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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!
The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide FROM THE PUBLISHER 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! SYNOPSIS Going beyond simply supplying instructions for building particular models, this useful guide provides information, tips, and techniques that empower readers to make their own fantastic creations. Lego enthusiast Bedford introduces a comprehensive array of Lego parts, and discusses fundamental elements of building, design, scale, mosaics, and color. Other topics include sorting and storing, using tools, creating instructions for Lego models, and designing and playing games with Lego pieces. The appendix contains a section on design grids, as well as a comprehensive "Brickopedia," a visual guide to hundreds of Lego pieces, which lists dimensions, a description, Lego part number & year of release, and historical and usage information. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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