Customer Reviews

Build Amazing Animals from Bricks You Have at Home (Lego Modelers)

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After receiving this and the "Fabulous Figures" book by the same author as a birthday gift, my 10 year old spent hours building with Legos. A great book for the child with a tub full of bricks as an alternative to yet another Lego set. Clear Lego-type instuctions and ideas for variations to jump start the imagination.

The animals in this book require around 20 pieces of lego each. My son has a pretty diverse set of over 2000 pieces of classic lego, yet he does not have all of the pieces needed to make even *one* of these animals, even *without* trying to stick to the right colors. Most of the animals require at least one piece that I've never even *seen* before.

I got this book for my nine year old son. He went through and complete most of the projects over the Christmas holidays. However, once complete, he does not appear to be interested in it anymore.

I was hoping that the book would spark his imagination. However, most of the projects were so simple that they only took a few minutes to complete.

Anyway, the drawings are good. Each project comes with a complete list of parts and several drawings. It is just like buying the individual kits.

I got this book and the other modelers book, and they say you can make this figures using the "pieces you already have." I'd like to know WHERE I was supposed to get some of these pieces. One of the crucial pieces that seems to be in almost every figure is one I tried to find in vain. I went to lego.com, I went to ebay...granted, I don't have every odd set with funky pieces that lego has put out, but I do have quite a few. I could not find several of the pieces used in these models. So, for me, these books were a waste.

VERY DISAPPOINTED!!! I would have to agree with most of the other reviews (too bad I didn't read them before purchasing). The book says "from bricks you have at home". I do not have these bricks, nor does the book or the Lego website tell you which sets these "odd bricks" come from so that I can buy them. I'm not about to buy EVERY Lego set available on the hopes of getting the pieces we need. I will keep looking for where to find these pieces, but it was probably a waste of my money to buy the book.

I ordered this book for my 7 year old granddaughter to use with her Legos. I loved it. It's easy for her to look at the great colored pictures & follow the great instructions to build what she wants. The ideas are really cute & she will have hours of great fun with this book. It came in great shape.

Tons of fun for the Lego builder in your house. Great for using that pile of Legos in the kids room.