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"Colin" <freshfroot@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hello folks
>
> This is probably old news for everyone, but I have been off-line for some
> time.
>
> On a work trip to Japan last week, I saw a brand-new Lego book that I have
> not seen anywhere else, called 'Lego Book Museum, Volume 1'. I brought a
> copy back to the UK with me, and I have posted a short review and some
> pictures of the book (sorry, copyright fans) on my website at
> www.btinternet.com/~freshfroot
>
> It is an official product of Lego Japan. It is written by a Japanese • author
> (Kilala Kitamoto), and published by a Japanese company (Fusosha), so
> translation to other languages seems to be unlikely but you can never tell
> (such are the perils of being an early adopter).
I have just received a copy of this (thanks Colin!) and I'm surprised that
this post hasn't generated more interest (so I'm raising it's profile to
.general). The book is fantastic, even if I can't read a word of Japanese!
To add a few notes to Colin's review:
The book is 315 pages long. It's split into 6 sections:
- Welcome: Background information, historical photos etc.
- Brand History: including time line and many pictures of wooden toys and
pre-minifig sets
- Basic Knowledge: goes into dimensions colours, types of brick, minifig
anatomy and so on
- Play Material: takes up the bulk of the book and consists of photos of
100's of LEGO sets, from the 1970's to the present. As Colin says, coverage
is very patchy, with castle and pirates being missed out altogether. It is
not comprehensive or complete, but shows a representative sample of sets
from most themes [1]. For example for Blacktron 1, is shows the Alientator,
Invader and MIB. (Incidentally, the Blacktron and Space Police themes are
named with I and II suffixes; isn't this the first time LEGO themselves have
used these?). The Star Wars and Harry Potter sections are, I think,
complete. It's bang up to date with all 9 of the the SW minis included, as
well as many other 2003 releases.
- Material of Art: shows some models made by artists
- Power of the LEGO Brick: I'm not sure what this about, it's mainly
textual, but it does mention LEGOLAND parks and models, and other large
models.
As Colin says, it's been produced in conjunction with LEGO Japan, so whether
it ever receives an English translation remains to be seen. I sure hope so,
there has been nothing close to this ever published before.
The ISBN number is 4-594-03997-9. I can't find it at amazon.co.jp, though.
Huw
[1] The themes covered are, with mumber of pages, average 3 sets pictured
per page:
Town (62 pages)
Space (31 pages)
Aquazone (6 pages)
Time cruisers (2)
Rock Raiders (3)
Sports (10)
Boat (3)
Trains (11)
Holiday (4)
Island stunts (3)
Racers (3)
Model Team (5)
Star Wars (27)
Harry Potter (9)
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| (...) Huw and all, Good news! I found the book at amazon.co.jp by searching on the ISBN number with no dashes. (URL) looks very cool! Quoting their shipping policies: "Amazon.co.jp can ship to virtually any address in the world. Orders placed at (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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| I ordered it online (I'm in Taiwan, which is next to Japan) two weeks ago, and the book arrived last Monday. It costs me $30. The shipping charge in Japan is extreme and unbelievable high. Don't ask me why..... I don't know either. The books is (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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