THE UNOFFICIAL LEGO^® TECHNIC BUILDER’S GUIDE, 2ND EDITION. Copyright © 2017 by Paweł “Sariel” Kmieć.

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ISBN-10: 1-59327-760-1

ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-760-4

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Cover Illustration: Eric “Blakbird” Albrecht

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Figures 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 3-24, 3-44, 4-6, 7-11, 11-24, 12-29, 12-37, 16-16, 18-4, 23-3, 23-4, 23-8, 23-14, and 23-15 by Eric “Blakbird” Albrecht

Figure 5-11 courtesy of Michał Skorupka. Figure 5-12 courtesy of SevenStuds. Figure 17-13 by Jano Gallo, used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the first edition as follows:

Kmiec, Pawel.
   The unofficial LEGO Technic builder's guide / Pawel "Sariel" Kmiec.
            pages cm
   ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-434-4
   ISBN-10: 1-59327-434-3
 1. Machinery--Models. 2. LEGO toys. I. Title. II. Title: LEGO Technic builder's guide.
   TJ248.K57 2012
   621.8022'8--dc23
                                                                                          2012029840

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