>>> BlackFriday LEGO Harry Potter Building the Magical World
My husband is a huge Lego fan as well as a huge Harry Potter fan. He's been collecting the Lego Harry Potter sets since they came out in 2001. So when I saw this book I just had to get it for him.
PROS: The book may as well be called "Lego Harry Potter: A History." It details each individual Lego set (or in cases such as the Knight Bus which had two sets details the sets together) up to the beginning of 2011 and provides interesting tidbits about the designs of the sets and the minifigures that came with them. It also highlights some of the more prolific minifigures such as Harry Ron Hermione and Draco. It's really interesting to see how much detail is put into each set and to see how the designs have improved through the years (The original Ginny minifigure pales in comparison to the newest one for example). There's a "Behind the Scenes" section in the back that gives a short overview on the team that creates the Legos and on how the sets are designed and there's a section on the HP Lego Video Game as well. It also includes a timeline of the different Lego HP sets and a visual listing of all the minifigures. And finally the book comes with an exclusive Harry minifigure which appears to be "Yule Ball Harry."
CONS: Because the minifigure is imbedded in the cover of the book the cover itself is about as thick as the pages for the rest of the book so it gives the appearance that the book is twice as long as it actually is. The book also doesn't detail the newest Lego Harry Potter sets that were just released (e.g. the Forbidden Forest the newest Hogwarts Castle set) though it does mention that they're coming out soon at the end of the book and has a large two-page spread that pictures the sets.
OVERALL: This is definitely a great resource for any Harry Potter Lego collector and is well worth the $14 we paid for it.
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