LEGO is releasing a new The Lord of the Rings: Barad-Dûr LEGO set. This Mordor-based LEGO build includes a rotating Eye of Sauron and more.

The tower was maintained by Sauron's dark power; when Sam and Frodo succeeded in their quest to hurl the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom, Barad-dûr crumbled into rubble.

Tolkien tells us that Mount Doom is that secret. Sauron needed the fire at the heart of the mountain to eventually forge the One Ring, giving him the power that he sought.

And Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies run with the metaphorical idea of the Eye of Sauron, turning the villain into a fiery eye atop Mount Doom. Neither showcases Sauron's shape-shifting ...

One of the most important figures in the Peter Jackson adaptation of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ was able to take other forms. So what is it really?

Sauron created the sword hilt as a key to Mount Doom. However, as we saw with Theo, Its power may also be of unification and manipulation, just like the rings of power Sauron will soon create .

But the fiery Mount Doom isn’t the only interesting feature to be found in Mordor. ... LEGO’s New Barad-Dûr Set Features a Rotating Eye of Sauron (That Glows) LEGO.

Sauron created the sword hilt as a key to Mount Doom. However, as we saw with Theo, Its power may also be of unification and manipulation, just like the rings of power Sauron will soon create .

But the fiery Mount Doom isn’t the only interesting feature to be found in Mordor. ... After all, if the Eye of Sauron can’t always be watching you, it’s not really doing its job right.