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News From Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
May 31 2011, 5:12am
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"The Hobbit" Set Pieces Spotted On NZ Highway?
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 Our friend Jack down in New Zealand who frequently posts Hobbit-related news on his "Noldor Blog" had a stroke of luck while driving out towards Rivendell/Kaitoke Regional Park. He noticed an open truck carrying along what looked like set pieces for a film, most probably The Hobbit, and he managed to snap more than a few high resolution pictures from a couple of different angles.
Here follows an excerpt from his blog (but don't forget to head over to The Noldor Blog to read Jack's entire account and have a look-see at those high resolution pictures we mentioned above.)
We were driving on State Highway 2, heading towards Upper Hutt, and the Kaitoke Regional Park where the Rivendell set was based for LOTR, when in the distance, I couldn't help but notice an interesting cargo on the back of one of the trucks in front of us.
The pictures appear to show a piece of very nice "stone" masonry, with curved tiles on a fairly large wooden base. Also, underneath some camo plastic, there were what appeared to be pre-fabricated wooden fences of some sort.
Have an opinion about which set the pictures show? Our message boards are just the place to discuss with fellow fans!
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Wraith Buster
Gondor
May 31 2011, 1:12pm
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The fences could be for Bag End(?). At first I thought it could be a Dale set but the more I look at it the more I think it's probably for Moria.
That's cool that he was able to get a picture of it. Knowing me that would be be the ONE day I didn't have my camera on me.
Pedich Edhellen? Lau? Hria cuilë.
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
May 31 2011, 1:31pm
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Why would Moria be in the Hobbit?
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Other than the outside eastern door.
Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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Earl
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May 31 2011, 1:32pm
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Someone on Facebook commented that...
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... those stick-like things in the back could be an eagle's nest. I'd never have thought of that! 
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Crunchable Birdses
Rohan
May 31 2011, 2:22pm
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all the backstory with Thror and Thrain and Azog etc
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which is confirmed to be in it.
* crunch *
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
May 31 2011, 3:32pm
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None of the story goes inside Moria.//
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Kangi Ska Resident Trickster & Wicked White Crebain
Life is an adventure, not a contest.
At night you can not tell if crows are black or white.
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The Grey Wanderer
Lorien
May 31 2011, 4:34pm
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The stone work has curves in it, so not dwarvish...
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all the dwarvish stone work is deliberately straight lines if I recall correctly. The curves are more reminisent of the armor worn by the elves in the prologue to FOTR.
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SteveDJ
Rivendell
May 31 2011, 8:24pm
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And one thing I thought was interesting to see was the wheels on the wall, to make it so much easier to move around on set! :) Nice little extra behind-the-scenes tidbit... loved it!
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Elizabeth
Half-elven
Jun 1 2011, 2:48am
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There are other underground locations.
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No Moria, but there are the caverns in the Lonely Mtn as well as the underground halls of the Mirkwood Elves.
Sign up now to lead a chapter discussion in LotR "The Return of the King" Book V! Discussions start June 5!
Elizabeth is the TORnsib formerly known as 'erather'
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Sunflower
Valinor
Jun 1 2011, 3:40am
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seeing those Edoras-like "bundles of thatch" floating free from the packed wood Iit would be cool indeed to see traces of Rohirric archictecture in Lake-town) but Im really stumped. Rivendell probably...but the fence?
Maybe the entrance to Thranduil's Halls?
Thenagain, if this is Rivendell, interesting that this is being done right after the video diary went up, leading people to believe Rivendell was going to be all an indoor set...if this is true, nice try keeping it secret, Peter
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Maiarmike
Grey Havens
Jun 1 2011, 3:48am
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...Dale or possibly Esgaroth.
"I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge"
--J.R.R. Tolkien
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