What a great book. It tells all how lego ever started and how the name lego came form. It tells everything about the history of lego itself. What theme's there were and how they started. Great pictures and good quality paper. Only the book looks bigger then it really is and the trains are explained very shortly. For only trains, leave it be. It's more interesting if you want to know a little of everything of lego itself.For example, the first pirates sets form 1989 were the first minifigs with painted heads and was a bestseller at that time.
In my opinion i think The Lego Book is a really handy book for anyone. I have to say it has a lot of great information for anyone who want's to learn more about Lego or just have a look at the amazing Clear High resolution pictures. I recently picked this Great book up for $65 AUD at Borders book shop. I think it is worth the money seeing you get 2 Magnificent books, The Lego Book and Standing Small in a lovely Hard cover which enables you to slide both books into a safe case to keep them clean and protected. I have to disagree unfortunately with the person's comment below. The book happens to have images from 1934 to at least 2009 and there is numerous images from all those old loved themes like Castle, Pirates, Town, Adventures, Wild West and even old Space. ((There is old themes and new themes bunched together like a picture book eg. Old castle sets and New Castle sets combined)). Although i would have liked a couple more pages on other themes like Harry Potter and Exoforce and not to mention my Favorite Theme Adventures I'm still glad to see the Majority of many loved sets in these 2 top quality wonderful books. These books are a definite great value buy if you love Lego and all its many great sets and Minifigs.5/5 Thank you for reading, :)
I was disapointed when i got this book today, for example, the train theme, only 2 pages and the theme has been there for the 70s!The other book standing small, was a litte bit better. If you want a "Lego index book" dont buy this. This books seems more to me like commercial for the 2009 sets. If you like me are born in the 80´s you want to read more about the 80s and 90s themes. If you are a hardcore legofan I think you should buy it.ProsYou got 2 books when you buy this, the lego book and standing small.Good quality of the book, nice pictures, you can read about the lego history.ConsAlmost only new themes, all themes arent included, only 2 pages legotrain. Seems more like commercial for the newest sets.
