Presents detailed instructions for building sixteen projects using LEGOs, including a wall rocket racer, a supercharged speedster, a beaker blender 3000, and a LEGO launcher.

Build kinetic sculptures with LEGO! Make up to 10 LEGO models and games using elemets included in the book and papercraft pieces around themes like a swimming shark, hungry praying mantis and robo game show. STEM content throughout the book shows how the models relate to topics from gear ratio to biomimicry in robotics design.

Ideal choice for fans of the LEGO movie who want to try stop-motion animation in their own movies Provides practical tips on how to film using stop-motion animation Professional advice on art, lighting, effects, and more Did you love the LEGO movie? Are you inspired by Alfred Hitchcock and other professional filmmakers? Would you like to learn how to use the LEGO blocks in your house for more than building? If so, then this book is for you. From lighting to storytelling, this guide will lead you through making your own stop-motion animation films with LEGOs. You may have seen the LEGO movie. Now it’s time for you to be the director and make your own. This guide will walk you through the steps of making a LEGO movie. It covers crafting a story, cinetech, animation, and the dynamics of making your vision come to life. Become a filmmaker and learn about directing with this clever and thorough guide.

Presents machines designed by Goldberg, which were based on complicated chain reactions and used to accomplish simple tasks.

With this complete kit, kids can make LEGO animations (or brick flicks ) quickly and successfully. The ten Mini Movies walk you through making short, funny clips with step-by-step instructions. Use your phone, tablet or computer to get started. For movie-makers intimidated by the blank page, this book includes endless mix-and-match story starter ideas to kickstart your creativity. Real animator-approved ideas and inspiration cover more advanced skills such as lighting, scenery, sound effects and different camera angles.

"Citizen Kane does Adventureland." —The Washington Post The outlandish, hilarious, terrifying, and almost impossible-to-believe story of the legendary, dangerous amusement park where millions were entertained and almost as many bruises were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder's son. Often called "Accident Park," "Class Action Park," or "Traction Park," Action Park was an American icon. Entertaining more than a million people a year in the 1980s, the New Jersey-based amusement playland placed no limits on danger or fun, a monument to the anything-goes spirit of the era that left guests in control of their own adventures--sometimes with tragic results. Though it closed its doors in 1996 after nearly twenty years, it has remained a subject of constant fascination ever since, an establishment completely anathema to our modern culture of rules and safety. Action Park is the first-ever unvarnished look at the history of this DIY Disneyland, as seen through the eyes of Andy Mulvihill, the son of the park's idiosyncratic founder, Gene Mulvihill. From his early days testing precarious rides to working his way up to chief lifeguard of the infamous Wave Pool to later helping run the whole park, Andy's story is equal parts hilarious and moving, chronicling the life and death of a uniquely American attraction, a wet and wild 1980s adolescence, and a son's struggle to understand his father's quixotic quest to become the Walt Disney of New Jersey. Packing in all of the excitement of a day at Action Park, this is destined to be one of the most unforgettable memoirs of the year.

Build 11 machines, includes all the LEGO bricks you need. From the 'practical' (a mechanical hand to pick things up for you) to the intriguing (a machine that makes crinkled paper) to the flat-out ridiculous (astronaut training for your mini-figures!), these projects encourage kids to explore the possibilities hidden in their LEGO collection. Inspires open-ended creativity to not just build the models in this book, but also to experiment with their own modifications to be faster, more accurate, or more complex.