The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Extended Edition Blu-ray box set for only $49.49 (that’s 59% off the list price of $119.98 and $30 less than the usual sale price at Amazon).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Sunday, February 26, 2012, until 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

Back in December, LEGO announced their plans to release all new figures and play sets this Summer based on the Lord Of The Rings franchise to coincide with The Hobbit movies.

We already got a peek at LEGO Frodo; now it’s time to get a glimpse at Aragorn in this newly released Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King LEGO Aragorn movie poster. Check out the full poster here below.

There are movies that are going to hit in 2012, and then there is The Hobbit.

With the first part of the impending two-part saga set to bow late this year, we are slowly getting more and more information and, in this case, photos from the project, and while I’m not a real big fan of the franchise, it’s almost impossible not to get excited for this sucker.

The USA Today has a new photo from the film, and while it’s nothing more than Martin Freeman as Bilbo, anything from this sucker is worthy of note, let alone a rather nice-looking snapshot of our lead.

January 3 marks the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the beloved The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings books. Born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa, today would have been the author’s 120th birthday.

In celebration and remembrance of the man who put the word hobbit into our everyday vocabulary, Tolkien fans around the world today will raise a glass and toast “The Professor” at 9pm.

The t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is a mash-up of Lord of the Rings and The Beatles called “The Hobbles” by Joshua ‘Creep’ G.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Saturday, December 25, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.