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| (...) That would be my fifth book, and my second that contains pneumatic models. I'd love to do more models based on a single 8455 set. It has enough switches to make a half adder, and some cool walkers. It is a challenge to live within the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| (...) Well, there are books about Lego Mindstorms and now a book about Lego trains, both by AFOLs, so I don't see why not. Chapters may look like this: 1. Basics. Components and simple system. 2. Larger basic systems, up to Backhoe Loader (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| (...) I can only agree with William's analysis of the book, but wanted to be careful in making what might be seen as overly negative comments about something that is likely to be strongly defended. What I really wanted, but certainly wasn't (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) My copy has arrived, and I've read it and I'm not impressed. As requested, I've tried to leave a review at Amazon, but as they still list the book as unavailable that doesn't seem to be possible, so I've posted my review below. I bought the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I ordered the book about ten days ago and I got it today! (I'm in Taiwan) (Actually I order 10 books for TWLUG - Taiwan LEGO Users Group, (URL) book is really great and it gives the biginner a clear concept of LEGO trains. I took some pictures (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Jake and all, Jake, Congrats! I just checked Amazon by the ISBN and it also suggested: "Buy this book with The Brick Testament by Brendan Powell Smith (Illustrator) today!" Buy Together Today: $25.42 (which just happens to qualify for FREE (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.trains)
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| The book is finally here! I saw today that you could order the book from Amazon, which means most other sources should have it now or VERY soon. If you've already read the book, please post a review on Amazon if you are so inclined. Oh, and if you (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce) !!
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| Hi Todd, The idea of a book like this sounds very, very good and interesting. I just learnt about your project while browsing through the pages of Lugnet and saw that you live in Boston. I'm from Argentina but live in Boston too, I'm an architect (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.books)
| | | | | Brick Testament article in Philadelphia Inquirer
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| There's a nice article based on an interview I did in today's (12/11/03) edition of the with the Philadelphia Inquirer. I haven't seen the printed version of the article yet (they've promised to send me some copies), but the text of the piece is on (...) (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi)
| | | | | Brick Testament article in Baltimore Sun
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| There was an article in last Sunday's Baltimore Sun about the Brick Testament book and website. It was the 30 Novemver 2003 issue, and the feature was titled "Building a colorful, accessible Bible, brick by Lego brick". There is a version of the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.md.bal, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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