Customer Reviews

Cool Cars and Trucks

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My son is a certified Lego fan. He loves to build cars and has been a car child since 3 years old. He has almost every Lego racer kit on the market. He routinely takes them apart to make a new creations. When I saw this book I knew this was a must have.
From the moment we got the book he has not put it down. We have all recreated a lot of the designs and have been inspired to make new designs. He loves sharing his designs on Sean's website.

This book also makes a great gift for the Lego fan in your life. My son's official review is "This book is awesome. Where is the next one?"

I bought this book so I could build new Lego creations for my 4 year old Son who is OBSESSED with Legos. We have at least 30 different sets (most of which are torn apart now). I read the reviews and thought okay, we should have plenty of pieces to build "cool cars and trucks"...well we did NOT. I'm also disappointed because most of this book is just pictures of cars that the author created. I NEED instructions. I CANNOT look at a picture and build something. If you can then you will probably like this book okay. There are some instructions but they are NOT as good as the ones you get with Lego toys (there are angles you cannot see). It would be good if the author told you up front which parts you would need BEFORE you start building or at least as you go like most of the Lego instructions do. To me this was a waste of money.

Sean Kenney was introduced to LEGO bricks when he was a child and obviously the fascination for them never abated because he now is "recognized as one of the premier LEGO brick builders in the world." In this book you can see a photograph of him at work sculpting a bust of a man in his studio. Container after container of LEGOS can be seen on the shelves behind him. Most kids don't have as many blocks as Sean does, but if you have a passion for them and a few containers, you're going to love building some of these cars and trucks in this book!

Some of the cars in this book can be patterned after a single model that you'll have directions for, while other things like simple furniture on the "Moving Day" page can be easily built by the average reader just by looking at them. The first photograph we see is of a car carrier hauling SUVs and they are some cool. In fifteen clearly diagramed steps you can create your own SUV. With a few additions or subtractions you can make a Sports coupe, Pickup truck or a Minivan, each of which are photographed for you to see. Other cars and trucks included are taxis, sporty cars like a police cruiser, airport vehicles, working trucks (heavy equipment), "pocket-sized crazy cars," rescue vehicles, a semi rig, visuals to design your own trucks and more!

This is a great book for the budding LEGO fan with a wide assortment of projects to build. I liked the vibrant colors and theme of the book. Each model that does have directions has step-by-step instructions and illustrations that make building easy and fun. The book also encourages youngsters to be creative and shows additional vehicles that can be made by altering a few simple details or blocks. If you have a LEGO fanatic in the house, this would be a great gift . . . along with a few extra LEGO pieces!

I was looking for directions for my 7 year old granddaughter to use to build with Legos. It took her no time at all to build some of these vehicles by herself. I just have to get her more Legos because she didn't have enough to make them all at the same time! Great book!

My grandson will be thrilled with Cool Cars and Trucks book for Legos. He is five and spends considerable time building. He loves to look at the directions and try to build same as the picture. Afterwards, he builds it his way. This is a really cool book

If you are reading this review then you probably have the internet and do not need to buy this book.

The book contains instructions for five small vehicles, and the rest is nothing more than pictures. All of the cool or interesting looking vehicles have no instructions included with the book. If you can look at a picture of a Lego construction and figure out how to build it, then great. But this also brings up my point that you do not need this book. If all you need is a picture of a project from one angle, then by all means save yourself some money and use the internet. Do a Google image search. Heck, I can find better instructions from an eight year old kid on YouTube!

I bought this book hoping to get some instructions for my son and me on how to build "cool cars and trucks." What I got was a book full of nice photos. Save your money and use the internet. There are better instructions and better pictures online.

The book has pictures of many things it doesn't provide patterns for. A bit frustrating if you want to build everything they picture. Also you probably won't have all the necessary pieces for everything. It still is a fun book for generating ideas. We were able to build some of the things in the book.

A great book for our grandchildren to demonstrate just how much fun their father had with the same toys. Pictures are clear and instructions are easy to follow.

This book was great. We wanted to help give them ideas to make more things out of their legos without buying more kits. Our son is 6 and loves it.

Unless you have thousands of LEGO pieces, don't plan on building the exact models in this book. However, this book is a good resource for any child or adult who wants to have some ideas for building some interesting looking cars and trucks. This book will help you expand your ideas and build upon your imagination when building LEGO vehicles.