LEGO Space

LEGO Space

Building the Future
by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard
November 2013, 216 pp.
ISBN-13: 
9781593275211
Full Color, Hardcover

Suit up! Take home a piece of the magic of LEGO Space this fall with LEGO's official EXO SUIT set, created by author Peter Reid. Check it out at LEGO.com!

"Lovingly crafted. Kids still in love with LEGO will be agog." —Kirkus Reviews

Come explore an incredible LEGO® universe in LEGO Space: Building the Future. Spaceships, orbital outposts, and new worlds come to life in this unique vision of the future, built completely from LEGO bricks.

A selection of step-by-step building instructions will have you constructing your own cosmic creations to play with at home. Marvel at interstellar battlecruisers, space pirates, charming robots, and other stunning builds from an amazing future!

Look Inside!

LEGO Space: New Frontiers
LEGO Space: VoyagerLEGO Space: Robots
LEGO Space: VX-02 Drop ShipLEGO Space: Valor Squadron
Author Bio 

Peter Reid has been a fan of LEGO since childhood. He is a contributor to The LEGO Play Book, his work appeared in The LEGO Book, and he has attended design workshops with the LEGO Group in Billund. His incredible LEGO Exo Suit, featured in this book, has been chosen by LEGO for mass production in 2014, as LEGO CUUSOO #006, Exo Suit. He lives near London with his fiancee, Yvonne.

Tim Goddard is a contributor to the New York Times-bestselling The LEGO Ideas Book and The LEGO Play Book. He has also participated in product development with the LEGO Group. He works as a laboratory manager and lives with his wife, Sharon, in the UK.

Table of contents 

Chapter 1: The Space Age
Chapter 2: The Federation
Chapter 3: Ships of the Federation
Chapter 4: Inhospitable Climate Engineers
Chapter 5: New Frontiers
Chapter 6: Realm of Shadows
Chapter 7: Army of Darkness
Chapter 8: Star Justice
Chapter 9: Infiltration
Chapter 10: Across the Universe

Reviews 

"Nothing could be more awesome."
Wired Science (Read More)

“An incredible fantasy universe.”
Space.com (Read More)

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Congratulations to Peter Reid! His LEGO Exo Suit is the sixth-ever fan-created LEGO set scheduled for mass production in mid-2014, as LEGO CUUSOO #006.

"LEGO, is there nothing it can't do? A bricky final frontier."
SFX

Featured in the NBC News Science Holiday Gift Guide.

"Lovingly crafted. Kids still in love with LEGO will be agog."
Kirkus Reviews (Read More)

“Quite simply, one of the best LEGO books ever.”
Brickset (Read More)

"This is probably the best book I've read about LEGO."
HispaBrick Magazine (Read More)

Sputnik model featured on Gizmodo!

"So great. I cannot imagine how many hours of happy building went into the development of the various LEGO ships and space bases included in this book, but I wish I could have participated."
Emily Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society (Read More)

"An unexpected surprise. A beautifully illustrated science fiction story about humanity exploring and working in space."
National Space Society (Read More)

"LEGO and space, a match made in heaven." Read a Q&A with Peter Reid at CNET!

"Top-notch."
Joe Meno, BrickJournal (Read More)

"An incredibly fun book. It brought me back to my childhood and made me want to pour my LEGO bin out onto my living room floor and start building."
NerdReactor (Read More)

Featured on Evil Mad Scientist!

"May well be the best LEGO book I've ever read. A must-buy."
Nerdly (Read More)

"Spectacular."
EarlyWord (Read More)

"LEGO Space will send you scrambling to wherever you have stored your LEGO and start building, it may also cause you to usurp your children’s LEGO."
Daily Steampunk (Read More)

"Stunning photography . . . top-tier building techniques."
Bricklover18