Alternate Builds have been having a moment. Between Dicken Liu’s facehugger and the Sigularity of everything either remixing into our out of a Millenniun Falcon courtesy of this guy, what used to be a small niche of the AFOL world is spawning new viral stories every day. Not long ago, Heagh B. Vane shared a MOC of Treebeard made entirely from the ports of 10281 Bonsai Tree. Thousands of builders grabbed the instructions, including LEGO photographer Chris Cosmos. That’s when the magic happened. All this spring Chris has been staging photographs with curious wildlife, for example, patiently waiting for a cardinal to pluck a seed from Darth Vader’s minifig grip. Using Vane’s instructions, Chris assembled Treebeard and set the Ent out to engage with the local wildlife. And look who showed up to sample some of Pippin’s Lembas bread!

Vane’s Treebeard instructions are available on rebrickable should you be curious about trying this alternate build yourself. Merry, Pippen, and squirrel not included.