The Ultimate Lego Book

The Ultimate LEGO® Book contains everything that LEGO® fans have ever wanted to know about the LEGO® Group and the LEGO® System of toys. The book begins with a detailed visual timeline that tells the remarkable story of the company that grew from a village carpenter's workshop into one of the world's best-known family brands. The LEGO® Masterbuilders section reveals how professional LEGO® model makers work and how a selection of the more awe-inspiring LEGO® models are made. The book then explores the LEGOLAND® theme parks and reveals the secrets of many of their most exciting attractions. The final section examines the unlimited applications of the LEGO® brick and how this apparently simple toy has inspired numerous architects designers and artists. Not content with raiding LEGO® photo archives from London to California Dorling Kindersley sent editors designers and photographers to LEGO® HQ in Billund Denmark and to the LEGO® model-making centres at Billund and Windsor England to make this book the complete guide to the LEGO® universe.The Ultimate LEGO® Book presents the most amazing LEGO® sculptures and buildings from around the world - from life-sized dinosaurs to a Time machine to Einstein's head five metres tall. In it you can watch some of the world's most incredible buildings being built step by step: The Empire State Building the Eiffel Tower the Sydney Opera House and others.Every year children spend almost 5 billion hours playing with LEGO® bricks - that's almost 1 hour for every human being on Earth! However LEGO® bricks are far more than just toys - they let you express your creativity and develop the artist within. What could you do with this book and some bricks?

Title - The Ultimate Lego Book

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ISBN 13 - 9780751359480

Imprint - Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd

Publisher - Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Date Published - 07/10/1999

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 247 x 310 x 15mm

Weight - 995 g

Languages - English