The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines: 1

Brilliant book. Some words but lots of pictures and explanations of how fairly complex mechanisms work. Lego obsessed 9 year old loves it!

Great book for someone new to Technic with lots of tips and tricks. Many concepts and theories behind building MOCs are explained through this book.

I purchased this book on a whim after reading a glowing review on another site. The concept is very simple - no text, just pictures of mechanical lego models ranging from very simple to complex taken from a variety of angles. The pictures themselves are very clear and you can usually work out fairly quickly what's going on. Would you ever make the models shown in this book? I haven't (yet), but I'm really not sure if that's what it's about. It's really a coffee table book for you to pick up and admire the pictures, the models and of course the awesome 'toy' that is Lego. There are other books in the series, and I have to say that I'm tempted to buy them. If you love Lego, especially the Technic kits, then at under £10 this book is certainly worth a look - so long as you're aware of what you're getting.

Well shown building instructions, easy to follow, a complete book on various models to build. Cannot wait to get stuck in and build.

More of a technical reference book, rather than ideas for making machines. This book shows how to get certain gear ratios, create joints and movements, rather than construct complete vehicles etc as the title suggests. Might be helpful for more experienced builders to get the technical aspects right, but not really any use to my 9 year old who is just getting into technic and trying to make his own simple machines.

This was a present for a grandson and he was very happy with it as it gav e him some great ideas

havent seen it since it arrived, its now buried in his room somewhere..... would have liked actual instructions but think its a bit more guesswork than i wanted. hey ho

Kept at grandparents as a reference

El libro es precioso. Los modelos son muy facilmente realizables (niños de 5 y 7 años). Que no vengan acompañados de instrucciones no es un problema. Ya que son modelos con un diseño muy simplificado, con pocas piezas y estan fotografiados desde todos los angulos necesarios para que se vean los detalles. Este libro de la serie (Simple Machines) explica mediante ejemplos todos los mecanismos necesarios para construir maquinas simples como puertas automaticas, coches, gruas o sistemas de transporte. Lo mas importante de estos libros para mi (son tres) es que todo se construye usando un pequeño catalogo de piezas. Si te fijas bien cada pieza tiene un color en funcion de su tamaño. Y son siempre las mismas piezas. La ventaja es que de ese modo es muy facil para el niño aunque a veces no se vea bien saber que pieza es. El problema es que no hay forma de conseguir un set de esas piezas exactas. La alternativa está en bricklink.com Yo recomiendo dedicar un rato a comprar las piezas. Sobretodo las mas normales. La lista de piezas (demasiado simplificada) se puede descargar de aqui [....]

Molto bello perché è istruttivo e permette di creare capendo quello che si sta facendo senza dover seguire istruzioni passo passo. Lo consiglio a tutti gli appassionati di lego.

I have this book and the wheeled wonders book, and I find them both equally fascinating and a pleasure to work on the many model ideas in the books. There are a ton of ideas here, so you can work with whatever technic parts you have. I had a few parts from the kit "Lego Crazy Action Contraptions" that I had bought earlier, so I was able to build a few machines from this book. However looking at all the other pictures in this book, I was soon wanting more parts and hit the bricklink site as suggested by the author and publisher in amazon comments. The parts list and links to bricklink catalog put up by the author on his web page was super helpful. I have built several of the models in this book and the wheeled wonders book and they have all been a joy to work on. My 6 year old daughter enjoys building them as well with some guidance. I intend to keep enjoying models from this book for a long time to come, and hopefully this will spark some original ideas of my own. I will be getting the third idea book as well. Thank you, Isogawa san, for an excellent book.

Vale a pena para começar no mundo das pequenas máquinas com Lego !

Inte riktigt vad jag hade väntat mig. Jag hade trott det skulle finnas instruktioner och tydliga steg-för-steg-guider eller skisser och listor över alla nödvändiga delar som behövs, men det är bara massa bilder på olika byggen, och för någon som är nybörjare och inte så lätt förstår hur alla byggen konstruerats är det nästan omöjligt att efterhärma dessa byggen.