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Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide

Mark Frauenfelder at 3:27 pm Fri, Oct 26, 2012

Here are some examples of projects from the Unofficial Lego Technic Builder's Guide. I'm surprised by the complexity of the vehicles and robots that you can build with these components. (And how could anyone resist the far-out soundtrack that accompanies the trailer?)

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

TAGS: family Kids lego

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Jay Converse

I want to hear the constructions without the pretty music.

Whirr, whirr, zerm, zerm.

Ugly stuff like that.
http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers

You’re surprised at the complexity? People have built difference engines out of the stuff.
http://twitter.com/Rickenhacker Daniel Earwicker

A car that can drive over books is impressive, yes!

I’ll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUtS52lqL5w
Mitch_M

Finally a way to clean up those spilled navy beans!
fidel_funk

My kid, Simon is six and he’s hooked seriously on Technics, he’s half way making a 8295 Telescopic Handler, more or less on his own….

Im getting this book for him! (although its my birthday)