Hmmm seems like a lesson to be learned just because something might be bad doesn't mean something good will come from it. This is what happens when people complain about something all the time.
Closest thing I can think of is the “Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie” which is all of the early Star Wars concept art for the original trilogy, it is 200$ - 800 large pages and really 2 books
There's also the two volumes of The Star Wars Archives by Paul Duncan that are $200 each. They are huge oversized books that are both over 600 pages each the first one covering the original triology and the 2nd one covering the prequels. The book publisher also offers a much smaller cheaper version with a decreased page count of both the books for just $40.
@@MatthewFabbYes two trilogy books from Taschen. I hold both copies and they are massive books. 600+ pages and weighing around 8-9kg (20 pounds) each. A gigantic book that throws an impression and filled with in depth, behind the scene information. If that one costs 200 dollars, this book should certainly be less than 100 dollars
Holy crap I can not WAIT for this to come out so that I can never ever buy it and forget it exists… really don’t wanna spend over $100 on a book when I could buy more plastic shaped like spaceships.
For that price tag, I would've definitely wanted more behind the scenes/cancelled sets to be shown! Price wise, I think 100 at most would be acceptable! 😊
@@SeekerFNif they gave the parts to build you know it would be $500+ at least…. Don’t be silly. Coffee table books are expensive. Period. And they are generally great quality. And this is no different.
The Author, Graham E. Hancock is also the current editor for the BLOCKS magazine, based in the UK and i've often enjoyed reading his articles. I'm glad they got someone so talented to write the book!
Yeah it wouldn’t have been hard to throw in a retro Luke and Vader to make that toy fair invitation or something. This is just something to download the pdf for.
7:15 Idk if anyone would actually notice this, but this insert shot was just WAAAY Too Clean to not be pointed out or to be left unnoticed ✨👌😤 Love that shot!
Super happy LEGO recognized David's MOC in the book. I am definitely going to pre-order. That said, I agree with David that for the $150 price tag, this should have included a more detailed timeline and an exclusive minifigure, and even an exclusive polybag build.
It is $240 here in Australia. I've never known a book so expensive in my life - and I have an Engineering Maths book that is large enough to crush a person's head, which only cost me $110.
I feel like this books price is LEGO basically saying “well we know our adult collectors already pay insane prices, might as well charge UCS prices for the book,” which I find insulting. The book itself looks fantastic, stunning piece for any long time fan
So awesome to see that they included your MoC in the book. For some reason I feel super proud. What a ride it has been. I still remember when you started Kashyyk
Thank you for being fair when critiques are needed but also being a positive force in the community because some other Lego RUclipsrs who I do like tend to be pretty negative sometimes which I just don’t think helps anyone.
I'm so glad we got people like you reviewing LEGO sets, or a book in this case, to let some of us have a better idea as to what we may be buying. Personally, I really find this book interesting but I think on it's own, it would be more appealing at a $50 price. I'm not really sure what LEGO were thinking when they put $150 as a price tag on this to be honest, even with this "deluxe edition". Let's hope they do a "peasant version" for a sane price. And congrats for getting your Geonosis MOC published in an official LEGO book David, that really is something else!
Congrats for making the cut into this book! That’s really cool! Hope you get a little something in exchange. About the price, yes it is expensive but it is in line with this type of books.
This book seems really cool! I love Lego prototypes, and even though there didn’t seem to be many images of them, the few new prototype images we did get make me really happy.
lovely video, the book seems great, i hope they will release a book-only version one day. it was awesome seeing you go into the bookstore and i'm grateful you've shown most of the different chapters for those of us who can't read the book yet.
You could definitely sense the joy in your voice when you were thumbing through the book - it does look like an amazingly in-depth book and one that I would love to enjoy reading. Just a shame at that price it’s unlikely.
Congratulations Solid bricks officially in print! Think the price is for collectors, the scarcity due to the off putting price will make it a good investment. Congrats again, genuine affirmation for some of your life choices is probably priceless
Thanks so much for going so thoroughly this set. Those "coffee table" books are usually a higher price point but I can see the license and extras driving up the price. Still a great bundle. I just focus on those hard cover books that focus on building techniques for LEGO. As a newer AFOL, I find the investment in those (via discounts on Amazon) more worth the value. Hope to get to the building skill level that you have. Congrats on getting your MOC in there - you're part of history man!
Congrats on making it into the book! The book and goodies reminds me of the recently released Jurassic Park ultimate visual history book. On top of the concept art, it came with tons of extra stuff like park brochures, blueprints, and scripts
David and Matt congrats to both of you to get this recognition from LEGO unlike Mandr who is complaining all the time without bringing anything to the LEGO community like you real creators haha
Regardless of what anyone says, I don’t think this whole package is worth more than $80. It’s a damn book. Yeah there’s cool stuff but even hardcore Lego Star Wars fans are having a hard time justifying this purchase. They should’ve had at least 3 exclusive figures for $150 but that still wouldn’t have justified that price. I’ll get it if it goes on a deep clearance sale which I feel will happen. Just shows Lego’s greed once again.
There are also amazing Star Wars Archive books that are $200 on the market. I’ve seen one in person and there is so much information and images in them and they are high quality products
Pretty neat. I wouldn't go out of the way to get it myself, but I definitely get the appeal it has for long-time collectors. Kind of a niche thing, so I can kind of understand the price point; the people this is marketed towards are people who are SUPER into lego SW and have been for a very long time(fans, actual fans who enjoy the theme, not "investors" who probably won't care about this because it doesn't come with some rare figure or something to sell later.)
Nice they included yourself and other MOC builders but unless it wasn’t in there I wanted more prototypes. I’m quite disappointed in this book for not including more images but I look forward to maybe read in it one day idk mixed bag personally. Again congrats being in the book David.
It's amazing to see how far you've come since the days of legoboy1234567 (was that the name?), and now you're part of LEGO SW story, being featured in this amazing book.
I’m extremely glad he went to the bookstore, i was going to say $150 is NOT an unheard of price for an “all book” book. ESPECIALLY 4-COLOR, HIGH-QUALITY PRINTING! but fair point that its more worth $70-80 as a book alone.
HOW ABOUT THIS! RARE BOOKS is definitely an “adult investing” market, so combine that with a rare LEGO book. you still gotta preserve it and wait 50 years… but still
@@harrisonpilon than don't buy it :) it's correct that relatively the price is just fine, it's awful to you but pretty in line with what premium books go for
@@harrisonpilon you can find special editions of famous books at that price with Google in a few seconds but one example would be the book in the video, or for example the edition of the silmarillion I have is over 200eur new atm Those prices might be absurd to you but to plenty of ppl they make sense and to many of those ppl paying 200eur for plastic bricks is as absurd as paying it for a book is to you
That the buildable figures of the B2 and 501st trooper were cancelled is a real shame. Imo figures with helmets or droids did fit best in this category
Great book and for my part, I have already spent on a book... 2500 € or $, it’s the same thing, in an auction at a private collector for an original edition of the book "DRACULA" by Braham Stalker. The book is sumptuous and it’s one of my favorite books
Better than I expected, but still very pricey tho. I will probably get it. Really nice to see mocs from my friends in the book, No moc from Jhae is sad tho 😔
Wow, that 1999 toy fair replica thingey is super neat! Fun to think they still have the original graphics files to be able to reprint it. I hope nobody spent 5501 dollars on the original thing since the demand for it will go down exponentaly now
I would've been SOLD if the Timeline did have a picture for each set released, not just text. Its already $150, just add a couple more pages for pictures. I feel like they fumbled it there.
The book looks soo cool. On Sunday I’m going to the space centre Leicestershire to go to the starwars event. One of the major starwars character designers is going to be there. Happy may fourth for tomorrow it’s also my birthday tomorrow
The price isn't nuts compared to other high end art of Star Wars books (examples the Ralph McQuarrie and large format Archives books). I do wish you could buy this without the time capsule though. That's stuff I have no need for. Would have rather they added extra pages with photos and descriptions/history covering those items. Hope they do release it separately (and cheaper), but keep the quality and slimmed down slipcase
Books are very expensive. Especially collectible ones. I collect leather bound books and have spent over $1000 on a single book. $150 isn’t too bad when you consider who it’s targeted towards. Maybe they could have dropped it to $100 but I’ll still be picking it up. Great review!
When he was in the book store, it was a throwback to when force awakens came out, and he went shopping at target to prepare for the movie.
I was thinking the same thing...
my thoughts exactly, what a time that was
"WE GOTTA PREPAREEE"
stop that's 9 years ago now
@@GlucoseYummy holy fuck 9 years?!?!?
Man, those cancelled buildable figures hurt my soul. I’ve known about them for a while but they look so fantastic, sucks they never got released
Hmmm seems like a lesson to be learned just because something might be bad doesn't mean something good will come from it. This is what happens when people complain about something all the time.
I remember them being leaked back in early 2018, and didn’t realise they were cancelled. It’s nice to have full scale quality images is nice.
Same here. I was so excited for th3m and they look so good!
It should have come with 1-2 mini figures at least for that price
Closest thing I can think of is the “Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie” which is all of the early Star Wars concept art for the original trilogy, it is 200$ - 800 large pages and really 2 books
There's also the two volumes of The Star Wars Archives by Paul Duncan that are $200 each. They are huge oversized books that are both over 600 pages each the first one covering the original triology and the 2nd one covering the prequels. The book publisher also offers a much smaller cheaper version with a decreased page count of both the books for just $40.
@@MatthewFabbYes two trilogy books from Taschen. I hold both copies and they are massive books. 600+ pages and weighing around 8-9kg (20 pounds) each. A gigantic book that throws an impression and filled with in depth, behind the scene information. If that one costs 200 dollars, this book should certainly be less than 100 dollars
Can't believe how expensive this is for a book
never go to law school :P
@@joshlyman7059😂
@@joshlyman7059how right you are
never go to med school :P
That’s nothing once for school I had a book that cost 400 dollars, but thankfully I was able to borrow it from someone.
Holy crap I can not WAIT for this to come out so that I can never ever buy it and forget it exists… really don’t wanna spend over $100 on a book when I could buy more plastic shaped like spaceships.
Brokie
@@jerrykivits1439he’s just not a freak 😂
@@michaelpage3153 still broke
@@jerrykivits1439no, he’s just not an idiot.
@@jerrykivits1439imagine wanting to spend 100 on a book
For that price tag, I would've definitely wanted more behind the scenes/cancelled sets to be shown! Price wise, I think 100 at most would be acceptable! 😊
Instead of just instructions give us the pieces for them aswell
@@SeekerFNif they gave the parts to build you know it would be $500+ at least…. Don’t be silly. Coffee table books are expensive. Period. And they are generally great quality. And this is no different.
Bro I thought it was 40.00$ and I was annoying but 150.00 is straight up disgusting
The Author, Graham E. Hancock is also the current editor for the BLOCKS magazine, based in the UK and i've often enjoyed reading his articles. I'm glad they got someone so talented to write the book!
After watching, it is a great book. But for $150, even with those extra items it is not worth it.
They literally gave paper and cardboard as an incentive.
@@TheRandompaintyeah people that buy books just hate paper!
Coffee table books are expensive.
Yeah it wouldn’t have been hard to throw in a retro Luke and Vader to make that toy fair invitation or something. This is just something to download the pdf for.
That's so cool that you made it into the book! Congrats!
7:15 Idk if anyone would actually notice this, but this insert shot was just WAAAY Too Clean to not be pointed out or to be left unnoticed ✨👌😤 Love that shot!
You just made my day ❤
Super happy LEGO recognized David's MOC in the book. I am definitely going to pre-order. That said, I agree with David that for the $150 price tag, this should have included a more detailed timeline and an exclusive minifigure, and even an exclusive polybag build.
The lack of prototype sets/cancelled sets/figs in this book is devastating
When wil you post again?
Only people like you would get upset over this type of book lol.
Babu Frik moc was the best thing besides the clone/vader holograms and cancelled buildable figures
"Devastating" - get a grip ffs
Lifebricks please continue your streak of not uploading
Oh my, we are the same age seeing the clip of your old book review brings me back 😂
It is $240 here in Australia. I've never known a book so expensive in my life - and I have an Engineering Maths book that is large enough to crush a person's head, which only cost me $110.
Thank you for making this video bc I feel like I got all the enjoyment I needed from the product in a 26 min video and saved $150
Comic Omnibus can usually hit around that range depending on what comic collections you get. Those are typically massive collections though
Imho those are also overpriced 😂
I feel like this books price is LEGO basically saying “well we know our adult collectors already pay insane prices, might as well charge UCS prices for the book,” which I find insulting. The book itself looks fantastic, stunning piece for any long time fan
So awesome to see that they included your MoC in the book. For some reason I feel super proud. What a ride it has been. I still remember when you started Kashyyk
Thank you for being fair when critiques are needed but also being a positive force in the community because some other Lego RUclipsrs who I do like tend to be pretty negative sometimes which I just don’t think helps anyone.
Yeah, sure, as if blind fanboyism with no criticism helps anyone.
So awesome to see Geonosis included in the book
Aww loved that first section.
100% agree. This defo should’ve had an exclusive minifigure!
Can't wait to possibly see this at a Thrift store for almost 90 percent off 😂
My boy Babu is a whole page! I’m blown away by that alone
I'm so glad we got people like you reviewing LEGO sets, or a book in this case, to let some of us have a better idea as to what we may be buying. Personally, I really find this book interesting but I think on it's own, it would be more appealing at a $50 price. I'm not really sure what LEGO were thinking when they put $150 as a price tag on this to be honest, even with this "deluxe edition". Let's hope they do a "peasant version" for a sane price. And congrats for getting your Geonosis MOC published in an official LEGO book David, that really is something else!
Why can’t we get May 4th promos with a preorder of this super cool book? SMH
I asked LEGO about this. It’s because it’s published by a third-party, so it doesn’t qualify :/
@@JoshMathews17 it’s about Lego Star Wars and is sold by Lego, it should be eligible for Lego Star Wars promotional items but Lego is Lego as always
Congratulations on having your own creative efforts on display in the book. What a nice surprise, and it's certainly worthy.
Congrats for making the cut into this book! That’s really cool! Hope you get a little something in exchange. About the price, yes it is expensive but it is in line with this type of books.
6:34 bro that's soooo coool!!!!! Well earned.
Man I’d kill to see a prototype of Padmes chrome ship
Awesome to see you made it in the book - your MOCs were some of the first I had seen and they are 🔥🔥🔥
This book seems really cool! I love Lego prototypes, and even though there didn’t seem to be many images of them, the few new prototype images we did get make me really happy.
So very excited that our boy made it in the book!!!!!
lovely video, the book seems great, i hope they will release a book-only version one day. it was awesome seeing you go into the bookstore and i'm grateful you've shown most of the different chapters for those of us who can't read the book yet.
You could definitely sense the joy in your voice when you were thumbing through the book - it does look like an amazingly in-depth book and one that I would love to enjoy reading. Just a shame at that price it’s unlikely.
Congratulations
Solid bricks officially in print!
Think the price is for collectors, the scarcity due to the off putting price will make it a good investment.
Congrats again, genuine affirmation for some of your life choices is probably priceless
I got shivers seeing your Geonosis moc it there Wow. Congrats!
seeing a Phillip Glass cameo randomly in the wild outisde of podcasts is always cool ahahahaha
Honestly, this book is super cool. If I see it for 60-70 bucks I'd pick it up
12:23 - As an Aussie it's cool to see "Brickman" made it into the book!
Thanks so much for going so thoroughly this set. Those "coffee table" books are usually a higher price point but I can see the license and extras driving up the price. Still a great bundle. I just focus on those hard cover books that focus on building techniques for LEGO. As a newer AFOL, I find the investment in those (via discounts on Amazon) more worth the value. Hope to get to the building skill level that you have. Congrats on getting your MOC in there - you're part of history man!
Fun fact: my copy of the original visual dictionary was a variant that didn't come with a minifigure. It was just the book.
That Zam design is pretty good though. I’d be all up for a remake of the Coruscant speeder chase set.
Congrats on making it into the book! The book and goodies reminds me of the recently released Jurassic Park ultimate visual history book. On top of the concept art, it came with tons of extra stuff like park brochures, blueprints, and scripts
Great review. Amazing job on a balanced view in addition to what it means to you.
This channel definitely deserves more followers
I could buy a leather bound special edition signed copy of one of my favorite books from one of my favorite authors for the same price as this book.
6:23 we’ll done man, that’s friggin awesome.that must feel good 👏
Still can't believe I sold you my dropship 10+ years ago :( At least it's now in a book haha
Wow looks fantastic great design will save up for this one awesome vid 👍
17:27.....any chance I got a mention in the animation section? Probably not? But maybe? 🤞
Your alive whaaaa
Dang didn’t expect this review so soon
David and Matt congrats to both of you to get this recognition from LEGO unlike Mandr who is complaining all the time without bringing anything to the LEGO community like you real creators haha
Regardless of what anyone says, I don’t think this whole package is worth more than $80. It’s a damn book. Yeah there’s cool stuff but even hardcore Lego Star Wars fans are having a hard time justifying this purchase. They should’ve had at least 3 exclusive figures for $150 but that still wouldn’t have justified that price. I’ll get it if it goes on a deep clearance sale which I feel will happen. Just shows Lego’s greed once again.
I wasn’t going to get this book but your video has sold me. This is really cool especially those promos
Happy to see David Hall return to wearing the flannels! 10/10
There are also amazing Star Wars Archive books that are $200 on the market. I’ve seen one in person and there is so much information and images in them and they are high quality products
7:08 I'm surprised they didn't include your first MOC, Kashyyyk instead. I still remember that build from like a decade ago.
It wasn't a decade ago, was it?
Wth, it's been 8 years?!? Where did the time go!
That OG Lego visual dictionary video was how I found your channel many moons ago
Wouldve loved too see rich boy jays starkiller moc in the book too
Haha I love your visit to the bookstore to find equivalently priced books. And there aren’t a lot. Really.
Pretty neat. I wouldn't go out of the way to get it myself, but I definitely get the appeal it has for long-time collectors. Kind of a niche thing, so I can kind of understand the price point; the people this is marketed towards are people who are SUPER into lego SW and have been for a very long time(fans, actual fans who enjoy the theme, not "investors" who probably won't care about this because it doesn't come with some rare figure or something to sell later.)
congrats! you made it so far!
Lego had to send it so early just so M&R didn’t beat them to the review 😂😂
Nice they included yourself and other MOC builders but unless it wasn’t in there I wanted more prototypes. I’m quite disappointed in this book for not including more images but I look forward to maybe read in it one day idk mixed bag personally. Again congrats being in the book David.
the asmr like opening was hype lol
literally clapping my hands 👏 👏 can’t believe you made the book!
Definitely a book I will pick up
It's amazing to see how far you've come since the days of legoboy1234567 (was that the name?), and now you're part of LEGO SW story, being featured in this amazing book.
I’m extremely glad he went to the bookstore, i was going to say $150 is NOT an unheard of price for an “all book” book. ESPECIALLY 4-COLOR, HIGH-QUALITY PRINTING! but fair point that its more worth $70-80 as a book alone.
HOW ABOUT THIS! RARE BOOKS is definitely an “adult investing” market, so combine that with a rare LEGO book. you still gotta preserve it and wait 50 years… but still
W book, shame the high price
So please confirm…
Will this book be available separately for way less money?
I do think as a high quality coffee table book the price isn’t entirely awful. It’s just not something the LEGO community is familiar with buying.
Yea, the amount of surprise that books can be expensive is kinda weird to me
i disagree with you, the price is outrageous, and it feels like lego is scamming us even with the extra features it comes with minus the actual book.
@@harrisonpilon than don't buy it :) it's correct that relatively the price is just fine, it's awful to you but pretty in line with what premium books go for
@@joshlyman7059 what would you consider a premium book? especially to justify a price like $150
@@harrisonpilon you can find special editions of famous books at that price with Google in a few seconds but one example would be the book in the video, or for example the edition of the silmarillion I have is over 200eur new atm
Those prices might be absurd to you but to plenty of ppl they make sense and to many of those ppl paying 200eur for plastic bricks is as absurd as paying it for a book is to you
So like with most Lego Star Wars sets, you put a black rectangle around it and then magically jack up the price by 40%.
congrats on making it in the book!
That the buildable figures of the B2 and 501st trooper were cancelled is a real shame. Imo figures with helmets or droids did fit best in this category
My man made the best Mocs every and only had 1 page to show 1 of his Mocs
Great book and for my part, I have already spent on a book... 2500 € or $, it’s the same thing, in an auction at a private collector for an original edition of the book "DRACULA" by Braham Stalker.
The book is sumptuous and it’s one of my favorite books
Youngling you is great, well done that little chap 🇬🇧👍
$239 in Australia - does anyone else find the use of the box knife to open the packaging a bit heart-stopping?
Better than I expected, but still very pricey tho.
I will probably get it. Really nice to see mocs from my friends in the book, No moc from Jhae is sad tho 😔
Agreed, his Starkiller MOC should've made it.
I feel like everyone made review videos as kids.😂😂 But you actually made it a career 🔥🔥.
Mirko Soppelsa is also featured here. The greatest Star Wars MOC creator. Go get a book, its worth it.
Thank you, you’ve just saved me £150!
That visual dictionary was the first lego star wars book i ever got aswell
In Australia we got the promo items, and vip points.
Wow, that 1999 toy fair replica thingey is super neat! Fun to think they still have the original graphics files to be able to reprint it. I hope nobody spent 5501 dollars on the original thing since the demand for it will go down exponentaly now
Genuinely surprised there wasn't a fig or anything actually lego in this.
Great job 🎉🎉🎉
Is this a limited quantity book like are they only making 5000 or if I wait a couple weeks to order it and I still gonna be able to get an order in?
A wonderful book 😊
I would've been SOLD if the Timeline did have a picture for each set released, not just text. Its already $150, just add a couple more pages for pictures. I feel like they fumbled it there.
The book looks soo cool.
On Sunday I’m going to the space centre Leicestershire to go to the starwars event. One of the major starwars character designers is going to be there. Happy may fourth for tomorrow it’s also my birthday tomorrow
Definitely worth it
The price isn't nuts compared to other high end art of Star Wars books (examples the Ralph McQuarrie and large format Archives books). I do wish you could buy this without the time capsule though. That's stuff I have no need for. Would have rather they added extra pages with photos and descriptions/history covering those items. Hope they do release it separately (and cheaper), but keep the quality and slimmed down slipcase
Ther repos are prolly the only reason i might get it
I'd really like high quality scans of the game stuff. Storyboards for an entire cutscene that didn't make it into the first game? That's notable.
2:37 You guys in the US have to pay for textbooks in University?
Yes
The search through B&N felt a bit like an episode of IASIP lol
Manufactured by AMEET, Yeah Poland mentioned
Books are very expensive. Especially collectible ones. I collect leather bound books and have spent over $1000 on a single book. $150 isn’t too bad when you consider who it’s targeted towards. Maybe they could have dropped it to $100 but I’ll still be picking it up. Great review!