Comments on: LEGO Collector’s Guide to be published in August 2008 [News]

By: SlyOwl

SlyOwl — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:29:54 +0000

It arrived today; a few thoughts:
-It’s great, and really useful ;-)
-Only took 6 days to come
-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.

By: Ruben Kremer

Ruben Kremer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:25:30 +0000

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… ;-)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:46:27 +0000

Ah, sorry. I thought that you had already received it!

By: Paul Lee

Paul Lee — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:22:24 +0000

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.

By: mlambie

mlambie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:13:03 +0000

@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 :)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:28:46 +0000

…Well? Aren’t you going to tell us what the book itself is like?

By: mlambie

mlambie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:14:11 +0000

I just bought the collector’s copy and it was AU$108 delivered to West Perth, Western Australia. Postage was 25 Euros.

By: wusmand

wusmand — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:05:12 +0000

This thing is worth at most $70 Im going to get this!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:53:54 +0000

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)?

By: David

David — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:43:02 +0000

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”.

By: Paul Lee

Paul Lee — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:42:39 +0000

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.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:40:03 +0000

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.

By: HoMa

HoMa — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:39:10 +0000

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

By: Paul Lee

Paul Lee — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:34:14 +0000

The regular edition at 22.90 euros would be about $35 US.

By: Paul Lee

Paul Lee — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:30:17 +0000

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.