Learn the model-making process from start to finish, including the best ways to choose scale, wheels, motors, and track layout. Get advice for building steam engines, locomotives, and passenger cars, and discover fresh ideas and inspiration for your own LEGO train designs. Inside you'll find: -A historical tour of LEGO trains -Step-by-step building instructions for models of the German Inter-City Express (ICE), the Swiss “Crocodile,” and a vintage passenger car -Tips for controlling your trains with transformers, receivers, and motors -Advice on advanced building techniques like SNOT (studs not on top), microstriping, creating textures, and making offset connections -Case studies of the design process -Ways to use older LEGO pieces in modern designs For ages 10+
Brick by Brick Brilliance LEGO bricks are the building blocks of childhood. Yet they are far from child's play. LEGO sets are fast becoming a hot commodity with collectors worldwide for fun and profit. Abundantly visual, informative and detailed, The Ultimate Guide to Collectible LEGO Sets is the definitive reference to more than 2,000 of the most collectible sets on the secondary market, illustrating the incredible value of LEGO bricks, not only from an entertainment and educational standpoint, but also as an investment. Consider a Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon, which sold at retail for $500, is now selling for more than $3,500 on the secondary market. The Ultimate Guide to Collectible LEGO Sets features: • More than 25 top themes, including Advanced Models, Batman, Ideas/Cuusoo, Star Wars UCS and non-UCS sets, Technic, Trains, and Vintage • Up-to-date secondary market prices for more than 2,000 new and used sets from 2000 to present • More than 300 full-color photos of sets in their boxes, and built models • Tips on reselling, flipping, and investing The Ultimate Guide to Collectible LEGO Sets is your brick-by-brick guide to a world of imagination and discovery.
All the fun of LEGO® Minifigures in an incredible, super-sized sticker collection What do a robot, the Statue of Liberty, a punk rocker, a mummy, and a guy in a gorilla suit have in common? The answer: Absolutely nothing! That is, other than that they're all included in DK's LEGO Minifigures Ultimate Sticker Collection. With more than 1,000 reusable full-color stickers to discover, you never know who you'll find next! Guarantee yourself the whole LEGO Minifigures set, with this fantastic sticker collection you will have access to every single minifigure!
The most impressive LEGO models often take careful planning (and lots of pieces), but with some inspiration, a little imagination, and a number of tried-and-true techniques, you too can turn bricks into a masterpiece.In The Art of LEGO® Design, author Jordan Schwartz explores LEGO as an artistic medium. This wide-ranging collection of creative techniques will help you craft your own amazing models as you learn to see the world through the eyes of some of the greatest LEGO builders. Each concept is presented with a collection of impressive models to spark your imagination—like fantastic dragons, futuristic spaceships, expressive characters, and elaborate dioramas. You’ll discover some of the inventive techniques that LEGO artists use to: –Create lifelike creatures from unusual elements like inside-out tires and minifigure capes –Design sleek cars without showing a single stud –Add ambience to dioramas with light bricks or LEDs –Craft eye-catching textures to create cobblestone roads and brick walls –Build sturdy, detailed, posable mechs and other figures –Add depth with forced perspective and interesting silhouettes Interviews with the talented builders behind many of the book’s models reveal their thoughts on the design process and what inspires them most. Even if you’ve been building with LEGO since you could crawl, you’ll find new inspiration in The Art of LEGO® Design.
Kickstart your kids' LEGO creativity with Sarah Dees' biggest and best book yet in the bestselling series, with more than 300,000 books from the series in print. This huge collection of action-packed projects will bring fresh life to your tubs of bricks and get LEGO® lovers of all levels inspired to build for days. Dive into your own LEGO® world filled with new and amazing creations—from sleek, aerodynamic race cars to fairytale creatures, secret spy headquarters and everything in between. Step-by-step pictures combined with detailed instructions and helpful parts lists make Sarah’s projects accessible for tinkerers of any age. Explore far and wide with an adventurer ATV, military humvee or a mini animal safari. Meet mischievous trolls and a friendly spiketailed dragon. Build your family’s dream seaside vacation, complete with a surf shack, ice cream stand and pirate ship. Construct a customizable bedroom that looks just like your own or the classroom in your school. Silly stories and scene suggestions will inspire countless hours of play, making this the perfect gift for kids who crave variety in their LEGO® building. There’s no limit to what you can imagine and create with this awesome collection! Collect the whole series with Sarah Dees' other bestselling LEGO books: - Incredible LEGO® Creations from Space with Bricks You Already Have - Genius LEGO® Inventions with Bricks You Already Have - Awesome LEGO® Creations with Bricks You Already Have - Epic LEGO® Adventures with Bricks You Already Have