A fourth CD, "Night at Rivendell", was given to the fourth contestant. The audience did not seem to favor any of the costumes over the others, and she decided all four brave souls should be included.

Two members of the audience were dressed as Legolas and Sam Gamgee (from the movies, based on spy photos published on the Internet). The costumes were very detailed and quite well done.

Another costume included a witch from Harry Potter.