LEGO Moleskine notebooks out now – two of the best things ever together [Review]
Over the past decade, every poem I’ve written, every observation from a moving bus or plane, and each idea for upcoming collaborative displays at BrickCon or new classes of vessel in my ever-expanding microscale fleet has been jotted down in a Moleskine notebook. The arrival of officially licensed LEGO Moleskine notebooks combines two of my favorite ways to express my creativity.
I pre-ordered all four of the notebooks, and they arrived from Amazon.com yesterday.
- Moleskine Lego Yellow Green Brick Pocket Plain Black
- Moleskine Lego Black Brick Ruled Large Black
- Moleskine Lego Yellow Brick Pocket Ruled Black
- Moleskine Lego Red Brick Plain Large Black
Each notebook is embossed with a unique LEGO design, and has a real LEGO plate glued to the cover. I’m not entirely sold on the bit of actual LEGO, since any other LEGO I use to personalize my notebook will inevitably fall off, and I foresee the plate getting pretty banged up in my bag. Still, I think it’s a pretty cool design element — pun intended. The notebooks all come with a sticker sheet of minifigs (the same one) for further personalization, I suppose. Not really my thing, but it’s a nice inclusion for parents who are buying their little builder his or her first Moleskine.
Personally, I prefer — and recommend — the unlined large plain LEGO Moleskine notebook
In anticipation of all the LEGO-themed Moleskinerie I expect to start seeing soon, I’ve gone ahead and created a LEGO Molekine group on Flickr, which at the moment is as empty and inviting as my new notebooks, waiting to be filled with creativity.
March 24th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Does anyone know how heavy the paper is on the plain notebooks, and how much tooth it has?
March 24th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
LEGO themed notebooks! What a cool idea.
March 25th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
To Chris:
Been wondering the weight myself, looked around a bit, evidently 72g is the weight. From experience, it is not very toothy. But, that said, I still love Moleskine for the simplicity of design and quality of product. That there are LEGO ones now, well, that’s just icing on the cake.
Also, if you want a bit toothier, go with the ruled. Don’t know why, but it always seems a bit toothier. Not much, just a little.
Hope this helps!
Also, here’s the link to the information I found:
http://www.inknouveau.com/2010/02/episode-11-moleskine-paper-weight.html
March 26th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
dtorrey867, thanks! I generally prefer a heavy, toothier paper for my notebooks (typically 96g) and also ring-bound, but I think I’ll give them a try anyway.
March 26th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Glad I could help.