The books section on the LEGO theme is enriched every day with new references, more or less successful, and many publishers are trying to attract the favor of AFOLs fond of anything near or far to their passion. .
No Starch Press , the publisher of The Cult of LEGO and several books on the Mindstorms NXT range, sent me two of their latest publications, including The LEGO Adventure Book . Of course, I have the right to criticize it; my independence is worth more than that.
And this book is a pleasant surprise: First of all, the layout is flawless and shows no compromise in quality. Visually, it's a cut above what The Cult of LEGO offers. The photos are superb, and it's a pleasure to browse through this book, which could be described as a " beautiful book to put under the Christmas tree, " and whose primary purpose is ambitious: to allow you to develop your creativity by offering more than 200 models, 25 of which are presented with their building instructions.
The layout is neat with a comic spirit that makes the texts easier to understand as long as you have a sufficient command of English. The author dialogues with the different MOCeurs who reveal some manufacturing secrets or some anecdotes about their creations.
I do not guarantee that you will assemble all the models presented, but you will enjoy discovering them or rediscovering them depending on whether you spend your life on flickr or not.
You will find some of the most famous MOCeurs of the LEGO scene there, such as the French specialist in the Steampunk universe Sylvain Amacher (Captain Smog), Mike Psiaki or Katie Walker who present their most emblematic creations.
The last page of the book features portraits of each of these MOC builders, as well as that of the book's author, Megan "megs" Rothrock ( aka megzter on Flickr ), who has worked for LEGO in the past. It's a chance to put a face to these MOC builders, known to everyone, but often only virtually.
To be perfectly honest, I buy a lot of books about LEGO. I enjoy browsing through them, reading them in stages whenever I have a free moment or need a break. Some quickly end up on a shelf, while others stay within easy reach for longer, like The LEGO Adventure Book , which has been on my desk for a good two weeks now.
This 200-page book in English, the first volume in a forthcoming series, is available on Amazon for €19.55 . In my opinion, it's well worth €20, even though I know that for an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO), €20 is mostly spent on parts and minifigures...
(Thanks to Jessica from No Starch Press )
