New Lego castle book incoming...

[TeufelHund]

http://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Lego-Knights-Realm/dp/386852925X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413256027&sr=8-1&keywords=lego+knight%27s+realm

Not much information yet but at 400 pages it certainly sounds substantial.

[Hive]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[TheLegoDr]

Might be worth a pick up. I haven't bought any LEGO books. None really bring anything to the table that I can't find on flickr or EB. But I know some people love having them.

A person in our LUG does reviews online so gets ALL of the books for free all of the time.

[ManInATopHat]

"Unofficial"

Meh, I'd only spend my money on Lego authorized literary productions.

[narbilu]

Thanks for the lead... I just placed the order. Will be a nice X-Mas present for myself

[TeufelHund]

My copy arrived earlier this week so here's my mini-review:

* This is definitely an AFOL book - most of the builds are way too complicated for younger builders.

* Most of the 400 pages are taken up with step by step instructions for building the photographed MOCs. Personally my preference would be for more photos for inspiration with instructions only there to illustrate particular building techniques. What photos that are there are done really well though.

* There are a number of different sections in the book each with a theme. There's one for Lord of the Rings and one for Game of Thrones, plus some more generic stuff (including a modular castle). The stuff based on popular IPs are a bit hit and miss. There is an OK Gandalf "Big-fig" design coupled with a design for Orthanc, which is kind of unnecessary IMO as there is already a UCS set out covering that plus there are plenty of other suitable subjects from LOTR lore. The GoT stuff include a really nice weirwood tree and then a fairly generic dragon setting fire to a castle. Overall I felt they could have done better in covering these popular worlds.

* One of the highlights of the book is a two page spread showing how to make medieval food out of Lego. There's also some nice throne/table/chair etc designs which are great. Other stuff includes a couple of wagons/carts and a catapult.

* They list brick counts for all the builds featured but most people would be hard pressed to reproduce everything as recommended by the book - a single section of wall for the modular castle for example requires no less than 34 bley bricks bricks. Heaven help anyone trying to reproduce the whole castle as per the instructions!

Overall it's a nice book with some great photography and builds but the Holy Grail for me would be a book more full of inspiring examples than specific instructions.

[Matthias]

This book is written by a Eurobricks user. The book is also avaiable in german language. Bau dir deine Lego Ritterwelt is the german title.