LEGO Space: Building the Future Author: Visit Amazon's Peter Reid Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1593275218 | Format: EPUB
LEGO Space: Building the Future Description
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"LEGO and space, a match made in heaven." —CNET
"LEGO, is there nothing it can’t do? A bricky final frontier." —SFX
"One small brick for man, one giant brick for mankind." —BuzzFeed
"Lovingly crafted. Kids still in love with LEGO will be agog." —Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Peter Reid has been a fan of LEGO since childhood. He is a contributor to The LEGO Play Book, his work appeared in The LEGO Book, and he has attended design workshops with the LEGO Group in Billund. His incredible LEGO Exo Suit, featured in this book, has been chosen by LEGO for mass production in 2014, as LEGO CUUSOO #006, Exo Suit. He lives near London with his fiancee, Yvonne.
Tim Goddard is a contributor to the New York Times-bestselling The LEGO Ideas Book and The LEGO Play Book. He has also participated in product development with the LEGO Group. He works as a laboratory manager and lives with his wife, Sharon, in the UK.
- Hardcover: 216 pages
- Publisher: No Starch Press (November 12, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1593275218
- ISBN-13: 978-1593275211
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.3 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
LEGO Space: Building The Future, is an absolute masterpiece. Fans who recall the extremely popular LEGO Space theme from the 80’s are in for an updated treat that nearly defies definition. Yet for any LEGO space or sci-fi fan, this book delivers more than 200 pages of building instructions and interstellar eye candy that make this book a must buy.
This book is receiving five stars not just because of the overall content quality, but because it’s like four books in one:
1. Classic LEGO space fans will thoroughly enjoy seeing modern evolutions of their favorite theme, complete with the “LL” starship designation from the past. Never before have gray, blue and yellow LEGO bricks looked so cool. And as for fans of classic space sub themes like Ice Planet, Blacktron, Space Police and others, fret not. Reid and Goddard have tactfully included these themes, too, veiled in such a manner as to not infringe upon LEGO trademarks.
2. Builders of all skill levels and ages will love the well-rendered, step-by-step instructions of around a dozen space creations ranging from the soviet era Sputnik to a creepy space worm. The cool factor here is that the creations evolve from a sort of “you view it, you do it,” motif. You actually feel like you can relive portions of the books’ loose storyline—which is described next-- by pausing to build a drop ship, robotic turtle or survey robot.
3. Sci-fi fans and builders alike will enjoy the fact that this book includes a lot of narrative. Every creation has a story to go with it that far exceeds the insights provided by any previous LEGO book.
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