We’ve been sent some great stuff to review as part of the 100 books challenge, but this has been one of Small’s favourites. So I’m particularly glad to have been sent two copies – meaning I can give one away without having to pry it out of Small’s grasping fingers!
We like Haynes stuff here. Small has a Haynes manual Death Star t-shirt that I got him just before Christmas, and Tim is slightly jealous that they don’t go up to his size. This book is everything you’d expect from a collaboration between experienced manual writers and slightly nutty contraption builders – especially ones who’ve created an Edit-o-Mattic machine :D. It’s great fun for Wallace and Gromit fans, and pretty good even if you’re not that up on them. There’s loads of pics from the various films, detailed drawings of all the contraptions, and descriptions too. Plenty of material to keep you going for quite a while.
If you fancy your own copy of this manual, all you need to do is leave me a pick-me comment. And if you’d like a second entry, tweet or FB this post, preferably explaining a little about the #100books challenge and what I’m trying to achieve with it, and leave me a second comment telling me where you’ve shared it. The competition will run until Friday 11th at midnight, and I’ll pick a winner using random.org on Saturday. (If that winner doesn’t get back to me by Friday 18th, I’ll pick again.) UK entries only please, as I’ve to cover the postage!
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