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Helm's Deep (Christopher Street Station, downtown bound 1 train)

Helm's Deep (Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn bound 2 & 3 trains)

Helm's Deep (9th Street Station, Manhattan bound R train)

Helm's Deep (Union Street Station, Manhattan bound R train)

Helm's Deep (28th Street Station, Queens bound N & R train)

Bonus: PUCK Middle Earth Card ((28th Street Station, Queens bound side. Card Machine)

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The Desolation of Smaug!

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Nevins street station; downtown 2, 3, 4 & 5 trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (14th street station; downtown 4,5 & 6 trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Union Square station;  R, N, Q, L, 4, 5 & 6 trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (14th street station; L train)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (18th street station; downtown 1 train)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Cooper Union street station; uptown bound 6 train)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Atlantic Ave/Barclays Center station; Manhattan bound D & R trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (2 train; Car#6559)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (8th street station; downtown N & R trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Broadway Lafayette street station; uptown bound B, D & F trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (8th street station; uptown bound R & N trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (9th street station; brooklyn bound R  trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Chambers street station, downtown 2 & 3 trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Canal street station, downtown 6 train)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Canal street, uptown 6 train)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall, downtown bound 4, 5 & 6 trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (42th Street Grand Central Station, Uptown bound 4, 5 & 6 trains)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (8th Street Station, Brooklyn bound N & R train)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Prince Street Station, Brooklyn bound N & R train)

Burned: Watch Out for Smaug! (Canal Street Station, Brooklyn bound N & R train)

Bonus: PUCK Middle Earth Card (Bench, Canal Street Station, Brooklyn bound N & R train)

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Middle Earth Daily News

Artist plants ‘Lord of the Rings’-style mock MTA posters in NYC subway stations 

Designer William Puck sprinkled Tolkien-influenced art throughout the transit system.

BY BEN MUESSIG AND ETHAN SACKS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013, 1:29 PM

BEN MUESSIG

Artist William Puck's Lord of the Rings inspired art work posted across the subway system.

Straphangers shall not pass!

At least they won't do so without pausing to notice a batch of "Lord of the Rings"-inspired artwork being passed off as MTA announcement posters peppered throughout the New York subway system.

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The wizard behind the campaign is artist William Puck, who has also made a batch of "Middle Earth Card" Metrocards that have been turning up on subway seats and station benches. The back extols finders to "seek out more in your adventures on the subway."

BEN MUESSIG

A fantasy service advisory  warned passengers that Helm's Deep - a valley in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth - would be 'Closed until the first light of the fifth day.'

One of the Tolkien-influenced signs drew curious stares from straphangers on Wednesday at the Union Street R train stop in Park Slope, where the fantasy service advisory warned passengers that Helm's Deep - a valley in Middle-earth - would be "Closed until the first light of the fifth day."

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For those who can't tell an orc apart from a goblin, the instruction is a tip of the helmet to a line Gandalf utters before a seminal battle in the fantasy epic.

The sign didn't appear to cause any passengers to change their travel plans, but a Daily News reporter wasn't the only commuter who snapped a quick photo of the flier before hopping on the train.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/artist-plants-lord-rings-themed-mta-posters-article-1.1353852#ixzz2UJ3WvlA

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There and Back Again...

Introducing the "PUCK Middle EarthCard" Keep an eye out for them on station benches, on train seats, platform rails, subway entrances and in Metro-card machines everywhere around the city. Good Journey & Good luck finding one. Cheers! ~ Puck

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (Chambers St & Greenwich St; M20 Bus)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (Canal street station; downtown 6 train)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (7th street station Brooklyn; Church Ave bound F & G trains)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (59th street station; downtown 4 & 5 trains)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (Bergen street station; Brooklyn 2 & 3 trains)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (Bleecker street station; downtown 6 train)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (28th street station; downtown R & N trains)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (Christopher Station; uptown 1 train)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (Franklin Ave Station; Manhattan  2, 3, 4 & 5 trains)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (14th Street Station; downtown 1, 2 & 3 trains)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (Atlantic Avenue station; N, R, B, Q, D, 2, 3, 4, 5 & LIRR trains)

PUCK Middle EarthCard  (Manhattan bound 2 train, Car#6679)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Found at Bedford Ave station; L train. SE outside entrance)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Found at 23rd street station; N & R train. NE outside entrance)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Found at Grand Army Plaza station. Outside Manhattan bound 2 & 3 train entrance)

 PUCK Middle EarthCard (found at 34th street - Herald Sq station; South East entrance)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (found at Union Street station. Outside Manhattan bound entrance)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (found at 28th Street station. Outside downtown entrance)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (found at Union Street station. Bay Ridge bound entrance; Metro-card machine)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (found at 23rd Street station. Downtown entrance)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Bergen Street station, Brooklyn bound 2 & 3 train turnstile)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Union Street Station Brooklyn, Manhattan bound side, Metro-card machine)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Barclays Center/Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, Brooklyn bound side. Bench)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Brooklyn bound 2 train, Car# 2315, seat)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (34 Street Penn Station, Manhattan. South side, Metro-card machine)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (9th Street Station, R Train, Brooklyn, turnstile entrance)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Chambers Street Station, 1, 2 & 3 trains, Manhattan, Uptown side. Railing)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (Chambers Street Station, 1, 2 & 3 trains, Manhattan, downtown side. Bench)

PUCK Middle EarthCard (R train, Car#5678. Brooklyn bound. Seat)

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