The Lego Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination

Product Description

Discover new and creative building ideas, tips, and tricks for your LEGO® bricks with this #1 New York Times bestseller.

With more than 2 million copies sold worldwide, The LEGO Ideas Book is perfect for LEGO fans of all ages. Wired.com says, "If you're a LEGO fanatic (or know one), The LEGO Ideas Book is worth taking a look at."

Divided into six themed chapters—transportation, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure, and useful makes—each section contains basic templates of key models to inspire you to create your own. Hints and tips from Master Builders can help you turn your classic car into a race car or add a bridge to your castle. Don't be concerned if you haven't got all the bricks you need: this book also shows how to simplify details, making this a user-friendly guide for any building ability.

A hit among parents and in classrooms for inspiring imagination and creativity, The LEGO Ideas Book has won a Teachers' Choice Award, Parents' Choice Award, and is a Children's Choices Selection from the Children's Book Council and International Literacy Association.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2016 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.
Produced by DK Publishing under license from the LEGO Group.

Features

• Book Only: no LEGO bricks/minifigures included with this listing

Top Reviews

Lego Inspiration Book, No Directions Included
by Melissa Deible (3 out of 5 stars)
January 22, 2017

I purchased this book with the idea that there would be building ideas as well as some instructions as to how to create them. The book itself is simply photographs of various Lego creations. It does not provide any instructions or break downs of items to use to build their images. Although there are some great ideas, I wish there was a bit more directive for kiddos that want their image to look exactly as the photograph. I would not recommend this product for people wanting step-by-step instructions, but for those simply looking for inspiration this is a good book.
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A Great Idea!
by Nicki B (5 out of 5 stars)
March 26, 2018

Purchased as a gift for son who has a million legos and an endless imagination. While it's true this has no instructions, it is great for giving ideas of what you can build... hence the title: "Lego IDEAS".

While he doesn't always make something exactly like the picture, the point is, he is using his imagination and not staring at a screen. He also learns to improvise if we don't have a particular piece.

A really neat book for Lego lovers looking for extra ideas. Would also make an awesome coffee table book.
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No step by step instructions
by Grandma (2 out of 5 stars)
January 9, 2019

It only has pictures of things to make. No step by step instructions. Plus it has unique pieces that aren't available in the 900 piece block set. They are specialty pieces. I have an example in the picture.
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Good Purchase.
by AnaG (5 out of 5 stars)
August 17, 2017

I like this item because for me buying lego boxes seems more and more pointless...

They come packaged with the right amount of pieces that you assemble in one way to create the design advertised...

The problem that comes with that is that in reality, kids destroy it really fast and then lose several pieces... So basically, it's done.. You build it once and unless you glue it, you will never build it again...

This book is relevant because its purpose is to inspire kids to build new items with a variety of pieces... So at the end, I find the purchase more relevant.
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Not worth it
by Josh Hicks (1 out of 5 stars)
July 24, 2017

A bunch of pics of what can be built with no detail on how to build any of it
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Ideas, not instructions
by Christopher Meyer (5 out of 5 stars)
September 21, 2011

As a child of the 80's, I remember fondly the old LEGO Idea books. In those books, there were lots of photos of LEGO creations, and instructions that showed how to build some of the models in the book. I remember the Lego Idea Book 6000 the best, that's the one that follows Bill and Mary as they build a house, explore a city, travel to space, and then back in time to a medieval castle. When I saw the title of this book, the obvious connection was to those old books, so how does it compare?

The one thing that's missing is the instructions - this is not an instruction manual. Also, unlike Sean Kenney's smaller books (

Cool City
,

Cool Cars and Trucks
, and Cool Robots
), this is a big book - nearly 200 pages! Like Sean's books, this book is filled with photos of LEGO creations. Like Sean's books, the intent of the book is to give you ideas on how to build things. You'll find that a lot of ideas can be crammed into 200 pages.

The book is broken up into sections, essentially these are: vehicles, buildings, spaceships & robots, castles, pirates & adventure, and real world creations. This last section is very interesting, showing you things such as picture frames and pencil holders made out of LEGO. As you can see, like the old LEGO Idea book, this book hits on many of LEGO's core themes.

Each of the sections starts out with a two page spread of useful parts that can be used to build creations in that section. I found that even these pages gave me ideas and started me thinking on how a particular part could be used. After that you'll find a number of creations beautifully photographed, often with multiple views which come in handy if you are attempting to reverse engineer one of the creations so that you can build it yourself. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at a LEGO truck and wished I could see how the frame was built. The multiple angle photos in this book help so that you won't experience that problem. At the end of each section, you'll find a few pages where you "Meet the Builder." These include some interview style questions where you learn about the builder who wrote a particular section of the book. I was surprised to find that one of the builders is only 18!

I think LEGO fans of all ages will enjoy the book, but young children might have a hard time handling the book due to its size. The lack of instructions also mean that it is probably more suited to an experienced LEGO builder - either an older child or a parent who enjoys building with younger children. My six year old son enjoys paging through the book, but it's a bit much for my 3 year old to handle. Neither would be able to build anything in this book without my help.

Overall, I think this is another great book option to inspire LEGO builders - but remember this book is about ideas and imagination - and you can't write instructions for that. If you know what you are buying, I think you'll really like this book, but don't expect it to be what it is not. If you want instructions, try one of the Brickmaster books such as LEGO City Brickmaster
.
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It has a lot of ideas, but not much explanation on how to execute them
by AshleyRenee (3 out of 5 stars)
February 1, 2017

I had very, very high hopes for this. It has a lot of ideas, but it's more just pictures of things that have been built and less of a how to. Ideas aren't a problem for my son, but ideas on how to execute them with Legos are where he needs some guidance. Perhaps as he gets older, he will gain a better appreciation for all of the ideas in the book. For now, he just gets frustrated in trying to make them. My fiancé, however, loves the book. Perhaps it would be better for someone who's older and more interested in figuring out how to make it than being shown.
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DK style picture book but for lego "engineering"
by FrugalTechie (5 out of 5 stars)
January 23, 2018

This is like an engineering version of a DK Publishing tour guide book, but for legos.

Little kid loves it because it gives him details of how specific lego shapes can be strategically used to make realistic representations of anything.

For the sale price <$10 it's a no brainer.
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But for someone who would just like to have ideas and they'd go for them their ...
by Ramiz (3 out of 5 stars)
May 5, 2018

Got it for my young nephew he said the book isn't that detailed as the other Lego books usually are. So in my opinion it depends on your kid's age and interest if your kid wants to follow precise instructions to build that ain't the book for him. But for someone who would just like to have ideas and they'd go for them their own way that would be a great book. Hope that helps!
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suitable for all
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
September 5, 2018

I bought this for my daughter who is developmentally delayed and has tactile issues.She has made so many things from this book, by herself, with no help or guidance from me. The items are so cool too. A robot, guitar, car, birds. I would recommend this as a gift or to supplement your lego collection. No reading involved, it's completely pictorial!

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