Disclosure: I received this book to review in exchange for sharing my honest opinion.
Brick Vehicles: Amazing Air, Land, and Sea Machines to Build from LEGO®
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. (April 1, 2015)
Format: Paperback
256 Pages
With video games, theme parks, a hit movie, and more, there’s no denying that LEGO is more than a toy…it’s a cultural icon! And no one demonstrates the power and versatility of LEGO better than master modeler Warren Elsmore. In Brick Vehicles, Elsmore puts the “GO” in LEGO with an exploration of the history of transportation. Starting with the humble wheel and rolling through centuries of land, sea, and air travel innovations, Elsmore showcases 40 fantastic vehicles in LEGO form. Includes full scenes in stunning detail, plus step-by-step projects for some of the smaller models. Readers are in for a treat with four fun chapters that cover:
- Road and Rail– From the horse and carriage to the freight train and Mini Cooper
- Rivers and Oceans–The HMS Victory, a speedboat, and cruise liner are included
- Flying Machines–The Wright Brother’s first airplane, the Concorde, and more
- The Final Frontier– Tesla electric car, Curiosity Mars rover, teleporter
More than 400 full-color images throughout. Enclosed with the book are two dramatic 17 1/2″ x 24 3/4″ posters featuring stunning models of LEGO® transportation scenes.
This has become my 6 and 8 year old’s favorite book. What they love about it is it not only features tons of transportation vehicles made of LEGOs, but there are also instructions for building them as well as facts on each page. There is history and resources for LEGOs throughout the book about LEGOs and different vehicles. For example, there is a page about a Combine Harvester. It doesn’t have the instructions since its a complex build but it shows some pictures of one built in LEGOs and it has a paragraph about what a Combine Harvester is. My boys love vehicles and they love LEGOs so this book has been a huge hit with them. There is so much jam packed into it and the illustrations are full color photographs. So much fun and the book is nice and thick, definitely providing hours and hours of fun reading and building!
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Jerry Marquardt says
My nephew loves the Lego’s, anything to do with them. He has quite a collection of them. He would think I am so cool if I could win this for him.
mongupp says
My son is a Lego fiend! He makes awesome creations that are perfectly symmetrical.
Carole Spring says
My grandson spends hours playing with Legos. He also loves going to the ‘Lego Build’ events that are held at his nearby Lego store on the first Tuesday evening of each month. He uses his imagination to build Lego projects, but also enjoys following instructions to put together a Lego ‘masterpiece’ 🙂 I know he would really enjoy this Lego book.
brenda boone says
legos gives a child imagination a thumbs up.
eguiver Yol says
Love building legos
Deana Honeycutt says
I have always loved anything LEGO related !!
Rachel Freer says
My son loves to build Lego’s. He could spend hours on it!
Sarah says
My son is a LEGO fanatic – he loves to make his own creations, but he also loves to build from directions
jules m. says
my daughter LOVES legos… she has been known to spend an entire weekend holed up in her room building things!
Nicole C. says
I would give this to my son. He is Lego Obsessed!!
lana simanovicki says
this is cool my son has lots of legos
amy deeter says
my 5 year old is a big fan of legos. she collects them. she would play all day with them if i let her
Jennifer Herman says
My nephews love them!
Jodi Kershuk says
My son loves Legos! He and his dad play with them for hours.
Stephanie Galbraith says
My son has tons of legos. He’s been playing with them since he was 2, and now he’s 13 going on 14! He always has unique items that he builds.
Gloria says
We love legos. They are so much fun
Jerry says
Legos have so much potential for learning
Brigette Streeper says
Everyone in my family loves Legos. My son and I love them the most. My daughter is starting to.
tina d reynolds says
I love playing legos with my three kiddos they get so creative we can spend hours
Barbara Fox says
My grandson LOVES to build things with his Lego’s. I’m sure he’d really enjoy this book!
saralynns2 says
our house is full of legos 🙂 I highly suggest checking out the lego games if you haven’t yet! They are fun especially the game robochamp!
saralynns2 says
our house is full of legos 🙂 I highly suggest checking out the lego games if you haven’t yet!
Tara Braun says
We love playing with LEGOs.
Jill Rivera says
I have been building with lego for 40 years.
JLin says
my daughter love Lego
Paula Michele Hafner says
My son is crazy about Legos. He likes to build all sorts of things.
German Lopez says
This is so awesome! Me and my kiddo spend hours building different things. He’ll love This book.
Erica B. says
We love Legos!
Trisha W. says
I think my boys would love this book. They love making Lego creations.
Birdie Skolfield says
My kids have so many Legos …this book would really put them to work making cool “real” things
Daniel M says
my nephew loves them legos
Diane Estrella says
My son is 12 and loves legos.
Beth says
What an amazing resource for my students that love creating with legos
Mia says
We have spent so many hours playing with Legos at my house, both boys and girls.
Lauren says
My son would like this book for new ideas for his Legos.
Susan Chester says
My three grandchildren have a whole dining table devoted to playing with their Legos!
Sarah Hall says
My grandson loves Legos. He has them all over the family room and plays with them every day.
Angela W says
My family loves Lego’s. We make it a priority to create with Lego’s together as a family.
Peggy Johnson says
We all love Lego’s and can spend hours creating .
McKim says
My son absolutely loved Legos when he was younger. I saved all his bins of Legos, and now his little boy is starting to play with them.
Heather! says
My stepson is a HUGE LEGO fan! Great prize!
Jan P. says
LEGOs were a favorite childhood toy, at least when I could get my brothers to share!
Tim A says
My 7 year old son loves Legos. He especially enjoys collecting all the characters. Right now he is into collecting the Marvel and DC Comics Characters.
brittani adams says
Oh I adore legos! I think they are the most age versatile toy ever made, good for anyone. The kids can spend hours into these things.!
Seyma Shabbir says
I have 2 sons and they love to build lego stuff. Having a guide would be so helpful!
Howard G. says
When my grandson comes to visit we always play with our Lego’s. He loves playing with Lego’s.
jennifer says
my son is the biggest lego fan. He is a master builder for sure!
Leela says
My kids love legos.
Jessica Z says
Legos were one of our favorite toys as kids!
Mary Cloud says
My kids love Lego’s – they have boxes full of them
Nannypanpan says
My son loves creating with Lego
Richard C says
I love playing with Legos with my grandchildren!
Emily R. says
My son loves Lego vehicles & Lego Star Wars. He even loves the Lego video games & movies.
Kristi C says
My son loves building with his Legos. Right now his favorite sets are the Ninjago ones.
Kelley H says
My son loves legos and likes to see what he can build or create with them.
Sharonc says
I love Legos. My son built the most amazing things with them when he was a child. I love the indestructibility of Legos. I recently took some to a group of children at an orphanage (along with other toys). The Legos were the only toys not destroyed by the week’s end.
Jenny Q. says
My son absolutely loves anything and everything to do with legos. They are just so much fun to play with.
Mary Rutter says
Kids just love there Legos. There entertained for hours
Melissa Shirley says
My kids love LEGO and I do as well because they are great and keep the kids entertained for hours. BUT I do not like stepping on them.
Robin M says
My kids always loved Bionicles.
Anne Perry says
My son would enjoy this book. He builds city skyscrapers with his legos.
April Brenay says
i have two boys that love everything LEGO, they have enough legos to probably wrap the world lol
Sharon Kaminski says
Would love to go to lego world in california one day with the kids.
samantha ramos says
My son is crazy about legos!
Julie L says
My boys are LEGO obsessed fans!
andrea m dimario says
my son lives for legos, he loves them hes 3 and would just be thrilled with this, i love watching him play with them
Danielle D says
We love legos here and play with them all the time.
Shannon says
I want to win this so bad! My son would love this.
Darlene Sullins says
I use to build with legos all of the time when I was a kiddo!
Nancy says
Kids love to build with LEGOs.
Sandra Davis says
We love legos especially the minecraft ones
Paol Trenny says
My husband planned a trip for the boys to Legoland. He surprised with new legos to announce this year boy’s vacay plan
tina m says
Both my daughter and son LOVE lego!!!!
michelle k. says
We love legos and we had fun builiding lego soccer
Vicky D says
My grandkids would love this! They love Legos!
Linda Manns says
My grandkids love building with lego’s. We visited LegoLand in Florida last year and this just made them eager to build more.
vickie Couturier says
my grandkids will spend hours building with legos both the boys and the girls
Jessica Fortner says
I have 3 kids that LOVE legos. Unfortunately they don’t like cleaning them up as much as they love making the messes with them. LOL
Elizabeth says
We have been a Lego loving family for many, many years! My Grandson is following his Dad into the joy of building with Lego Bricks! I think this is a fabulous book and I would be thrilled to win it for him…thanks for the chance 🙂
Vicki Wurgler says
my grandson loves to play with legos
Jana S says
My 5 year old son just got into legos and now he can’t get enough of them!
patricia says
We love Legos.
ken ohl says
I remember playing with these when I was a kid good memories
Cynthia Brandon says
My son LOVES Lego he is particularly fond of Hero Factory & Bionicle!
Karen says
We love everything Lego-related in our house! My husband collects Lego City and Lego Architecture sets, and my daughter collects Lego Friends, Disney Princesses, and Elves. I swear, we need a room for just Legos. It’s ridiculous! lol
D Schmidt says
My children are definitely in the Lego stage and love to build spaceships.
Pat Nolan says
Man, I wish I kept all of my legos
bill norris says
My nephew is a huge fan and would love this.
Cynthia R says
Legos is such a fun activity for the kids and I feel safe letting them play with legos instead of zombied in front of the tv or playing some violent video game.
Renee B. says
Both my kids love Legos and vehicles. This would be great for them!
sandra says
my kids love legos, but only every now and again
Diane Mania says
This would be fun for my son and his Dad