Beware the Balrog!

There's a MEMO going on on MOCpages, and- what's that? You don't know what a MEMO is? It stands for Middle Earth MOC Olympics, of course! This entry from Leonardo Da Brick shows the scene from The Fellowship of the Ring where Gandalf battles an ancient and deadly Balrog in the Mines of Moria. Spoiler alert- Gandalf dies :)

The builder has more equally excellent LotR scenes on MOCpages and on Flickr. 

Dale before the storm

Not really a storm, I guess. More like... a DRAGON! 

I'll tell you where there is a storm, though... the Iron Builder arena, where Paul T. (Disco86) is taking on Matt de Lanoy (Pepa Quin). Paul is the builder of this masterful replica of Dale from the Hobbit trilogy. I'm excited to see how the rest of the contest plays out. Iron Builder never fails to produce a slew of amazing MOCs. 

The Aggravation of Smaug

Check out this awesome stop-motion Brickfilm made by LEGO and BrotherhoodWorkshop. It's a humorous take on the battle with Smaug from the Hobbit movies. 

BrotherhoodWorkshop has a very interesting behind-the-scenes video as well.