Badass Bricks: Thirty-Five Weapons of Mass Construction

By Jake Mackay

LEGO is fun. So are toy weapons. The only thing more fun is LEGO toy weapons! A compilation of badass brick weapons—some that actually even work—this book is designed for the adult brick enthusiast. Each project is original (i.e., not from a LEGO kit) and is accompanied by how-to schematics and full-color original photographs of the finished object. Dangerous and exciting projects include:

• Tomahawk
• Broadsword
• Claymore (two-handed sword)
• Ninja throwing star
• M1911 pistol
• Siege tower
• Gatling gun
• MK2 grenade
• Scythed chariot
• Paris gun
• Flamethrower
• And many more!

Hobbyists love to make weapons, and this book goes far beyond the kits that are available to showcase forty projects for amazing weapons. The projects range from medieval to modern, from small hand grenades to an actual working guillotine to an assault amphibious vehicle. Badass Bricks will keep adults occupied for hours and is the perfect book for the adult brick enthusiast, weapons hobbyist, or all-around badass!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Release date: Nov 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781628734287

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BADASS

BRICKS

BADASS

BRICKS

THIRTY-FIVE WEAPONS

OF MASS CONSTRUCTION

JAKE MACKAY

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Copyright © 2013 by Jake Mackay

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Interior layout and graphics by Nicholas Grant

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file

ISBN: 978-1-62873-428-7

Printed in China

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT

WAR HAMMER

KATANA

MAQUAHUITL

MISERICORDE

BATTLE-AXE

CLAYMORE

HALF-MOON AXE

MORNING STAR

BOWIE KNIFE

TOMAHAWK

CHAPTER TWO

RANGED WEAPONS

BLOWGUN

CROSSBOW PISTOL

NINJA STAR

BALLISTA

CANNON

TOMMY GUN

GATLING GUN

WALTHER PPK

CHAPTER THREE

HEAVY ASSAULT

SIEGE TOWER

TREBUCHET

BATTERING RAM

M198 HOWITZER

M1114 HUMVEE

V-2 MISSLE

AAVP 7A1 ASSAULT AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE

LANDKREUZER P. 1000 BATTLE TANK

CHAPTER FOUR

SPECIAL WEAPONS

LOS ANGELES-CLASS US SUB

GOLIATH TRACKED MINE

FLAMETHROWER

GUILLOTINE

RACK

VIPER COMBAT ROBOT

PARIS GUN

SCYTHED CHARIOT

KUSARIGAMA

BILL OF MATERIALS

INTRODUCTION

This LEGO instructional manual is an awesome, badass compilation of some of history’s most destructive weapons. Included inside these pages are medieval weapons, such as the claymore sword, the war hammer, the battering ram, and the siege tower, and more modern weapons of mass destruction from the twentieth century, such as the Paris gun, the V-2 missile, the VIPeR combat robot, and the crossbow pistol.

Considering the extreme power behind these weapons and the determination of those who wielded them, the weapons in this manual are some of the most well known throughout history. The rack, a medieval torture device used for interrogation with the intention of pulling its victim limb from limb, was used throughout the Middle Ages. The Landkreuzer P. 1000 battle tank would have been larger than