The Bridge Direct has landed the worldwide master toy and game licensing rights for Warner Bros.' "The Hobbit" films, helmed by Peter Jackson.
The Boca Raton, Fla.-based company will create action figures, playsets and role-play accessories like swords and battle axes designed around the characters and props in the pics, with the first merchandise to hit store shelves before the Dec. 14, 2012, release of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." Sequel "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" is skedded for Dec. 13, 2013.

Well...it has been a long time coming, but I hope all is still well in the collecting community of Middle-earth! We are about to embark on yet another journey with The Green Dragon. While not officially "under new management", we are decidedly taking a new approach to building and maintaining the site this time around. We are planning on taking advantage of some of the useful tools available on the net and hoping to reduce the time it takes to not only build the right content, but make it much more useful to the community.