YG-49 Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 I don't see a medal on yours. It could be a misprint. It also could have worn off. That really unlikely though. Thanks for the clear picture. I'm waiting for a review on the book and figure. On a side note are those white and black guards photoshoped or are the customs? I'm just a fan of it. It's there, it's just not as shiny as roxio's. Quote
mutley777 Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 My book arrived today and it is fantastic! The pictures are great! and so much detail has been put in. You can tell it has been a real labour of love from some fans! Jeremy you should be very proud of what you have helped accomplish! Quote
KimT Posted September 28, 2009 Author Posted September 28, 2009 Now which of our US members are going to attend the event on 10-10-2009? Attend and then report back 10-10-09 DK LEGO Star Wars Events By StateARIZONA BARNES & NOBLE - PHOENIX 21001 N. Tatum Blvd. Phoenix, AZ 85050 Phone: 480-538-8520 Event Time: 2-4pm Event Details: Costume contest, LEGO Building activities, games, raffles, and more! THE LEGO® STORE - CHANDLER Chandler Fashion Center 3111 W. 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BORDERS - HOUSTON 3025 Kirby Dr. Houston, TX 77098 Phone: 713-524-0200 Event Time: 2-4pm THE LEGO® STORE - DALLAS Northpark Center 8687 N. Central Expressway Dallas, TX 75225 Phone: 214-750-6422 Event Time: 2-4pm THE LEGO® STORE - FRIENDSWOOD Baybrook Mall 500 Baybrook Mall Friendswood, TX 77546 Phone: 281-282-1302 Event Time: 2-4pm THE LEGO® STORE - FRISCO The LEGO® Store Stonebriar Centre 2601 Preston Road Frisco, TX 75034 Phone: 972-668 - 3859 VIRGINIA BORDERS - FAIRFAX 11054 Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-359-8420 Event Time: 2-4pm Event Details: Art contest, costume contest, LEGO building contest, and more! THE LEGO® STORE - MCLEAN Tysons Corner 7966L Tysons Corner Center McLean, VA 22102 Phone: 703-848-2822 Event Time: 2-4pm LEGO® Outlet - WOODBRIDGE, VA Potomac Mills 2700 Potomac Mills Circle Suite 767 Woodbridge, VA 22192 Phone: 703-490-1335 Event Time: 2-4pm WASHINGTON BARNES & NOBLE - SEATTLE 2675 NE University Village Street Seattle, WA 98105 Phone: 206-517-5260 Event Time: 2-4pm THE LEGO® STORE - BELLEVUE Bellevue Square Mall 119 Bellevue Square Bellevue, WA 98004 Phone: 425-451-2271 Event Time: 2-4pm Quote
BrickMonster MonsterBrick Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 GAH! Me needs Luke Medal Minifig!! XD I really don't care much much about the book, though, DK Books are too retro for me! Quote
drdavewatford Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 Got the Visual Dictionary today - it's absolutely excellent. I would advise any Lego Star Wars fans to move heaven and earth to get this - it's truly worth it. The minifig is really just the icing on the cake. Dr. D. Quote
ILikePi Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 Now which of our US members are going to attend the event on 10-10-2009?Attend and then report back I might go to the LEGO Store in Santa Clara. If I do go, your wish is my command! I'll be sure to take lots of pictures (if I go). Quote
pedro Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) I got mine today, yey! Absolutely superb book and a joy to look through; lots of fantastic photography, information and fun facts about our favourite theme, including many comparisons between the sets and minifigs from different years. There's also a superb section about production, including photograph's of LEGO 'sketches' made by the designers - such as the aforementioned Yavin IV with midi X-wing - and a 2009 prototype helmet mold for Hoth Rebels which I'm curious to know we'll see in the upcoming battle pack. If you love Star Wars LEGO, I really can't recommend this book enough. My copy arrived at work today and after browsing through the pages two colleagues sat next to me immediately ordered it! Oh, and of course the minifig Celebration Luke as it's referred to within, is awesome. As Dr. Dave put it: icing on the cake! Edited September 29, 2009 by pedro Quote
starwarsfanatic Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 This looks amazing! I will definitely get hold of a copy of this, REGULAR edition. Forgive me if this has already been pointed out but the library version is, I presume, to provide stock at public libraries. Of course, I may be wrong! Quote
winbrant Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 This looks amazing! I will definitely get hold of a copy of this, REGULAR edition. Forgive me if this has already been pointed out but the library version is, I presume, to provide stock at public libraries. Of course, I may be wrong! And more than likely no minifigure and reinforced binding... Quote
Dfenz Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) I received my copy of the book today and its an excellent read. I purchased mine on Amazon.co.uk but I've noticed that the book is also available at www.bookdepository.co.uk for stg Edited September 29, 2009 by Dfenz Quote
JCC1004 Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 THE LEGO® STORE - CINCINNATIKenwood Towne Centre 7875 Montgomery Road Cincinnati, OH 45236 Phone: 513-791-4241 Event Time: 2-4pm I'll be there, or at least try to. Is anyone else going where I am? Quote
Dragonator Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 This is a really nice book, with some great photographs of various sets and minifigs which are really nice to look at. It is well laid out, and covers quite a lot of material, although quite a lot of it is stuff you would likely already know. I really like the section at the back which has an interview with one of the SW design team, now that is cool. I never knew how they make the new elements and such, so this section in particular is interesting reading. There is also a page on community, which has a few recognizable MOCs in it. The minfig is a nice bonus too, with the shiny medal. Lovely indeed! A worthy book to have in the collection, in my opinion. Quote
RileyC Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 This is a really nice book, with some great photographs of various sets and minifigs which are really nice to look at. It is well laid out, and covers quite a lot of material, although quite a lot of it is stuff you would likely already know. I really like the section at the back which has an interview with one of the SW design team, now that is cool. I never knew how they make the new elements and such, so this section in particular is interesting reading. There is also a page on community, which has a few recognizable MOCs in it. The minfig is a nice bonus too, with the shiny medal. Lovely indeed!A worthy book to have in the collection, in my opinion. You have it? Did you buy it in New Zealand? I really want the book but I wouldn't know where to get it in New Zealand except for on S@H which it would be really expensive to ship just a book Quote
evil_elmo Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 You have it? Did you buy it in New Zealand? I really want the book but I wouldn't know where to get it in New Zealand except for on S@H which it would be really expensive to ship just a book just order it from amazon....i think its about $30ish NZ$ shipped with the good exchange rate at the moment i've ordered books from amazon before and they come pretty quick Quote
TheShnomon Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Damn, people sure were worried about the minifig. It's honestly just icing for me, I'm getting it for the book, not the minifig. I mean, it looks alright and all but the book is so much more appealing. Quote
RileyC Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 just order it from amazon....i think its about $30ish NZ$ shipped with the good exchange rate at the momenti've ordered books from amazon before and they come pretty quick Oh right yea I might just order it from there then. Thanks for that Evil Elmo Quote
Big Cam Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) This is a really nice book, with some great photographs of various sets and minifigs which are really nice to look at. It is well laid out, and covers quite a lot of material, although quite a lot of it is stuff you would likely already know. I really like the section at the back which has an interview with one of the SW design team, now that is cool. I never knew how they make the new elements and such, so this section in particular is interesting reading. There is also a page on community, which has a few recognizable MOCs in it. The minfig is a nice bonus too, with the shiny medal. Lovely indeed!A worthy book to have in the collection, in my opinion. I'll be ordering this for sure, even though most of us AFOL's know most of the info, it's nice to have it all cataloged somehwere in a nice format. Picture of the Luke fig in the SW photo thread. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?...st&p=589506 Edited September 30, 2009 by Big Cam Quote
smokebelch Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Very nice book- love the interview with the designers at the back. I wonder wether the Hoth Rebel helmet prototype got past the prototyping stage?. I guess it may show up in the new Battlepacks next year- its a shame it didn't make it into the Tauntaun set. As others have said the Luke minifig is a great bonus, I think it was a great choice for the book, and as they say inside it will be very unlikley to appear elsewhere- here's a shot of mine (with a few friends ) Quote
JCC1004 Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 I know the Amazon price is 14.99. But will the Lego Store price be the same or more? I read in next month's calendar that you can buy the book and get promos. I'm wondering if I should order it off Amazon now for a low price or wait to get it and giveaways with it. Quote
roxio Posted September 30, 2009 Posted September 30, 2009 Well, it won't be more than RRP. which is UK£16.99 printed on the back cover Quote
RileyC Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 theres a review of this book at brickset.com and it has a few pictures of the book. The book seems to be really laid out well with a great timeline of the sets Quote
Svelte Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 The other Lego Book is riddled with errors, so I hope the SW Visual Dictionary is somewhat better Here's a few fun facts for fun fact fans! Greedo was only ever officially released in Benelux (!) The 14K gold C-3P0 is worth a staggering $200 The old moulded Yoda is identified as the 2009 Yoda The 2005 caped and 2007 capeless Grievous pics are transposed One battle droid is identified as having the modified arm so it can hold blasters when it clearly doesn't have that arm I am not kidding! And I haven't even had an exhaustive look at the book yet. The Brickset review doesn't really mention how factually dodgy these books are. Not trustworthy sources at all. I can't believe that they didn't run them past some AFOLs first to pick up these obvious and embarrassing errors! Quote
Smidy101 Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 The other Lego Book is riddled with errors, so I hope the SW Visual Dictionary is somewhat better Here's a few fun facts for fun fact fans! Greedo was only ever officially released in Benelux (!) The 14K gold C-3P0 is worth a staggering $200 The old moulded Yoda is identified as the 2009 Yoda The 2005 caped and 2007 capeless Grievous pics are transposed One battle droid is identified as having the modified arm so it can hold blasters when it clearly doesn't have that arm I am not kidding! And I haven't even had an exhaustive look at the book yet. The Brickset review doesn't really mention how factually dodgy these books are. Not trustworthy sources at all. I can't believe that they didn't run them past some AFOLs first to pick up these obvious and embarrassing errors! Yes I notice that as well. In addition they call Ahsoka's droid RY-AY, have 2009 Han as 2004, have a 2003 Snowtrooper with a late model blaster, Incorrectly identify a 2005 Stormtrooper as 2006 and the list goes on. There are similar errors in the medieval section. If I could pick these errors up without even trying, image how easy it would be to give draft copies to a few LEGO fans. I'm sure there would be plenty of takers. Quote
KimT Posted October 1, 2009 Author Posted October 1, 2009 Ok, so now we all know the book has flaws and errors. (Friendly hint to tone the ranting down a little bit). Can we focus on the cool and great parts of this release now? Quote
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