Incredible Lego Technic

This book is outstanding in every way! The models are literally awesome, the photography is of excellent quality, the text is clear, and the book is very well made. This book exceeded my expectations. It contains photographic and textual descriptions of over 70 unique models, in 10 categories, by 36 builders, made with Lego parts, most consisting of thousands of individual pieces. Categories consist of the following:AgriculturalAircraftAutomotiveConstruction EquipmentMiscellaneousMotorcyclesSupercarsTracked VehiclesTrucksWatercraftFor many models, the diagrams of the internal drive mechanisms are also provided. The text for each model is generally divided into three sections: "About the Model," "Challenges," and "The Original (i.e. the life-size device)." Many of the interesting features are annotated in the photographs. The Credits section lists the builder and web address of each model, most of which include instructions and videos. Many thanks to Pawel Kmiec and Eric Albrecht for producing this book.

It was stupid. I thought it was a how to build the items inside. It doesn't. It just gives you a history of how it was build.

Sariel's "Incredible Lego Technic" brings you an in-depth look at some of the masterpieces of the greatest builders in the Lego Technic community, new and old. Each creation includes high quality pictures; descriptions of the dimensions, building challenges, and real-world counterpart of the model; and labels and fun facts about the model.

This book shows some of the most complex and accurate LEGO Technic creations that I have seen. A few subjects were quite unusual as well. A braiding machine, wow! A water strider insect, cool! I wish there more in depth illustrations of the mechanisms, but that may be for another book. Good job and kudos to Sariel and No Starch Press, please make more books like this!

Bought this for my son for Christmas. He is a Lego nut centric builds the heck out of everything. He loves it.