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Beautiful LEGO
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Beautiful LEGO

by Mike Doyle
September 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
280 pages
5h 4m
English
No Starch Press
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Lino Martins
Why LEGO? If you ask a mountain climber why
he summited Everest, you may get something
along the lines of “because it was there” or “it’s
just what I do.” While I could give a similarly cir-
cular answer, for me, the impulse to build goes
deeper. My desire to work with LEGO started
with traditional plastic model kit building. What
attracted me to model building in the first place
was the level of detail you can obtain with a little
paint and glue and a lot of patience. After pains-
takingly following the directions on a couple
model kits, I learned that you can “kit-bash” your
own creations: By veering from the directions,
you can create something entirely new. For ex-
ample, you might combine a model car kit with
the stickers ...
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