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Re: LEGO Books from DK
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Sat, 21 Aug 1999 06:27:32 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> _The Ultimate LEGO Book_ ISBN:0-7894-4691-X
> This one looks amazing! Except for the Rock Raiders shown front-and-center
> on the cover. But the rest of it looks great. I'm sure it will make a
> wonderful companion to _The World of LEGO Toys_.
I picked this one up at Legoland Windsor (1). It's by DK, the same folks
who gave us the "Incredible Cross-Sections" Star Wars books, among other
things. It's not quite up to par with other DK books I've seen, but it is a
good buy in and of itself. A large chunk of the book is dedicated to the
creation of Legoland California, and was pretty fun reading, if not a plug
for said Legoland. Also, the Rock Raiders bit of the book was most
enjoyable for me -- it briefly describes some of the decision-making
processes of TLG. Near the back of the book, there are a few pages given
over to a tutorial of sorts, for the figures used in the Legoland models.
BTW Suz, there's a LEGO snail in there I think you'd appreciate.
All in all, a must-have for any LEGO book collection, but not necessary if
you just collect the bricks.
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. Jeremy's Mini Legoland Windsor Review: Go with a camera w/zoom-lens for
the models, or go with little kids, or don't go at all. The price was
pretty steep for what basically amounted to a shrubbery garden with minor
diversions. The gift shop was a severe let-down; the only things there I
couldn't buy at home were ZNAP, Scala, and wide-ruled paper notebook with a
LEGO image on the cover. Having said all that, the models in the center of
the park are excellent, and not without quite a bit of humor (though, being
British, it's fairly dry and obscure.) I will definitely go again,
certainly with a zoom-lens, and probably with little kids.
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat
Darth Maul Lives
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