Alright Folks, Harry here!!! The first month of our SIDESHOW/WETA Lord Of The Rings Toy Contest is done and we have our winners!!! That's right Month #1 is over and the winners have been decided. We didn't have tons of entries in the LOTR contest but they did come from as far away as Israel and from ages ranging 15 to 44. Two Canadians won... One Texan. One Wolverine and a genius from Tennessee. Didn't win this time out? Don't worry... Below the winners announced is the second month of our long running LORD OF THE RINGS contest! We have a couple of entrants from this month that will carry over into next month's contest, so hop on it and send em on in! Now for the winners...

THE LORD OF THE RINGS Sculpture Contest V.1!!!

Our first two winners need to write with their choices of the selected prizes from the first contest, so I can give their decisions and addresses to SIDESHOW to get those prizes out to them pronto! This first contest was for: FRODO BAGGINS Statue, PIPPIN TOOK Bust and the MORIA ORC SWORDSMAN Bust!!! David... Samantha... Give me your first and second choices ASAP! David gets his pick, Samantha gets second pick and Douglas gets the remaining prize! Here are the winners!!!

1st Prize will go to David Evans of Ashland City, Tennessee for his absolutely perfect rendering of Kublakhan. This picture does not even begin to do justice to this fantastic sculpture by David. All who have seen it in person are blown completely away and Kublakhan himself is frightened by it, you see, he has no reflection on either film nor mirrors so this is the first time he's seen himself. Stunning!

2nd Prize goes to Samantha Avila of San Antonio, Texas who drove all the way from San Antonio to Austin with her mother and little sister to hand deliver this masterpiece to me at the ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE smackdab in the middle of QT5! This is the first sculpture she has ever made and is a Sophmore in High School! GREAT JOB!!!

3rd Prize goes to Douglas Davey of 'the Great White North' who made this lovely Junior Mintz. She comes with removable flashlight, removable box of candy, removable candy/soda tray... And is just adorable. He used a steak knife and chainsaw sanding paper in the creation of this babe... A Psycho for sure! Heheheh

Now for those in the Animation/Silent Film Toy category... We have the following winners:

1st Prize - Dave Hettmer of Ann Arbor, Michigan has won NOSFERATU his own self!!!!

2nd Prize - Tash - I have no address for you, contact me with where to send your prize! Tash has won the LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT figure

3rd Prize - Cartuna - WHAT??? Well you see, I only had two entries into the contest for the animation side of things, so I was forced to award the 3rd prize to the only other person to have ever sent in a Nosferatu Harry Animation, and that was AICN's own Cartuna... Cartuna was quite taken aback by this decision... and is now celebrating that his great talent has showered upon him the gift from the career of Lon Chaney!

Well, SIDESHOW TOYS & WETA are still up for giving more of their wonderful creations away, and the contest continues with more FABULOUS PRIZES!!!

What is the GiveAway?

Well, this month (Ends October 1st) the prizes are SideShow and Weta's wondrous ORC OVERSEER Statue, FRODO BAGGINS Bust and the GANDALF THE GREY Bust!!!

We are continuing the contest from last month... Below you will find a series of spy names, some with links to their images. The way to win is to either sculpt or customize an action figure, bust or sculpt of whichever AICN spy you choose to make. If we have an image link below, try to get as close as you can to the way it looks, but feel free to pose the character, however you like. Remember though, making a Harry Toy does not guarantee a win. There are many spies to choose from, choose the one you like most! Also, if someone else has sculpted one of the below characters and won, that doesn't mean you can't win with the same character... Though topping the previous version OR varying the pose or situation the character is in is GOOD! To win one of these three, you must send your sculpt to the AICN P.O. BOX Listed Below by October 1st. It can be made out of plastic, wood, sculpty, paper-mache, rubber... whatever keeps. The top winner will get his/her pick of the above three, the 2nd place winner gets his/her pick, and 3rd place gets... the other one.

Now, if your sculpt does not win this contest, it is automatically entered into the next giveaway contest, and so on and so on. Now how could you win the entire line of LORD OF THE RINGS Busts and Sculpts? Well, it is probably not going to happen, but you can win multiple times with multiple entries, but they must be a different character, and you have better be really really good cause, well... There are A LOT OF YOU that are talented as all hell! And yes you can win no matter where in the world you send from, just be aware of shipping time and deadlines, of course if it comes in late, it'll just be submitted for the following contest for the month of October!

Now, when you send your entry be sure you've got it packed safely! And include your shipping home address, so I can give it to SIDESHOW when YOU WIN!!!

And now, for the Spy Characters you have to choose from: Annette Kellerman, Father Geek, Harry, Harry Lime, Hercules The Strong, Edgard, El Cosmico, Elston Gunn, Cartuna, Capone, Claire Standish, Coffin Joe, Johnny Wad, John Robie, Peter Blood, Mysterio, Moriarty, Mongo, KublaKhan, Lynn Bracken, Lobo, Junior Mintz, Quint, Seque Zagnut, Sister Satan, Harry In Tigger Disguise With Playboy Bunnies and Tom Joad!!!! And now for the characters that have never even been drawn! Massawyrm, ROBOGEEK, Dr Sotha - the witchdoctor, Dorothy Parker, Alexandra DuPont, Mr Beaks, N.Y. Kitten, Gregor Samsa, Ruby Keeler, Sir Etch-A-Sketch, Jim Hill, Kiowa Scout, Patch, Joe Hallenbeck or any other spy that you can provide a URL to a story they've contributed!!! Remember, this must be custom made, no pre-buys, and have Fun!!!

So ya don't want to mess with the goofy contest? Well buy your own statues, busts and figures from the wondrous SIDESHOW TOYS and hop to it! We should be continuing a long line of SideShow Giveaways from here on out!!!! So Stay Tuned For Your Favorite Giveaways!!!!

AICN - LORD OF THE RINGS GIVEAWAY CONTEST
Attention: Harry Knowles
P.O. BOX 180011
Austin, Texas 78718-0011


if you have any questions send them to: Harry@AintItCool.Com

Hurry, October 1st is your first Deadline!!!

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