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- LEGO Ideas Book byCall Number: 688. 7 LIPISBN: 9781405350679Publication Date: 2011'The LEGO Ideas Book' is packed full of tips from expert LEGO builders on how to make jet planes reach new heights, create fantastic fortresses, swing through lush jungles, have fun on the farm and send space shuttles out of this world.
- Lego Play Book byCall Number: 688. 7 LIPISBN: 9781409327516Publication Date: 2013LEGO® Play Book contains a collection of all-new LEGO building ideas that will inspire you to play with your favourite LEGO models in new and exciting ways.
- The LEGO Adventure Book byCall Number: 688.725ISBN: 9781593274429Publication Date: 2012This inspiring tour is filled with bright visuals, step-by-step breakdowns of 25 models, and nearly 200 example models from the world's best builders. Learn to build robots, trains, medieval villages, spaceships, airplanes, and much more. Whether you're brand-new to LEGO or have been building for years, this book is sure to spark your imagination and motivate you to keep creating.
- Incredible LEGO Technic byCall Number: 688. 725 KMIISBN: 9781593275877Publication Date: 2014From tanks to tow trucks, all the models showcased in this book use LEGO Technic gears, pulleys, pneumatics, and electric motors to really move. You'll find some of the world's best fan-created LEGO supercars, construction equipment, monster trucks, watercraft, and more, along with design notes and breakaway views of the truly incredible mechanisms inside.
- Amazing Vehicles byCall Number: 688. 725 KUIISBN: 9781593275037Publication Date: 2013BUILD 10 COOL MODELS With just one collection of LEGO(R) bricks, you can build any of these 10 models--from the simple Go-Kart to the intricate Rescue Truck.
- The Art of LEGO Design byCall Number: 688. 7 SCHISBN: 9781593275532Publication Date: 2014This 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.
- Brick City byCall Number: 688. 725 ELSISBN: 9781743314678Publication Date: 2013Brick City is a celebration of the world's favourite buildings and urban icons, recreated solely using Lego bricks.
- Practical Lego Technics byCall Number: 688. 7 ROLISBN: 9781430246114Publication Date: 2012You already know you can create amazing things with LEGO, but did you know you can also make vehicles that roll and model plans that include landing gear and flaps that actually extend and retract? You can even make; functional robots without getting into Mindstorms and programming. In Practical LEGO Technics, Mark Rollins shows you how to use LEGO and Power Functions components like motors and remote controls; to create motorized cars, all terrain vehicles, vehicle steering, construction equipment such as cranes and forklifts, airplanes.
- The Lego Mindstorms EV3 Discovery Book byCall Number: 629.8 VALISBN: 9781593275327Publication Date: 2014LEGO MINDSTORMS has changed the way we think about robotics by making it possible for anyone to build real, working robots. Begin with the basics as you build and program a simple robot to experiment with motors, sensors, and EV3 programming. Then you'll move on to a series of increasingly sophisticated robots that will show you how to work with advanced programming techniques like data wires, variables, and custom-made programming blocks.
- The Invent to Learn Guide to Fun byCall Number: 609 BURISBN: 9780989151184Publication Date: 2015-05-07The Invent To Learn Guide to Fun features an assortment of insanely clever classroom-tested "maker" projects for learners of all ages. Josh Burker kicks classroom learning-by-making up a notch with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, open-ended challenges, and sample code. Learn to paint with light, make your own "Operation Game," sew interactive stuffed creatures, build "Rube Goldberg" machines, design artbots, produce mathematically generated mosaic tiles, program adventure games, and more! Your MaKey MaKey, LEGO, old computer, recycled junk, and 3D printer will be put to good use in these fun and educational projects. With The Invent To Learn Guide to Fun in hand, kids, parents, and teachers are invited to embark on an exciting and fun learning adventure!
- Amazing Vehicles byCall Number: 688. 725 KUIISBN: 9781593275037Publication Date: 2013-07-22BUILD 10 COOL MODELS! With just one collection of LEGO® bricks, you can build any of these 10 models; from the simple Go-Kart to the intricate Rescue Truck. Handy tips and advanced building techniques will inspire you to create your own amazing models for even more fun!
- The Lego Technic Idea Book byCall Number: 688.7 ISOISBN: 9781593272791Publication Date: 2010-10-25The LEGO® Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptions is a collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Each project uses color-coded pieces and is photographed from multiple angles, making it easy to see how the models are assembled without the need for step-by-step instructions. Every model illustrates a different principle, concept, or mechanism that will inspire your own original creations. You're encouraged to use these elements as building blocks to create your own masterpieces. The Technic models in Fantastic Contraptions include working catapults, crawling spiders, and bipedal walkers, as well as gadgets powered by fans, propellers, springs, magnets, and vibration. You'll even learn how to add lights, pneumatics, and solar panels to your own models. This visual guide, the third in the three-volume LEGO Technic Idea Book series, is the brainchild of master builder Yoshihito Isogawa of Tokyo, Japan. Each title is filled with photos of Isogawa's unique models, all of which are designed to fire the imaginations of LEGO builders young and old.
- LEGO architecture byCall Number: 720. 22 WILISBN: 9781409355724Publication Date: 2014This is a guide to the LEGO Architecture series and to the iconic buildings that inspired it. From the Empire State Building and the Guggenheim, to Farnsworth House, it reveals amazing exploded images of the LEGO Architecture models, showing every LEGO brick involved in the build.
Links to Lego websites
- LegoThe official Lego website.
- Lego ClubClub For a once only payment of $19.95 you can become a member of the LEGO Club
and receive 4 magazines per year to your door. Your membership will even be renewed
automatically free of charge until you turn 13*. - Lego FactsLEGO got its name when the founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen, took the first two letters of the Danish words LEG GODT, meaning “play well”, and put them together – quite unaware that LEGO in Latin means ... “I put together”.
Lego Events
- BricktoberBricktober - a yearly event that show cases models built from LEGO® by fans of the brick in Western Australia