The Unofficial Lego Builder's Guide

Allan Bedford

320 pages, parution le 19/09/2005

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Résumé

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!

L'auteur - Allan Bedford

Allan Bedford is a lifelong LEGO fan and builder whose most ambitious model to date is a 5,000 piece replica of Toronto's famed CN Tower. He is active in the online LEGO community, having contributed ideas and discussions for several years.

Bedford works as a business analyst by day and spends his spare time cycling, designing board games and, of course, building with LEGO bricks.

Sommaire

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The LEGO System: Endless Possibilities
Back to Basics: Tips and Techniques
Minifig Scale: Oh, What a Wonderful Minifig World It Is!
Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature
Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks
Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye
Sculptures: The Shape of Things to Build
Mosaics: Patterns and Pictures in Bricks
Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem
Putting It All Together: Where Ideas Meet Bricks
Beyond Just Bricks: Other Things to Do Besides Building
Sorting, Storage, and Sitting Down to Build Something
Making and Using Tools for LEGO Projects
Appendix A: Brickopedia
Appendix B: Design Grids: Building Better by Planning Ahead
List of Key Figures
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	No Starch Press
Auteur(s)	Allan Bedford
Parution	19/09/2005
Nb. de pages	320
Format	17,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	655g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781593270544
ISBN13	978-1-59327-054-4