LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary Library Edition [Hardcover]

DK Publishing (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN (October 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756657431
• ISBN-13: 978-0756657437
• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 10 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (152 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Children's Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction

More About the Author

Simon Beecroft is a writer and editor of books for children. His publications include Future Files: Superhumans and The New Book of El Nino (both published by Watts Books). He also writes and edits Star Wars books for Dorling Kindersley.

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61 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning book, Love it!, October 7, 2009

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L. A. REED - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (Hardcover)

Very nice hardback book with lots of stunning pictures of what else? Star Wars Legos!

We are big fans of Legos in general and this book did not disappoint. It came with a bonus Luke Skywalker mini-figure. As with all DK books, you get great pictures, thorough descriptions, and just a generally enjoyable book to collect or read.

I bought 2 copies of this book, one to read, and one to collect.

The only thing that bothered me a (very tiny) little bit was how the Luke Skywalker mini-fig was packaged. At first glance it looks like a much thicker book, but about half of the thickness is a spacer placed inside the book to make room for the mini-fig, so it lays flush with the front cover. I posted some pictures on the main item page if you want to see what I mean. Nothing that I would knock a star off for though.

Overall, we are VERY happy with this book. Great price for a quality book that will not disappoint young and old!

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great, October 10, 2009

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Joseph R. Hammond - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (Hardcover)

My 6 year old son and I like the book very much, but it is defineately not as detail oriented as we would have liked. Many of the sets only get 1 or 2 pictures and you do not get to see many of the neat pieces or accessories that come in each of the sets. I was hoping for at least a better description with what minifigures were with each set and the additional accessories. Many sets like the Clone Turbo Tank and the different Clone Walkers and gunships do not have pictures of what is inside of them or the pieces you can take out (like where you can sit all of your figures). Also, there were some misses on the variations of some of the minifigures (the new super battle droid that have a laser rifle arm). We would have also liked an index in the back since many sets are shown 1-3 times throughout the book. The Luke minifig is neat and the book does show some great stuff we hadn't seen in a while but it just seems they didn't try hard on this book. Another neat thing was one image of a set idea that was never made but developed for the Yavin base. Would have been great with some more examples of that. Also, the distant picture of all the star wars minifigs was not good enough for me. The inside of the book covers could have been a great place to reprint the star wars poster with all the minifigs that Lego put out last year as part of the 10 year anniversary. And couldn't we have gotten a sneak peek at the next batch Lego? C'mon. Overall a nice book, but some what disappointing with the lack of detailed photos and info for each set.

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Same as the non-library edition, without the figure, October 7, 2009

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Stuart|Anne (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary Library Edition (Hardcover)

We ordered this for my Son's school, at the same time as we ordered the hardback version (LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary) for ourselves. They look to be identical except that this one does not include the mini-fig. As a result it also doesn't have the 1/4 inch spacer mat inside the front cover.

As for content, there are a few pages at the front that are a listing of all the lego star wars sets. After that the pages are much like the normal The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episodes IV, V, & VI: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Characters and Creatures, except with close up pictures of legos, rather than movie stills.