Treadwah Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Hello all, just a quick query on the book "Getting started with LEGO Trains". The writers web site is down, and Amazon lists it for $150+. Is it worth tracking down whilst patiently awaiting the next railbricks? Quote
Siegfried Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I have this. It's a good book with good advice and some nice instructions... but it's not essential. It was published about 8 years ago and many of the techniques mentioned are common knowledge today. I paid $15 USD for mine a few years back which was a good deal, but $150.... Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 It's a basic book during the end of the 9V era with a retail/cover price of $19.99. My Own Train sets, the Super Chief, and sets available around this time are pictured. Some history of LEGO Trains is included and instructions to build a reefer, a diesel locomotive, and a container car. I'd pay around $20 for it but not much more. To me, it's more of a keepsake for train fans. I would love to see a newer version with PF and more pictures of older sets. Quote
Gareth Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 I saw this book the other day on E-bay going for about £40 sorry don't know what that is in dollars, was going to buy it but brought more track instead for a bargain! It's a shame there isn't more copy's out there I would like to get it but $150 is just daft even £40 is a lot for a book. Quote
HoMa Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 At least web.archive.org finds the old bricksonthebrain.com website concerning "Getting Started with LEGO Trains": http://web.archive.org/web/20051101020755/www.bricksonthebrain.com/trains/index.cfm I still got a little recension of this book online on my website, sorry German only: http://www.holgermatthes.de/bricks/books.htm And this is/was the announcement from the publisher, NoStarch: http://nostarch.com/releases/legotrains_release.pdf Holger Quote
Treadwah Posted February 19, 2011 Author Posted February 19, 2011 Ta all, I'll keep my eye out and hope for a bargain. Quote
travisco_nabisco Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Hello all, just a quick query on the book "Getting started with LEGO Trains". The writers web site is down, and Amazon lists it for $150+. Is it worth tracking down whilst patiently awaiting the next railbricks? I don't know about the content of the book, but you can get it for around $45 from abebooks.com. Quote
lar Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 I like Jake McKee. He's a great guy. But this book is for those who are "getting started" ... I bet almost no one that is a regular reader of Eurobricks fits that description. Further, as other posters say, it's dated. Unless you're a completist who has to have every LEGO book published I wouldn't recommend paying much over face value for it. On the other hand, a complete set of back issues of Railbricks is free (in electronic form) and will have more train ideas in it, at all levels, not just at the beginner level, than this book does. The reverse challenges, in particular, are superb. But then I'm biased since I'm on the editorial board :) Quote
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