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Posted on Feb 14, 2008 under LEGO |
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LEGO Duplo Thomas&Friends - Thomas Load and Carry Train Set Thomas has a big job to do today! Load him up at the cargo tower, then send him on his way to Tidmouth Station. This set includes a cargo tower with a slide, so you can open it to drop cargo. It also features a full track that measures 23″ x 35″ plus a train signal and station. Hours of fun are just around the bend for Thomas and Friends fans. You’ll even get over 7′ of running track! Includes 16 track pieces. Set is compatible with the complete LEGO Duplo System.
Customer Review: thomas the tank enginge/duplo lego
Children just turning 2 will have to have help with this toy, but as they learn to put things together, they will be able to use their imaginations and combine this with other lego toys to make whatever they like.
Customer Review: wonderful fun!!
This is the most wonderful thing ever!! My 2 yr old son just adores it, he sits and plays with it for hours.. He doesn’t yet grasp how to put the pieces(i.e. train. station, etc.) but he loves taking the track apart and putting it back together!! And that is very good since my 1 yr old daughter doesn’t think it belongs together! He is putting it back together as fast as she is breaking it! (very durable as well!) After reading some other reviews I thought there was goingo tbe virtually no track to play on, but there was much more thenm I was expecting! It is a great toy and we all love it!
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Posted on Feb 11, 2008 under LEGO |
Ring Toss Game by BRIO (Quoits) A ring-throwing game that dates back to 14th century England. 5 well-made rope rings are thrown over upright pins to gain different point scores. A well-crafted outdoor game in wood that can be played by both young and old.
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Posted on Feb 08, 2008 under LEGO |
Advanced NXT: The Da Vinci Inventions Book (Technology in Action)
This amply illustrated book is about building some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous inventions with LEGO’s new breathtaking robot technology, the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. In this book, you will revive such fascinating devices as the flying machine, the aerial screw, the revolving bridge, the double leaf spring catapult, and the armored car, five centuries after their creation by the great Renaissance engineer. Using some of the most advanced programming environments for the NXT, you will make robots that work, move, and respond the way Leonardo intended his original inventions to do 500 years ago.
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Posted on Feb 07, 2008 under LEGO |
Getting Started with LEGO Trains The first and only in-depth reference to building LEGO trains. Here’s everything you need to know to build LEGO trains, from setting up train tracks to building custom freight cars. LEGO insider, Jacob H. McKee, shares some of his most fascinating and original train designs, while including descriptive articles on basic building techniques, plus high-quality building instructions for several different projects. Veteran LEGO trains fanatics and curious beginners alike will find this book the easiest way to get started with LEGO trains. JACOB H. MCKEE is a well-known figure in the LEGO trains community and the LEGO Community Development Manager for North America. Jacob has worked on more than 400 websites and countless community projects, including the official LEGO Trains website www.lego.com/trains. He has been building LEGO creations since he was a young boy.
Customer Review: Recommended for real Lego Train fans
This book delivers pretty much what you would expect.
The first part covers some general background on the Lego 9V train system (if you are looking for info on the newer RC stuff, this book is not for you). The second part gives detailed building instructions for some cars and an engine. The last chapter gives some track layout ideas. The book is written in a very to-the-point style and very well illustrated.
The projects suggested are very nice, though it might be hard finding some of the parts Jake suggests using.
The only reason I didn’t give this book five stars is that it leaves me wanting more…..
Customer Review: Quality book–Quality designs!
What a wonderful book for LEGO Train lovers… this is a REALLY solid book containing detailed yet easy-to-use plans for making all types of trains… the production quality of the book is excellent–with high quality renderings, photos, and well written supporting text. Excellent work–and a must-read for those who aspire to do such quality design work (both 3D and actual LEGO bricks).
Posted on Feb 06, 2008 under LEGO |
Maximum Lego NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains
Over two dozen fun and challenging projects using the next generation of LEGO MINDSTORMS™ and the Java™ programming language
LEGO MINDSTORMS™ NXT is an incredible new kit for building and programming your own robotic inventions. Maximum Lego NXT introduces a diverse set of projects, building tips, programming code, complete 3D rendered building instructions and hundreds of illustrations to help you realize your robotic dreams.
Using Java™, the most popular and easy to use programming language available, this book will give you endless entertainment and exploration. It introduces the new LEGO NXT kit, including the NXT intelligent brick and Bluetooth™.
Maximum NXT includes:
• Easy to follow instructions by the author of Core LEGO MINDSTORMS™ Programming
• Explanations for all available sensors and expansion products available for the NXT kit, including unique projects interfacing a video camera, cell phone, GPS, data gloves, and many more
• An exciting collection of 14 robots, including a chess playing robot, an exoskeleton for your hand, a Mars Rover, a robotic arm you can control through the Internet, a 3D object scanner, soccer robots, and many more
• Introduces over two dozen in-depth programming projects including navigation, mapping, precise robotic arm control, voice control and global localization
• Artificial Intelligence concepts including Vision analysis, Rodney Brooks’ Subsumption Architecture, and Reinforcement Learning
• Exciting projects that use third-party sensors like compass, tilt sensor, and port expanders
• A full chapter on building with the new LEGO stud-less brick paradigm.
• A complete tutorial on programming Java™
• How to install a free development environment for leJOS NXJ, the Java™ Virtual Machine for the NXT
• Foreword by S ren Lund, Director of LEGO MINDSTORMS
Maximum LEGO NXT is the ultimate LEGO MINDSTORMS guide:
• Meet NXT • leJOS NXJ • Java for Primates • The leJOS NXJ API • LEGO Parts • Building 101 • Bite into Bluetooth • Grabby Robots • Sound • Robots with Vision • Standing Tall • Localization • Mapping • Path-finding • Hands & Exoskeletons • Network Robotics • Scanning • Behavior-Based Robots • Expanding the NXT • GPS & Harsh Terrain • Speech • Appendices • Index
Customer Review: Post Grad book
Got this book for our 12-year-old. Too difficult. Good for those who have studied computer programming.
Customer Review: Excellent programming ideas but has Java errors
Has several very good programming ideas and robot concepts suitable for teaching programming to high school / college robot teams. This early edition is still full of errors in regards to Java code. If one knows Java well then you can spot the errors and not be bothered by them. However, if one is a novice with Java then you won’t realize the errors in the supplied code and be frustrated when nothing is working. Needs a timely revision to earn a five star rating.
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Posted on Feb 05, 2008 under LEGO |
LEGO 4+ Basic Bulk Set 4 years & up. Create or expand your collection with 576 classic bricks in an assortment of 6 different sizes and colors.
Customer Review: Lego 4+ Basic Bulk Set
Quite a lot of building blocks. Enough to keep a child’s imagination going for hours. Strong parts, bright colors and many different shapes are great.
Customer Review: More is never enough
My grandsons have been Lego fans as long as I can remember. They actually travel with a large container of Legos. We added to their collection at Christmas with this product and they were thrilled. While they visited us, they built reinforced castles from opposing warlords and had huge battles right on our family room floor. If imagination is educational (can anyone argue with that?) this is a great thing for kids. Beats the heck out of the thumb workout they would get from the video stuff.
Posted on Feb 03, 2008 under LEGO |
LEGO Star Wars Anakin’s Fighter LEGO Star Wars Anakin’s Fighter (7669) - Blasting out of the new Clone Wars TV series, it’s Anakin Skywalker’s customized Jedi starfighter! Fight the forces of the Separatists and the Dark Side with flick-firing missiles, retractable landing gear, and an ejection button for R2-D2.
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Posted on Feb 03, 2008 under LEGO |
LEGO Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid Get ready to defend the planet Naboo against the droid forces of the Trade Federation. The sleek Naboo starfighter includes an access ladder stand and Anakin Skywalker and Naboo pilot minifigures to fly it. Raise R2-D2 into the droid socket and fire the missile at the droid fighter. Enemy droid starfighter features flick-launching missiles and converts into flying, attack and walker modes. 279 pieces. Box measures 11.24″H x 15.12″W x 2.36″D.
Customer Review: It comes apart during mild play way too easily
The best part of this for my 7 year old was putting it together. He absolutely loves assembling Lego toys, such as the Bionicle series, which he started on when he was around 4-5. I just wish the design of it was such that it didn’t fall apart so easily. He’s really afraid to do much with it other than look at it, for fear that it will fall apart. Btw, I tried to press the pieces together more myself, thinking he might not have been able to do it. That’s definitely *not* the problem.
Customer Review: my 7 year old grandson’t favorite christmas present
MY grandson says this was the best present he got this year. He plays with it all the time.
Posted on Feb 02, 2008 under LEGO |
Ultimate Lego Book Discover the LEGO Universe! This unique book brings DK style to the world of LEGO, one of the world’s best-selling toys. It presents amazing LEGO sculptures — from life-size dinosaurs, to a time machine, to Einstein’s head, more than 15 feet tall. It features stunning original photography from LEGO model-making centers, as well as the LEGO Group’s archives, parks, and competitions. It also inventively introduces children to some of the greatest cities in the world — in LEGO form.
Customer Review: Lego Book
I enjoying reading this book and looking to make other things with the helpful ideas in this book.
Customer Review: Creative and Interesting
This book is an ultimate hit. The history of the Lego is described and then creations that fit every category are shown. Some of the hints on how to build things are really helpful.
Posted on Feb 02, 2008 under LEGO |
Extreme NXT: Extending the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT to the Next Level (Technology in Action)
Extreme NXT: Extending the LEGO MIDSTORMS NXT to the Next Level is for intermediate-level users of NXT who would like to advance their capabilities by learning some of the basics of electronics. Plenty of examples are provided, and easy-to-follow instructions are included for building over 15 different sensors.
This makes a great reference for the NXT hardware interfaces. Examples even come complete with multiple, alternative NXT languages. The book is also abundant with illustrations.
Customer Review: One of the Best Available!
Reviewer J. Doubek, said it best - “I bought this book to get a better idea of how to safely interface my own circuits to the Lego Mindstorms NXT. In my opinion, you can’t find a better book for this purpose.”
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Posted on Jan 31, 2008 under LEGO |
Bionicle World (Bionicle) Deluxe 4/color guide to the world of Bionicle — including original art and maps.
Locations will include: Karzahni, Artakha, Mata Nui, Metru Nui, Voya Nui (2006 setting), Akua Nui and the Pit (2007 setting), Roodaka’s Island, Brotherhood of Makuta fortress, and the Dark Hunter Island
Explore the unknown and learn the secrets of the Toa.
Customer Review: plenty of information
I like it because it has plenty of information about the Bionicle world. It tells you the name of old and new islands along with its history and map. I recommend this book for bionicle fans.
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Posted on Jan 31, 2008 under LEGO |
Mega Bloks 9971 Jeff Gordon building blocks
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