Ultimate Lego Book

One of the reviews I read about this book included comments about how impossible it is to build the models shown in the book. My response: Duh! This book isn't intended as an instruction manual. However, there are a lot of great ideas in the book. I was inspired to create my own Lego chess board after seeing the one in the book. (I don't have all the pieces I need, but I'm in no hurry.)

Anyway, the bottom line is that if you like Legos, you'll probably like this book. A great addition to any coffee table.


best lego book ever   August 10, 2000
 12 out of 17 found this review helpful

Its got great pictures and it has a history of LEGO! Every lego maniac must have this book! I know, I won a national Lego contest!


This book is the bomb!   January 26, 2000
 18 out of 25 found this review helpful

This book is very good. I really like it, but this book is made mostly for really good engineers. Also, this book is like a tour guide to Legoland, a place with many Lego things which I hear is geared for younger kids. If you're in to Legos, this is the book for you!


LEGO is the best toy ever!   January 4, 2000
 38 out of 38 found this review helpful

I must admit, I don't own this book. I haven't read all of it either. It's my little brothers, he's read most of it. When I was somewhere around 2 (that was almost 13 years ago) my uncles bought me a a bunch of huge containers of LEGO bricks. I have been endlessly amused by the stuff ever since (for the record, I'm the only girl my age I know of who still likes to build with it). Anyway, I was flipping through this book soon after my brother got it thinking "Hey! This is pretty cool!" Believe it or not I really didn't think there were people who's job it was to make huge LEGO models out of any peices they want. This is one of the many interesting things I picked up just from leafing through it in abouit five minutes. On top of that the pictures are great. So, if you like LEGO at all or know someone who does you should pick it up. It's got tons of stuff any LEGO maniac would find fascinating.


Please don't try this at home   December 27, 1999
 56 out of 71 found this review helpful

A good alternate title for this book would be `Why you cannot be a LEGO Master Builder'. This book epitomizes my frustration with LEGO building blocks. Skills be damned, there is absolutely no practical way to obtain enough key LEGO pieces to build even the most modest models presented in the book. I see wonderful ideas for LEGO sets in this book, the '57 Chevy, the school bus, and many others and yet the sets on the store shelves cannot practically be used for these models. At times it seems there is a conspiracy by the LEGO group to keep the `good' LEGO pieces out of the publics hands. Maybe they are afraid of someone building a private theme park. The book does contains beautiful pictures of breathtaking LEGO models, and the book is a must have for anyone with even a causal interest in LEGO. However, my enjoyment of the book is marred by my frustration in trying to obtain a sufficient quantity of LEGO elements to build my own models, and the overall tone of the narrative of the greatness of all things LEGO.