LEGO Adventure Book 2 – I highly recommend it!

Let me start out by saying I REALLY envy Megan Rothrock. Not only has she worked as a LEGO designer, she’s written two LEGO books, and had the opportunity to work with top LEGO builders from around the world. She is truly living the LEGO dream!  I was ecstatic when I was asked to review her latest book, The LEGO Adventure Book 2.

Like the first one, The LEGO Adventure Book 2 is a must have!

As for the book, I love it. It’s told in a very cute style; we meet LEGO Meg, and she meets up with a LEGO friend. This friend leads he from one talented LEGO builder to another, each highlighting their own unique style and creations.

There’s something for everyone in The LEGO Adventure Book 2:

• LEGO spaceships
• LEGO furniture
• LEGO cars & trucks
• LEGO boats
• LEGO pirates
• Neo-classic LEGO spaceships
• Post-apocalyptic LEGO
• LEGO castles

I think my favorite things I saw in this book were relatively small detailed builds; a beautiful quilt covered bed, and the most realistic palm tree I have ever seen!

And don’t miss Tommy Williamson‘s (aka the Brick nerd) chapter on the set of a LEGO movie where he shows you how to build LEGO movie cameras and 5K lights!

My kids really love The LEGO Adventure Book, too.  Meg’s writing style is perfect for them, and the featured builders do a great job showing you how to build in their style, and offer their tips & tricks as well.  This is a book I will go to often for inspiration.  Sure I can find a ton of LEGO inspiration on the internet, but there’s something special about being able to hold a LEGO book (or any book for that matter!) in my hand, and flip through the pages

From the No Starch Press website.

The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 2—New from No Starch Press
A guided tour through the remarkable world of LEGO builders
LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 2

San Francisco, CA, November 21, 2013—Volume 2 of The LEGO Adventure Book (No Starch Press, November 2013, hardcover, 196 pp., $24.95, ISBN 9781593275129) continues the best-selling LEGO Adventure Book series with more imaginative models to spark the creative process. Megs and her trusty robot companion, Brickbot, take the reader on a guided tour through different genres of LEGO building as they visit LEGO-built cities, a movie set, a pirate hideaway, a medieval village, and even a post-apocalyptic junkyard.

This beautifully produced hardcover book showcases work from some of the world’s most prominent LEGO builders, including over 100 example models of hot rods, muscle cars, tug boats, galleons, medieval villages, gas stations, and modern kitchens. The 40 step-by-step breakdowns make it easy for readers to build their own models like:

• A tanker truck with smoke stacks and an exposed engine
• A Tudor-style gingerbread house with unique window and roof accents
• The Havoc starfighter
• An ultra-detailed ferry, scaled to fit LEGO minifigures and vehicles
• A functioning catapult and a fortress like watchtower
• A multi passenger, interstellar space bus
• According to No Starch Press publisher Bill Pollock, “The LEGO Adventure Book series takes the readers inside the imagination of the world’s most creative LEGO builders, feeding their creative energy in the process. This is design thinking at its best.”

The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 2 is available in bookstores everywhere, just in time for the holidays.

What Will You Build?
Join Megs and Brickbot on another exciting tour of LEGO® building in this second volume of The LEGO Adventure Book series. As they track the Destructor and rebuild the models he destroys, you’ll follow along and meet some of the world’s best builders. Learn to create sleek spaceships, exotic pirate hideaways, re-breathing dragons, fast cars, and much more. With nearly 40 step-by-step breakdowns and 100 example models, The LEGO Adventure Book is sure to spark your imagination and keep you building!

About the Author
Megan Rothrock is a former set designer for the LEGO Group whose models have been displayed at ComicCon and at LEGO events across Europe. Rothrock enjoys meeting builders at LEGO fan events and hopes that her book will inspire the LEGO builders of tomorrow. Originally from California, she currently lives in Denmark where she works as a freelance toy designer.