Badass LEGO Guns: Building Instructions for Five Working Guns [Paperback]

Martin Hudepohl (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 24, 2010

Badass LEGO Guns shows you how to build five impressive weapons entirely from LEGO Technic parts. With the help of rubber bands, some sanding, and a touch of Krazy Glue, you'll build five complex and functional guns that shoot plastic LEGO bricks or rubber bands at high speed with surprising accuracy. The easy-to-follow building instructions include complete parts lists, assembly tips, and a discussion of general design principles.

Learn to build:

• Thriller, a powerful crossbow pistol with smooth cocking and chambering mechanisms
• Parabella, a pint-sized, rubber-band shooting marvel
• The Warbeast, a sophisticated, fully-automatic bullpup submachine gun
• Liliputt, a semi-automatic pistol with a nine-brick magazine
• Mini-Thriller, a folding crossbow pistol

The models range from sophisticated to simple, and builders of all ages will find something enjoyable. Toy guns have never been so much fun.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Martin Hudepohl, a.k.a. Xubor, built his first LEGO guns in the early 1990s and has been developing ever-more sophisticated models since. He is a freelance programmer, who also composes original music. He lives in Germany.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (December 24, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593272847
• ISBN-13: 978-1593272845
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.7 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Toys & Models > Models

More About the Author

Martin Hüdepohl, a.k.a. Xubor, built his first LEGO guns in the early 1990s and has been developing ever-more sophisticated models since. He is an industrial designer and freelance programmer living in Germany.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Serious resource for non-serious project February 6, 2011

By Allister Klingensmith

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

The book
Book well printed on decent weight paper. Spine bound in a way that the book can lay FLAT on the table - an absolute must when actually USING it. Gets a star for this alone.

The Introduction
Speaks to design process and just as importantly, how to get bricks. The section dedicated to Bricklink, how to order & Bricklink brick ID numbers is a must. Very helpful.

Bricklink
As an aside, nothing to do with the book, Bricklink is a nightmare. Twice now lost 300+ part orders in my shopping cart, horrible slow interface, etc. Be prepared, its the most trying part of this process.

The Building
Diagrams laid out in a manner that any LEGO practitioner will recognize from the standard LEGO manuals. My only concern with the book comes here, where sometimes dark printing makes distinguishing parts a bit difficult.

The Models
5 to choose from, difficult decision. 2 are technic spring operated, 2 are rubber band operated (no joke style) & 1 is battery operated. Nice range of difficulty, part list size, etc.

The Author
Replied immediately with a minor question I had - obviously interested in the book & the community.

Overall
Fantastic. Fun book, well thought out and quite functional.

Now go put some eyes out.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars most amazing model guns ever! January 25, 2011

By William Pollock

Format:Paperback

It's really hard to tell much about a LEGO model until you build it.

The instructions in this book are remarkably detailed and thorough. Just leafing through it is fun. But who knew until I saw the author's video how truly amazing these models are.

To see for yourself, search "BADASS LEGO GUNS" on YouTube.

Wow. "Killer" is a word that comes to mind.

If you like playing with toy guns and you love LEGO, buy this book. It will make you happy.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Buy February 5, 2011

By Kelly

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

The whole book is beautifully bound and extremely well designed. Those who are a fan of lovely typography will love this book. I just received it today and was instantly excited about how sexy the book appeared.

Seriously. buy this book. The guns are awesome. The instructions look great. It's extremely helpful and just so damn cool.