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Winter Is Coming

Game of Thrones Finale Draws Record Breaking Viewership, HBO Starts Selling Iron Thrones

by Susana Polo | 12:32 pm, June 5th, 2012


Last year, Game of Thrones, a densely plotted fantasy epic with a million characters, a million more pages to go, and a general understanding that if one character died there were 999,999 where that came from, became HBO’s third most watched series. That is, its third most watched series ever, not in the current HBO lineup.

Last season’s finale brought in 3 million pairs of eyeballs, but with this season’s penultimate episode “Blackwater” topping at nearly 3.4 million viewers, it was a pretty sure bet that the finale would garner more. On the other hand, “Valar Morghulis” was going up against the NBA playoffs and the MTV movie awards…

Naturally, it pulled 4.2 million viewers in its first airing that night, a new series record, and by the end of the night’s multiple airings, had 5.1 million.

Now, if each of those people had chipped in a dollar, they could have bought one hundred and seventy Iron Thrones. Well, Fiberglass and Fireproof Resin Thrones. That’s right, HBO is now selling life-size replicas of the Iron Throne, for a measly $30,000 each. Each throne is more than seven feet tall and weighs three hundred and fifty pounds.

In the game of thrones, you either win or shell out 30 grand.

(via The Hollywood Reporter and The New York Times.)

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  • John Wao

    Let me know when they start making Iron Throne recliners….

  • http://twitter.com/Riviare Riviera

    Aw, why not an actual chair version? Why attach it to a bicycle? :(

    It’d make a great talking point at the dinner table if the head chair was the Iron Throne.

    Although then everyone would be fighting to sit in it all the time. Dilemma!

  • http://www.thenerdybird.com/ Jill Pantozzi

    The top picture is from last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, not the product being sold. Thirty grand gets you the real deal.

  • Anonymous

    If you can shell out thirty grand for a TV show prop, I think it’s safe to say you’ve won.

  • http://twitter.com/Riviare Riviera

    Oh, sweet.

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