Great ideas! Lots of fun designs that sparked further imagination and creativity.

It helps to have a large lego collection in order to fully take advantage of this book. Great for your child Lego enthusiast.

This book was perfect for my pre-teen nephew who loves Legos and dinosaurs! He found a few of the directions challenging, but overall was able to build the majority of the projects with no adult supervision. I found the directions to be clear and concise. Highly recommended! ( )

Took awhile to review this book because we wanted time to try to build with it.
My son found it amazing (11) where I didnt understand it very well and found it complicated to build the pieces.

W and I started immediately: took the book out of the parcel, showed it to him, went down to his Legos. We enjoyed selecting which schematic to build, and had the completed figure inside of an hour. We helped each other find bricks and interpret the guidelines, it was a relaxed and smooth experience, and I think we both enjoyed building.

We never tried again. (I once suggested it specifically over holiday break, but W declined.)

Observations on the book and how it works:
● Builders should have a deep collection of pieces
Schematics necessarily assume a good amount of Legos are available, unclear if any example would be useful to anyone with just a few sets to rely upon. Flipping through the book, I imagine a minority of pieces from one schematic would be used in any other design, fewer still if colour were important.

● Builders should have a broad collection of pieces
Unlike my generation (my Legos fixation peaked in the late 1970s), many pieces called for are not the "standard" rectilinear bricks but what I'd call specialty pieces. This is a good thing, these schematics reflect current state of Legos, but also requires a wide selection on hand. Alternatively, could be used to go shopping for specific pieces (do people do that nowadays)?

Some reasons it isn't compelling for us:
● Organisation is key
Points up the need for organisation or builders will spend much time looking for pieces. Our collection is simply several large tubs of pieces, some still partially-connected to past models. It's a Lego junkyard.

● Colour selection makes a stark difference
Unsurprisingly, the schematics feature colour-coordinated examples. Our figure came out more or less rainbow piebald, based on whatever shade the required brick was when finally dug out of our bin. There was no guarantee we had the given piece in another colour, and it was too difficult to find it if we did.

In short, it simply takes too long for too little payoff, given our current state of organisation and motivation.

I suspect this series will be a big hit for some, and for others it will be a novelty worth trying once, as it was for us. ( )

I got this book to give to the daughter of a family friend. Boy does she love it! She doesn't have any formal Lego kits, just (lots and lots of) pieces picked up at yard sales and the thrift store. This book was perfect to take all of her assorted pieces and make something fun. I'll be looking for some of the other books by Ms. Kemmeter to add to this young girls fun. ( )