Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO

Barron's best-selling Brick City was a study of the world's most famous buildings in LEGO form. Now, master modeler, and LEGO aficionado, Warren Elsmore, takes the humble LEGO brick on another global tour, this time to recreate the stunning wonders of the ancient, natural, and modern world. Inside Brick Wonders, Elsmore presents helpful tips for neophyte LEGO modelers (such as where to buy the most useful bricks and how to build to scale) along with plans for constructing specific models. Vivid photos of completed LEGO models are stunning to view and include:
  • The Great Pyramid of Giza
  • The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  • The International Space Station
  • The Panama Canal
  • The Grand Canyon
  • The Great Barrier Reef

    Featuring helpful drawings of structural details to guide model builders, Brick Wonders presents a modeler's panorama of the world's most breathtaking wonders. More than 400 full-color instructional and inspirational images throughout. BONUS POSTERS: Enclosed with the book are two dramatic posters featuring LEGO® model photos of the Wonders of the World. The posters, which are suitable for framing, unfold to 17 1/2" x 24 3/4".
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    Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO

    Barron's best-selling Brick City was a study of the world's most famous buildings in LEGO form. Now, master modeler, and LEGO aficionado, Warren Elsmore, takes the humble LEGO brick on another global tour, this time to recreate the stunning wonders of the ancient, natural, and modern world. Inside Brick Wonders, Elsmore presents helpful tips for neophyte LEGO modelers (such as where to buy the most useful bricks and how to build to scale) along with plans for constructing specific models. Vivid photos of completed LEGO models are stunning to view and include:
  • The Great Pyramid of Giza
  • The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  • The International Space Station
  • The Panama Canal
  • The Grand Canyon
  • The Great Barrier Reef

    Featuring helpful drawings of structural details to guide model builders, Brick Wonders presents a modeler's panorama of the world's most breathtaking wonders. More than 400 full-color instructional and inspirational images throughout. BONUS POSTERS: Enclosed with the book are two dramatic posters featuring LEGO® model photos of the Wonders of the World. The posters, which are suitable for framing, unfold to 17 1/2" x 24 3/4".
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    Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO

    Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO

    by Warren Elsmore
    Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO

    Brick Wonders: Ancient, Modern, and Natural Wonders Made from LEGO

    by Warren Elsmore

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    Barron's best-selling Brick City was a study of the world's most famous buildings in LEGO form. Now, master modeler, and LEGO aficionado, Warren Elsmore, takes the humble LEGO brick on another global tour, this time to recreate the stunning wonders of the ancient, natural, and modern world. Inside Brick Wonders, Elsmore presents helpful tips for neophyte LEGO modelers (such as where to buy the most useful bricks and how to build to scale) along with plans for constructing specific models. Vivid photos of completed LEGO models are stunning to view and include:
  • The Great Pyramid of Giza
  • The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  • The International Space Station
  • The Panama Canal
  • The Grand Canyon
  • The Great Barrier Reef

    Featuring helpful drawings of structural details to guide model builders, Brick Wonders presents a modeler's panorama of the world's most breathtaking wonders. More than 400 full-color instructional and inspirational images throughout. BONUS POSTERS: Enclosed with the book are two dramatic posters featuring LEGO® model photos of the Wonders of the World. The posters, which are suitable for framing, unfold to 17 1/2" x 24 3/4".

  • Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781438004112
    Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
    Publication date: 04/01/2014
    Series: Brick...LEGO Series
    Pages: 256
    Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

    About the Author


    Warren Elsmore is a LEGO modeler who has worked with several commercial companies in the United Kingdom building plastic models to help them visualize their conceptions. As a hobbyist, he is best known for his 13 1/2-foot-long LEGO model of London's famous St. Pancras railroad station.
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