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Review: LEGO Technic Non-Electric Models: Clever Contraptions

By ⋅ December 23, 2021 ⋅ Post a comment

Models: Simple Machines, what do you do with that basic technic machine knowledge? The next step it to check out LEGO Technic Non-Electric Models: Clever Contraptions and take what you have learned and apply it to creating unique apparatuses.

Review: LEGO Technic Non-Electric Models: Simple Machines

By ⋅ December 10, 2021 ⋅ One comment

rfect book for you in LEGO Technic Non-Electric Models: Simple Machines.

Review: The LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor Idea Book

By ⋅ November 23, 2021 ⋅ Post a comment

LEGO Mindstorms utilize basic machines like gears and levers that can be used in ways that can create machines that work in unique and creative ways. There is no builder who exemplifies these techniques than Yoshihito Isogawa, and he shares those ideas in The LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor Idea Book.

Review: LEGO Space Projects: 52 Creative Models

By ⋅ November 10, 2021 ⋅ Post a comment

lassic Space captured my imagination from a young age and only increased my interest in space exploration and science fiction. Even now, I still continue to create spaceships, and LEGO Space Projects: 52 Creative Models by Jeff Friesen piqued my curiosity about the neo future he creates with his LEGO exploration vehicles.

Review: The LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor Activity Book

By ⋅ October 21, 2021 ⋅ One comment

LEGO robotics are a versatile platform for building interactive creations, but the documentation supplied by LEGO tends to be lacking. When purchasing the LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor Kit, the user downloads software that gives instructions on how to build and program five different robots, but doesn’t teach how to design unique robots or program them. The LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor Activity Book by Daniele Benedettelli fills that need while showing how to build seven unique creations.

Review: LEGO Still Life with Bricks: The Art of Everyday Play

By ⋅ May 21, 2021 ⋅ Post a comment

LEGO creations are often referred to as art. Whether it be the sculptures made from LEGO bricks or utilizing the LEGO elements in other ways, it allows individuals to express their creativity. In LEGO Still Life with Bricks: The Art of Everyday Play, Michelle Clair and Lydia Ortiz take LEGO pieces to create beautiful photography […]

Review: Grimm Tales Of Terror Quarterly: HH Holmes

By ⋅ April 7, 2021 ⋅ Post a comment

As a society, we are obsessed with serial killers and true crime. The first known serial killer in the United States was H.H. Holmes, who was known to have killed 27 people and was suspected to have killed a couple hundred more. The folks at Zenescope have taken this heinous character from history and retold […]

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