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A visual chronicle of key moments in LEGO history includes coverage of spotlight developments, main toy systems, the LEGOLAND theme parks, and LEGO’s diversification into the visual arts.

Presents every set and minifigure from LEGO’s Batman line, detailing a history of the toy line and how each playset connects to the events in the Batman films.

Combines Harry Potter facts with in-depth profiles and photographs, detailing the multiple variations of favorite LEGO-rendered characters from Harry and Ron to Snape and Voldemort.

A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author’s own drawings.

Offers an illustrated history of the Lego Group and its minifigure, along with a montage of the building sets, theme and park sets, and minifigures created throughout the century.

The Technic models in “Simple Machines” demonstrate basic configurations of gears, shafts, pulleys, turntables, connectors, and the like and show readers how to create small, elegant machines like cranes, operable doors, motorized cars, a rubber band-powered rocket launcher, a hand-cranked drag racer, and even musical instruments.

LEGO toy constructions profile medieval castles, the knights who protected them, and daily life; includes instructions for building models shown in the illustrations.

Divided into six themed chapters—transportation, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure and useful makes—a guide filled with hints and tips from Master Builders helps LEGO fans create new projects from kits intended for specific builds.

Profiles “Masters of Spinjitzu” characters, their vehicles, their weapons, and the locations that make up the LEGO Ninjago world, in a volume complemented by special events pages based on the animated series.

Includes new and updated records with never-before-seen photography—from the new shortest living man and a slam-dunking parrot to the fiercest predators in the ocean.