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Buy the set of <u><a href="/technic_set.htm" style="color: red">all three books</a></u> and save!</span></blockquote> <ul> <li><u><a href="https://www.nostarch.com/download/TechnicContraptions_Sample.pdf">Check out a sample chapter</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="http://www.isogawastudio.co.jp/legostudio/others/ideabook_partslist.html">See the parts list for the book</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="http://mocpages.com/group.php/13820">Join the discussion in the <em>Technic Idea Book</em> forums</a></u></li> </ul> <p><em>The LEGO® Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptions</em> is a collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Each project uses color-coded pieces and is photographed from multiple angles, making it easy to see how the models are assembled without the need for step-by-step instructions. Every model illustrates a different principle, concept, or mechanism that will inspire your own original creations. You're encouraged to use these elements as building blocks to create your own masterpieces. The Technic models in <em>Fantastic Contraptions</em> include working catapults, crawling spiders, and bipedal walkers, as well as gadgets powered by fans, propellers, springs, magnets, and vibration. You'll even learn how to add lights, pneumatics, and solar panels to your own models. This visual guide, the third in the three-volume <em>LEGO Technic Idea Book</em> series, is the brainchild of master builder Yoshihito Isogawa of Tokyo, Japan. Each title is filled with photos of Isogawa's unique models, all of which are designed to fire the imaginations of LEGO builders young and old. Imagine. Create. Invent. Now, what will you build? NOTE: The <em>LEGO Technic Idea Book</em> series uses parts from various Technic sets. If you don't have some of the pieces shown in a particular model, experiment by substituting your own parts or <u><a href="http://www.isogawastudio.co.jp/legostudio/others/ideabook_partslist.html">visit the author's website</a></u> for a list of the special parts used in the book.</p> <hr /> <h2>Check Out Some "Fantastic Contraptions" in Action!</h2> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LF05weD3aoo" width="560"></iframe></p> <hr /> <h2>Check out the other books in the series!</h2> <table style="margin-left:60px; width:340px"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; width:50%"><a href="/technic_machines.htm"><img src="https://nostarch.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/product_list/technic_machines.png" style="height:100px; width:80px" /></a><br /> <a href="/technic_machines.htm">Simple Machines</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; width:50%"><a href="/technic_wheels.htm"><img src="https://nostarch.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/product_list/technic_wheels.png" style="height:100px; width:80px" /></a><br /> <a href="/technic_wheels.htm">Wheeled Wonders</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-bio field-type-text-long field-label-abovec"><div class="field-label">Author Bio </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><b>Yoshihito Isogawa</b> is a LEGO luminary with 42 years of building experience. He began writing computer manuals while at the Tokyo University of Science and founded Isogawa Studio, Inc. soon after. He has twice won the grand prize in the Japan Manual Contest held by the Japan Technical Communicators Association and he has won outstanding performance awards many times. He currently lives in Tokyo.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-toc field-type-text-long field-label-abovec" id="content"><div class="field-label">Table of contents </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><b>Part 1</b></p> <p><b>Four-Legged Walkers</b><br /> A spider<br /> An ant<br /> A dog<br /> A dynamic walker<br /> A smooth walker with big feet </p> <p><b>Six-Legged Walkers</b><br /> A six-legged walker<br /> An insect-like creature </p> <p><b>Two-Legged Walkers</b><br /> A simple walker<br /> Chicken legs<br /> A walker with square legs and one motor<br /> A walker that shifts its center of gravity </p> <p><b>Part 2</b></p> <p><b>Using Wind</b><br /> A simple electric fan<br /> A propeller that creates wind<br /> A hand-cranked fan<br /> A black electric fan<br /> Increasing rotational speed nine-fold (3 x 3)<br /> Increasing rotational speed twenty-seven-fold(3 x 3 x 3)<br /> A wind-powered car<br /> Gentle lifting power<br /> A big electric fan<br /> An electric fan that moves up and down<br /> An oscillating electric fan </p> <p><b>Using Weights</b><br /> Making your own weights<br /> Pulley-powered cars<br /> A car that moves as a weight descends<br /> An old mechanical clock<br /> A pendulum-powered clock </p> <p><b>Movement Through Vibration</b><br /> Vibration causes motion<br /> Vibrating on shafts<br /> A vibrating sled<br /> A larger spinning mass means more vibration<br /> Directing vibrational energy with wheels </p> <p><b>Using Springs</b><br /> A rocket launcher<br /> A ballista<br /> A Ping-Pong ball pitching machine<br /> An electric Ping-Pong ball pitching machine<br /> A pullback windup car </p> <p><b>Part 3</b></p> <p><b>Using Magnets</b><br /> Various magnet bricks<br /> A seesaw<br /> A clutch<br /> Dancing minifig<br /> Magnetic vehicle suspension </p> <p><b>Using Lights</b><br /> Light bricks<br /> Switching six colors of light<br /> Electric plates<br /> Fiber-optic art<br /> Multicolored light<br /> A lighthouse<br /> A pop-up sports car headlight<br /> Disco lights<br /> A Morse code transmitter </p> <p><b>Using Pneumatics</b><br /> Pumps, cylinders, air tanks, and switches<br /> Basic pneumatics<br /> One end goes down, one end goes up<br /> A pneumatic poking device<br /> Creating rotational movement<br /> A double-jointed arm<br /> Moving the arm with a pneumatic cylinder<br /> Using pneumatics with motors<br /> Using a gear clutch to prevent damage when rotation stops forcibly<br /> Using two pumps with one motor </p> <p><b>Using Solar Panels</b><br /> Solar panels<br /> A solar-powered car<br /> Making wind power </p> <p><b>Part 4</b></p> <p><b>Chairs and Tables</b><br /> A folding chair and a height-adjustable table<br /> A reclining chair and a turntable<br /> Another folding chair<br /> A beach lounge chair<br /> An office chair </p> <p><b>Off-Center Axis of Rotation</b><br /> Placing the axle off center<br /> A propeller that changes its rotational speed<br /> The piston pumps when you turn the handle<br /> The propeller only turns when two gears touch<br /> A car that changes speed (and height)<br /> A car with a traveling propeller<br /> A propeller that changes its speed<br /> A twin propeller<br /> A wiggling car </p> <p><b>Intermittent Movement</b><br /> Mechanisms for intermittent movement<br /> Cars that start and stop<br /> A gear that looks like a flower<br /> Using chains and tracks to start or stop rotation </p> <p><b>Changeover Mechanisms</b><br /> With a switch<br /> With a lever<br /> With a steering wheel<br /> A four-way changeover with a steering wheel </p> <p><b>Changeover by Switching a Motor’s Rotational Direction</b><br /> Using a gear that shifts position<br /> Spin the propeller or move forward<br /> Using a worm gear<br /> Move the arms or move forward<br /> Using a differential gear<br /> Spin the antenna or move forward </p> <p><b>Mystery</b><br /> A mechanically animated face</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-reviews field-type-text-long field-label-abovec" id="reviews"><div class="field-label">Reviews </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"These are an invaluable set of books to have as a reference to build mechanisms."<br /> —<b>BrickJournal</b> (<a href="http://www.brickjournal.com/view/article/48/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"I can emphatically state that no self-respecting LEGO fan should exclude this series from their library."<br /> —<b>Bricks in my Pocket</b> (<a href="http://www.bricksinmypocket.org/2011/05/bimp-book-review-lego-technic-idea-book.html" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"These are excellent books showing a lot of great ideas for LEGO mechanisms. Even if you're an experienced builder, there are surely some ideas in here you've never seen."<br /> —<b>Brickpile</b> (<a href="http://www.brickpile.com/2010/10/14/lego-technic-idea-books/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"What I like about these cool little models is that they can be used to teach various science concepts such as gearing, Newton's Laws, and Potential & Kinetic energy—to name a few."<br /> —<b>The Robotic Realm</b> (<a href="https://roboticrealm.blogspot.com/2010/11/lego-technic-idea-books.html" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"For anyone who loves Lego, prototypes in Lego, or loves mechanical assemblies, these books are definitely required viewing, and we're not sure how we lived without them for so long."<br /> —<b>Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories</b> (<a href="http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/geekbook" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="block-shariff-shariff-block" class="block block-shariff clearfix"> <div class="shariff" data-services="["facebook","print","twitter"]" data-theme="colored" data-orientation="horizontal" data-twitter-via="nostarch" data-lang="en"></div> </section> </div> </section> <aside class="col-sm-3" role="complementary"> <div class="region region-sidebar-second"> <section id="block-system-navigation" class="block block-system block-menu clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Navigation</h2> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first last leaf"><a href="/user" title="">My account</a></li> </ul> </section> <section id="block-block-52" class="block block-block clearfix"> <p><a href="/mailchimp/subscribe">Want sweet deals? 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