We visited the Weta Cave in 2009, not long after it opened, part of a LOTR tour we did then in Wellington. Weta is best known as the special effects, artifacts, computer-generated dimension of LOTR, but it existed some time before LOTR and certainly has not rested on its considerable laurels since. The Cave has expanded a bit, updated its video (excellent!), and added a 45-minute tour, on which we decided to pass. In any case, the Weta Cave is obligatory for Ringwaifs, even on the second time around, if for nothing more than the gift shoppe.
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In case you were wondering, this is a weta, personally captured and photographed
by yours truly, in Fox Glacier |
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| Understated--hey, it's New Zealand--entrance to the Weta Cave |
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| Protected by Tom, Bert, and William |
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| Tom (or possibly Bert or William) |
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Have you ever wondered what troll genitals look like? Of course
you have; this is just the Weta perspective, but it does aid the
imagination... |
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| Inside the shoppe; they also do Steam Punk |
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| Bilbo's contract with the Dwarves |
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| "Please do not touch the merchandise!" |
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| The Dark Lord Himself, too large for any display case |
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| Smeagol/Gollum and scaly friend |
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Gandalf telling Vicki "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is
given us..." and so we decided to skip the tour |
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| Sir Ed visited Weta...really ties things together for me |
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