Attack on Weathertop

Legopard has this great scene atop Weathertop. Be sure to also check out some of the details around the outside in addition to the action above.

Bridge of Khazad Dum

TK-5487 built the Bridge of Khazad Dum. He mentions this is for a contest - I'll post details on that when I find them.

Buckleberry Ferry

Luis Baixinho built the Buckleberry Ferry.

Voldermort Goes Wand Shopping

BrotherhoodWorkshop put out another video: Voldermort Goes Wand Shopping (watch it for the Tolkien content).

Beauty and the beast

Luís Baixinho is working on a Tolkien-themed display, including the Mirror of Galadriel and the .

Don't follow the lights!

Matthew Hurt reminds us to not follow the lights.

Argonath

PuCCi0 posted this great rendition of the Argonath.

May the Fourth be with you

Lord of the Hyperdrive Ring by Oky Space Ranger.

Isildur's account

PuCCi0 made this great rendition of Gandalf researching Isildur's account of he defeat of Sauron and the capture of the Ring.

Paths of the Dead

PuCCi0 made the entrance to the Paths of the Dead.

Orthanc set

Okay, anyone who reads this blog already knows this, but I have to note the Orthanc set that will be released in July. At 2359 pieces and over two feet high, this thing is pretty amazing.


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I just want to note something that made me do a Tolkien geek happy dance. If you look closely at the library level, there are portraits of five wizards! So at least in picture form we get LEGO versions of Alatar and Pallando. On the back wall on the left is Radagast and the right side has Gandalf. Saruman's portrait is in the middle of the back wall under those arches (blocked by the fig in this picture, but you can see it in another picture). Then on the left-hand side wall there is another figure - and if you look close you can see the edge of a sticker (yes, unfortunately these are stickers) on the right-hand wall.



In another interesting little detail, there are five wizards' staffs in the set. The simple brown one is Gandalf's as has already been seen in released sets, and the one with the white light bulb cover is Saruman's, as seen in the box art. So what are the other three? Did Saruman steal them from the other three wizards (as he accused Gandalf of wanting to do)? Are the LEGO designers implying that they've disappeared by the time of the events of the Peter Jackson movies, and that this is due to some underhanded doings of Saruman?



Add to this a fully furnished interior, a great set of figs (including Wormtongue who seems to be exclusive to this set), an eagle and a sweet brick-built Ent (presumably Treebeard), and this turns out to be a pretty epic set.

Window display

Torresmr recently had a chance to display his work at his local LEGO Brand Store, and he featured Minas Tirith and Bilbo meeting Gollum.

Into Mordor

General Magma built Sam and Frodo in disguise, traveling into Mordor.

Leaving Lothlorien

Legopard built Leaving Lothlorien. A really cool aspect that I didn't realize when I first saw this is that he turned a mountain baseplate upside down, and the boats are really floating.

Smaug the golden! Smaug the magnificent! Smaug the ... tiny.

Julius No made this amazing micro Smaug.

Barad-dûr II

You probably recall Kevin Walter's amazing Barad-dûr from a couple of years ago. Well, the rebels blew it up, so he's been working on a second version. I usually don't feature WIPs here, but, well, many Bothans died to bring us these photos, so we shouldn't let their sacrifice go to waste. I can't wait to see the final tower.

Helm's Deep

Mpoh98 built this Helm's Deep story tower. All of the levels are nice, but I particularly like the great perspective he achieved on the upper level.

Life-size Bag End at KidsFest

A few months ago, pictures were published by the LEGO Model Shop of a life-size Bag End. I didn't post it here at the time, because I wanted to wait to find out where it would be on display. It looks like it was in Louisville this past week for LEGO KidsFest. Looking back, it was also at the Virginia KidsFest in February. Check out the KidsFest schedule to see where you might be able to see this at a future display. They also seem to be displaying the Bilbo and Gandalf sculptures that were previously seen at Comic Con International.

Paths of the Dead

Legopard built the entrance to the Paths of the Dead.

You have my axe

Cole Edmonson expanded his armory with Gimli's walking axe.