LEGO Collector’s Guide to be published in August 2008 [News]
Here’s some interesting news from Billund:
LEGO® Collector`s Guide Publishing date: 26.06.08 / LEGO Collector – Premium Edition beginning of August 2008
We are happy to announce that the LEGO Collector’s Guide is about to be launched by Fantasia Verlag GmbH. The confirmed launch date will be the 26.06.08. This bilingual (English/German) catalogue is for the fan and collector alike. It is a high quality product full of details. It comprises around 800 pages presenting nearly all sets produced by the LEGO Group since 1958.
Further, there will be a LEGO Collector - Premium Edition which will be very limited to 3.333 continuously numbered copies. The Premium Edition will be published at the beginning of August 2008 for a price of 39,90€. This high quality catalogue has a hardcover and is presented in a very decorative packaging with exclusive LEGO gimmicks.
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June 25th, 2008 at 7:52 am
“Further, there will be a LEGO Collector - Premium Edition which will be very limited to 3.333 continuously numbered copies.” Does anyone understand this? I don’t think they would really make only three and one third premium books. …Or am I reading it wrong?
June 25th, 2008 at 7:55 am
In Europe, commas and periods are switched when used in numbers. This means three thousand, three hundred, and thirty-three. Three and a third would be written as 3,333.
June 25th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Exclusive LEGO Gimmicks?! All right!
June 25th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Any Idea whether this will be available in the US and price in US Dollars. If my math is right, direct conversion from euro would put this at over $60 (US) which is pretty high for a book.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:40 am
“If my math is right, direct conversion from euro would put this at over $60 (US) which is pretty high for a book.”
….well, it is a “Premium” Edition for “collectors” after all.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Ah, I see! Thanks, Chris.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:20 am
There was a report saying that an American edition was also planned for this book to be published later in 2008. Is that still true? Or should we start making calls to German bookstores?
June 25th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I would love to pay $60 for a book I WANT to read! Ever buy college books? I did back in ‘92 and even then I was paying that much. Yeah, somewhere between 1 and 3,333 is my copy, wonder which one it will be.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:30 am
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.fantasiaverlag.de/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search?q=Fantasia+Verlag&num=20&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=DUt&sa=G&pwst=1
This link is to the German Publisher’s translated web page regarding the the catalog. To be clear, there appears to be 2 versions of the catalog. A regular edition and the Premium Collector’s Limited edition. The Regular Edition is available as of tomorrow. Priced at $22.90 plus tax. Uncertain if that is in Euros or Dollars. And also uncertain about if they ship to the U.S. The regular edition does not appear to be limited.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:34 am
The regular edition at 22.90 euros would be about $35 US.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:39 am
As far as I know there will be an unlimited standard edition for 22 Euros. It could be found at http://www.amazon.de
http://www.amazon.de/LEGO-Collector-Collectors-Guide-Sammlerkatalog/dp/3935976526/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214415241&sr=8-1
Or check this out:
http://www.fantasia-design.de/shop/index.php?cPath=32
Maybe they deliver worldwide?
The price is very, very good and you will get about 800 colored pages …
Cheers,
HoMa
June 25th, 2008 at 10:40 am
I asked Jan Beyer from LEGO if there were plans to release this outside Europe, and he said that the German publisher was still looking into it.
The lack of a definitive “No” is certainly good news, but it still remains to be seen whether this will get released in places like North America and Asia.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I’m not a bells and whistles kind of guy, so I’m more than happy to score a regular edition for $35. I have a friend who visits every year from Denmark, so I’m going to see if I can get him to bring me one.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:43 am
You can’t just do a convert of USD to Euros, that’s not how companies work.
And I thought it was already said that this book would be in the USA for about $35, I remember saying / thinknig “That’s not a bad price for 800 color pages”.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Hmm… If I get the standard edition, then I might regret it in August and wish I had waited for the special edition. It depends on what the “exclusive LEGO gimmicks” are… Any ideas (besides the hard cover)?
June 25th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
This thing is worth at most $70 Im going to get this!
June 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I just bought the collector’s copy and it was AU$108 delivered to West Perth, Western Australia. Postage was 25 Euros.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
…Well? Aren’t you going to tell us what the book itself is like?
June 25th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
@Ryan: Sure thing, give me a few months for it to arrive.
I should have been clearer: I ordered this book a few hours ago after seeing this post
June 26th, 2008 at 7:22 am
I’ll be getting the standard edition July 17th. I’ll post a review when I get it if it isn’t already well covered by the blogosphere by then.
June 26th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Ah, sorry. I thought that you had already received it!
June 26th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I just ordered a premium version. I’ll probably kind’of forget about it during the summer - so I’ll be pleasantly surprised somewhere in august! If not … still nice.. .
Just like you’re all saying - I’m somewhat curious about what those gimmicks will be. I guess I’ll find out when the time comes…
July 7th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
It arrived today; a few thoughts:
-Only took 6 days to come
-It’s great, and really useful
-When they say catalogue, they mean catalogue
-Postage is very steep - almost half cost of book
-Index of keychains and service packs *groans*
Full review on Eurobricks.