Mouse Guard: Art Of Bricks (1)

I have been building things out of LEGO for 40 years and I've been a Mouse Guard fan for about 8 years now, just so you know where my opinion is coming from. I also backed the Bricks of the Mouse Guard on a popular crowdfunding site, and many of the mini figures in this book use the custom Bricks of the Mouse Guard mice heads, equipment, and weapons. And to top it off, I pre-ordered this book.This book is mainly photographs of various scenes from Mouse Guard, but that were imagined and built out of LEGO by Seattle's Architecture LEGO Users Group, aka Seattle ArchLUG. There are multiple overall photographs of the completed LEGO Mouse Guard scenes along with multiple detail photographs from various angles of buildings, figures, scenes, landscaping, it's all here! All the photos feature a plain white background so all the details really stand out, unlike photographs taken at an actual LEGO event that have a busy background of people and other creations. The two main completed scenes that are photographed in detail are From The Owl Fight to Port Sumac and From Barkstone to Lockhaven. Two other sections show the details of many of the buildings, again with photographs taken from multiple angles, and another section of the book showing details on the mini figures, which also highlights some of the brick built creatures, including the crab and the owl. There are also several photographs of larger brick built Mouse Guard figures, which was a welcome addition.Now, if I had to point out any negatives, and keep in mind these are very minor nits on my part, is that I would have liked to see a bit more of the under construction photos, as it is there are only four pages of under construction photos and no really good detail shots. Also for more causal Mouse Guard fans, I think some of the photographs could have used some labels, either the character names or building names. Neither of these really detract from how much I love this book. I didn't get a chance to see these creations in person at the 2015 Emerald City Comic Con, however, I have attended other LEGO conventions and meet ups, and even seeing various LEGO creations in person, you always miss something or forget to photograph something. This book in many regards is better than seeing the actual creations in person. Like I said in my review title, if you're both a LEGO fan and a Mouse guard fan, you need this book.

Quite informative. A must for Lego fans. This book includes multiple photos of the start, setup, and completion of a giant Mouse Guard display constructed of Legos. The text describes each step of construction. Fascinating for those interested in Legos, architecture, modeling, etc. And of course, Mouse Guard.

I am a Mouse Guard fan and collector and this was an awesome addition to my collection. Cute and kind of funny dramas of the Mouse Guard characters.