New Lego Book - 2011 Annual

 

  • New Lego Book - 2011 Annual

    Posted by bluemoose, 19 May 2010 18:11. Filed under New sets.

    ANN2011: LEGO Official Annual 2011
    Gear/Books/Miscellaneous, 2010
    More details...
    ©2010 LEGO Group

    We've previously reported the 'BrickMaster' Star Wars & Atlantis books due to be released later in the year, but eagle-eyed Brickset member 'winspeardavid3' has spotted a 2011 Annual on Amazon.uk

    I'm not sure how widely 'annuals' are known outside of the UK, but they are a staple of Christmas morning here. Looks like Amazon will start shipping this Lego one from August this year.


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Posted by Jayko543 in United States, 19 May 2010 18:35

They are not known to me! What exactly are they?

Posted by Zacherano in United States, 19 May 2010 18:44

I second Jayko543. What is an annual?

Posted by bluemoose in United Kingdom, 19 May 2010 18:44

Read the 'British annuals' section here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_publication

Posted by darth_lego2 in Brazil, 19 May 2010 18:46

awesome!

Posted by StarWarsManiac in United States, 19 May 2010 18:58

Annual means to happen once every year; so if some says, "Time for the annual trip to Hawaii." that would mean they go to Hawaii once every year.

Posted by Jayko543 in United States, 19 May 2010 19:07

@Bluemoose
Ah, Gotcha! Thanks, all I would of needed was the word "publication" and I would of understood right away!

Posted by thomsedavi in New Zealand, 19 May 2010 19:21

What a weird piece of cultural trivia... I had always assumed that annuals were a more or less global thing. I guess 'almanack' is another word for them, but I can never tell if it has a 'k' or not.

This is the first Lego annual though, isn't it... I like to be able to collect things from the beginning, so this works for me. Some info that I dug up:

"This awesome "LEGO Official Annual" is packed with puzzles, comics, games, and links to cool online content. There are also tons of stickers to use in the activites and LEGO bricks to build a special mystery item inside. Whether you love LEGO City, Atlantis, Power Miners or Hero Factory - this annual has it all! It is the perfect Christmas present or stocking filler for any LEGO fan."

Publication date: 5th August 2010 in the UK, 30th of August in NZ and AU.
Hardback, 64 pages, 285mm by 216mm
ISBN: 9781409306658

NZ: $19.99
AU: $16.95
GB: $7.99

Posted by Zacherano in United States, 19 May 2010 20:08

Thanks so much Bluemoose! I too only needed the word "publication" to understand. I knew what the word "annual" means, but not how it relates to a book.

Posted by Okay in United States, 19 May 2010 22:10

Hm, so it's like a Brickmaster book, only that it covers most non-licensed themes and includes stickers as well as bricks?

Posted by voyanui8768 in United Kingdom, 20 May 2010 02:19

I wonder what the bricks will build? Probably some little City thing :( It would be good if it was something that comemerates 2011

Posted by StarWarsManiac in United States, 20 May 2010 07:15

@voyanui8768 if you zoom in on the pic you can tell that '2011' is in bricks; so I'm assuming that anyone who buys this book with get those bricks, maybe a plaque or stand for it, and possibly a minifig or two.

Posted by ndb in United States, 20 May 2010 09:11

Hero Factory, eh? Interesting, but pretty awesome.

Posted by carding in United Kingdom, 20 May 2010 10:41

Great thats three anuanals I want now this years beano one, this and next years beano one!!?!

Posted by KLOKRIECHER in Germany, 20 May 2010 10:54

Will that annual be about 2010 or 2011? Just asking because the cover says 2011. ;-)

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 20 May 2010 10:56

Annuals are always dated a year in advance so that when you get it for Christmas you don't think you have an old one.

Posted by bluemoose in United Kingdom, 20 May 2010 12:27

I don't think it's that like the "BrickMaster" books. The BrickMaster books contain a lot of bricks & instructions for multiple models. In general this Annual seems to contain a much broader coverage of Lego-related material, and it sounds like there are many fewer bricks & instructions to build only one thing. Note this is published by 'Ladybird' rather than Dorling Kindersley (who publish many of the other Lego books, including the BrickMaster books).

Oh, yeah, I thought there was a fairly good hint what this was in the title ... 'New Lego BOOK ...' !

Posted by DrathMaul1997 in United Kingdom, 22 May 2010 05:30

A lego annual? since when have lego made annuals? is this a new thing?

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