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The LEGO Technic Idea Book: WHEELED WONDERS - Vol 2.
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The LEGO Technic Idea Book: WHEELED WONDERS - Vol 2. Us,slim qrto wraps,no dw/dj,as issued,1st thus. - 2010 - 1st Edition

by ISOGAWA, YOSHIHITO:

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This volume on LEGO TECHNIC focuses on vehicles that can drive, turn, move things, and go backwards. The book's illustrations demonstrate various ways to build TECHNIC vehicles, which readers can use as starting points for their own creations.

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US,slim Qrto wraps,1st thus.NMINT.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean, matt white background with thumbnail colour photograpic illustrated front wrap/cover with black+blue lettering,rear cover with b/w diagrammatic illustration; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - virtually pristine.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.US, slim Qrto wraps,1st thus,vi-viipp+4-131pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,Pts 1-4 comprising 11 sections with 56 concepts/mechanisms, profuse accompanying colour photographs,plus [unpaginated] an introduction,notes to parents,and where to find parts sections. 'The LEGO Technic Idea Book: WHEELED WONDERS' is a collection of hundreds of ideas for building cars,trucks,motorcycles,and other vehicles.The models are easy to build based on their pictures alone,and colours distinguish each part,showing you how they are assembled.Each photograph illustrates a different principle,concept,or mechanism that will inspireyour own original creations.The Technic models in 'Wheeled Wonders' spin or move things,drag race,haul heavy gear,bump off walls, wind up and go,and much more.You'll discover how to build differential gears,implement steering and suspension,and design clutch and transmission systems to use in your own vehicles.This visual guide,the second in the three-volume 'LEGO Technic Idea Book' series,is the brainchild of masterbuilder Yoshihito Isogawa of Tokyo,Japan.Each title is filled with photographs of Isogawa's unique models,all of which are designed to fire the imaginations of LEGO builders young and old. Imagine.Create. Invent. Now,what will you build? Yoshihito Isogawa of Tokyo,Japan,is a technical writer and LEGO luminary.In addition to running Isogawa Studio,Inc.,he regularly holds LEGO workshops,lectures at schools and science museums,and creates LEGO models for events and exhibitions.He is the author of 'LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Orange Book','Making Machines with Bricks',and several other Japanese-language LEGO titles.He is a graduate of the Faculty of Engineering at the Tokyo University of Science. Book has a disclaimer: 'These unofficial books are not endorsed or authorized by the LEGO Group.' Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct and possibly,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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  • Title The LEGO Technic Idea Book: WHEELED WONDERS - Vol 2.
  • Author ISOGAWA, YOSHIHITO:
  • Illustrator illus with colour photographs.
  • Binding US,slim Qrto wraps,no dw/dj,as issued,1st thus.
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher US.SAN FRANCISCO,CA.No Starch Press Inc.,2011., U.S.A.
  • Date 2010-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # rja653816
  • ISBN 9781593272784 / 1593272782
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.36 x 7.59 x 0.42 in (26.31 x 19.28 x 1.07 cm)
  • Ages 10 to UP years
  • Grade levels 5 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects LEGO toys, Motor vehicles - Models
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010029779
  • Dewey Decimal Code 621.833

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Yoshihito Isogawa is a LEGO luminary with 42 years of building experience. He began writing computer manuals while at the Tokyo University of Science and founded Isogawa Studio, Inc. soon after. He has twice won the grand prize in the Japan Manual Contest held by the Japan Technical Communicators Association and he has won outstanding performance awards many times. He currently lives in Tokyo.