Book Review: How to Build Brick Cars by Peter Blackert

Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge,from Quarto Books, via Pump up Edelweiss, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it,  all opinions are my own.

This new book comes out next week, on the 19th!

Ready, set, build! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, start your engines and bust out your bricks! How to Build Brick Cars is here for the inner creative person in us all. Featuring over a dozen fully realized builds of classic and contemporary sports cars, race cars, and muscle cars, How to Build Brick Cars features a range of levels to challenge both brick newbies and the veteran block-slingers far and wide.  

Inside, readers will find detailed, full-color illustrations and step-by-step instructions for such classic and contemporary vehicles like the 1932 Ford Roadster, 1967 Shelby GT, 2016 Le Mans Ford racer, Ferrari 250, Jaguar E-Type convertible, Ford F150 Raptor, Lancia Stratos, Bugatti Veyron, and even James Bond's classic DB5. The vehicles represent a range of manufacturers such as GM, Chrysler, Bugatti, and more, from many of the world's most exciting automotive manufacturing countries (the United States, England, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan). 

Featuring informative and historical text about each car and designed exclusively by Ford Motor Company vehicle designer Peter Blackert, How to Build Brick Cars will keep you busy from the flip of the first page to the end of the race track!

Review:

THIS is the book for Dad and the kids to really bond over! It allows Dad to share all his knowledge of cars with the kids, and the kids can show Dad how to rock out the Legos, aka Bricks, to make some amazing cars (and trucks). As you can see, each vehicle has an introduction, with info on the real vehicle, like when it was made, and where. So even if the vehicle was before Dad's time, he can explain more about it to the kids who are eager to move on to BUILDING! LOL

And building is made easy thanks to color picture charts, showing which Lego piece is needed, and how many. Then the step by step color picture instructions show how to put them all together, and then take the assembled 'parts' and made a vehicle out of them. Admittedly, even with these instructions, I could help the kids build a car! She's stuck on building the 1967 Shelby 'pony' car, but we're missing pieces, and the pieces aren't 'properly color coordinated' (horrors!), otherwise I would be showing it to you! This would be a great gift for all those birthday parties, where you have no idea what to buy you child's friend. Get them this book and a set of basic Legos and watch them light up with joy when they see how cool the book is! You might need to add it to Santa's wish list too!

About the Author:

Peter Blackert is one of the world's foremost custom builders of brick scenes and vehicles. An employee of Ford Motor Company who designs cars for a living, Peter's work can be found on Flickr under the username Lego911. He lives in Australia with his wife.