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Huw Millington wrote:
> (I hope this wordwraps OK - I pasted it in from Word)
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> Review: The Ultimate LEGO book
> Published by Dorling Kindersley, 1999
> ISBN 0-7513-5948-3
> 128 pages, full colour, slightly bigger than A4 size.
> Price £10.99 until the end of May, £12.99 after. In the UK, available
> exclusively through DK Family Advisors until later in the year.
>
> Summary: An essential addition to the AFOL’s bookshelf!
>
> “The book contains everything that LEGO fans have ever wanted to know about
> the LEGO group and the LEGO system it toys”, it says here. A bold claim
> indeed!
<major snip>
> As I stated above, this is an essential addition to the AFOL’s bookshelf.
> The World of LEGO Toys will no lonely no more… I have two criticisms.
> Firstly the product range, past or present, is not discussed at all other
> than in passing references in the timeline, such as 1979 – space introduced.
> Its omission is the reason I believe the book does not live up to its claim.
> Why is this missing? Perhaps TLG did not want it published, perhaps it was
> deemed of no interest, I don’t know.
<snip>
> Huw
Thanks for the info Huw!
I don't have this book (yet). I was hoping that the range of sets (even a
sampling of each decade!) would be a part of this book. A major
disappointment! The "WORLD OF LEGO TOYS" book is also very much lacking in that
area (although they do give you a few glimpses of sets back in the 1950's).
I wonder if this was a purposeful omission?
Does anyone know if TLG has an archive of old (and current) sets?
Gary Istok
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In lugnet.reviews, Gary R. Istok writes:
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> I don't have this book (yet). I was hoping that the range of sets (even a
> sampling of each decade!) would be a part of this book. A major
> disappointment! The "WORLD OF LEGO TOYS" book is also very much lacking in
> that area (although they do give you a few glimpses of sets back in the
> 1950's).
>
> I wonder if this was a purposeful omission?
>
> Does anyone know if TLG has an archive of old (and current) sets?
>
> Gary Istok
My dad got this for me when he was in Florida last week, and I gotta say, I
looks great! I haven't had much of chance to read it yet, though. Hopefully
this weekend.
Jeff
P.S. It does have some pictures of old sets, Gary, Including the Town Plan
Board with that gas station with the red stipe along the top. ;)
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