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What exactly is a slope? What's the difference between a tile and a plate? Why is it bad to simply stack bricks in columns to make a wall? The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide is here to answer your questions.
Focusing on building actual models with real bricks, The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide comes with complete instructions to build several cool models but also encourages you to use your imagination to create your own fantastic creations.
Inside, you'll learn:
- The best ways to connect bricks and creative uses for those patterns
- Tricks for calculating and using scale (it's not as hard as you think)
- The step-by-step plans to create a train station on the scale of LEGO people (a.k.a. "minifigs")
- How to build spheres, jumbo-sized LEGO bricks, micro-scaled models, and a mini space shuttle
- Tips for sorting and storing all of your LEGO pieces
The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide also includes the Brickopedia, a visual guide to nearly 300 of the most useful and reusable elements of the LEGO system, with historical notes, common uses, part numbers, and the year each piece first appeared in a LEGO set.
The firm foundation for your LEGO hobby starts here!
About the Author
Allan Bedford is a lifelong LEGO fan and builder whose most ambitious model is a 5,000 piece replica of Toronto's famed CN Tower. An avid photographer, Bedford spends his time chronicling the streets and people of his adopted hometown Toronto.
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For millions of people around the world LEGO bricks have always had a common meaning: creativity. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
For millions of people around the world LEGO bricks have always had a common meaning: creativity. Read the first page
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The ultimate book for the ultimate building toy!,
This review is from: The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (Paperback)
Lego may be the most versatile and beautifully designed construction toy of all time. It's an ingenious blend of engineering, art and fun. Read Allan Bedford's book and you'll probably agree!I've been a Lego fan for over 40 years, but most of the time I've just been reliving childhood memories from the mid-1960s - occasionally building houses out of red and white bricks, then putting them back into storage. Allan Bedford's book has changed all that. It has shown me what I've been missing all these years! The creative - and yes, artistic! - potential of Lego is absolutely mind-boggling. Bedford's book explores areas most people couldn't even imagine. There's something for everyone: mosaics and sculptures for artistic types, buildings and vehicles for aspiring architects and engineers, microscale projects for those who prefer or need to keep things really small (note: it's the best way to build things at work without attracting too much attention!), and even sorting and storage tips for serious builders and collectors. And be warned: after you read this book, you won't be able to resist buying a LOT more Lego! A special feature of Bedford's book is the Brickopedia - an appendix illustrating hundreds of Lego pieces, including the year each was introduced. It alone is worth the price of the book. It made me appreciate the truly brilliant design of the Lego elements that have appeared since the 1960s. Once you're familiar with the newer Lego bits in the Brickopedia, you'll be delighted with the way they can be used in different Lego constructions. Just recognizing them is half the fun: the front of Santa's sleigh can show up as part of an automobile spoiler; a shark's tooth can morph into the visor of a traffic light; and a snowman's nose can be used as a fire hose nozzle. One of Picasso's most loved and whimsical sculptures is a bull's head fashioned from a bicycle seat and a pair of handle bars (Tête de taureau,1942). It took artistic vision and a playful creativity to put these components together. Lego opens the door to the vision and creativity that reside within us. Allan Bedford's book is the long-awaited key!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for adults and kids alike!,
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This review is from: The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (Paperback)
Admit it: You still think about your old Lego bricks from time to time. You remember a few of your favourites: The hingey pieces, the turny pieces, and the slanted clear windshield pieces that you used on pretty much every spaceship you ever built. Don't deny it.If you're a kid obsessed with Lego or an adult who misses the old days, this book is for you. In fact I would say this book is essential reading for every Lego fan, past or present. It is loaded with history, pictures, and ideas for making every Lego architect's dreams into reality. Let's face it, Lego is an extremely versatile building product. Aside from your finished product's fragility, there is nothing you can't make with these bricks. Especially with the newer bricks being introduced every year! This book outlines many basic and advanced building techniques in an easy-to-read format with loads of diagrams. Want to build a sphere? No problem. How about a house with slanted roof and chimney? Again, no problem. Want to make a town complete with custom made townspeople, all to the scale of your choosing? Easy. You can even turn your sketches into 3D brick projects. Topics covered include scale, building basic shapes and structures that you will use repeatedly in larger projects, logical storage, and a great appendix illustrating most of the major types of Lego bricks over the years. Never knew what that one brick you had as a kid was called before? They are all logically named. They are even dated to show when they were first introduced and/or discontinued! This book brings back so many memories and inspires the imagination. Pick it up for your kid, or the kid in you. 5 stars.
9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
No color pictures!,
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This review is from: The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (Paperback)
I was disappointed to find all the Lego illustrations in this book in shades of gray!Color would have made a huge difference.
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