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.

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

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

After watching, it is a great book. But for $150, even with those extra items it is not worth it.

Can't believe how expensive this is for 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! 😊

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.

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!

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!

Oh my, we are the same age seeing the clip of your old book review brings me back 😂

That's so cool that you made it into the book! Congrats!

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

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.

Comic Omnibus can usually hit around that range depending on what comic collections you get. Those are typically massive collections though

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 KZfaqrs who I do like tend to be pretty negative sometimes which I just don’t think helps anyone.

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

Why can’t we get May 4th promos with a preorder of this super cool book? SMH

So awesome to see Geonosis included in the book

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

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.

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

100% agree. This defo should’ve had an exclusive minifigure!

Man I’d kill to see a prototype of Padmes chrome ship

Fun fact: my copy of the original visual dictionary was a variant that didn't come with a minifigure. It was just the book.

12:23 - As an Aussie it's cool to see "Brickman" made it into the book!

Congratulations on having your own creative efforts on display in the book. What a nice surprise, and it's certainly worthy.

So please confirm… Will this book be available separately for way less money?

im an artist and have many artbooks. art books tend to be more expensive and usually limited prints. $150 is reasonable for that kind of book

That Zam design is pretty good though. I’d be all up for a remake of the Coruscant speeder chase set.

Awesome to see you made it in the book - your MOCs were some of the first I had seen and they are 🔥🔥🔥

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.

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.

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.

Honestly, this book is super cool. If I see it for 60-70 bucks I'd pick it up

For a high quality, slipcover deluxe book, i think the price is honestly justified. I collect video game art books, and the deluxe editions usually run above 100 dollars. I just dont think the lego community is familiar with buying deluxe books.

seeing a Phillip Glass cameo randomly in the wild outisde of podcasts is always cool ahahahaha

Aww loved that first section.

Haha I love your visit to the bookstore to find equivalently priced books. And there aren’t a lot. Really.

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!

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 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.

Wouldve loved too see rich boy jays starkiller moc in the book too

Happy to see David Hall return to wearing the flannels! 10/10

Lego had to send it so early just so M&R didn’t beat them to the review 😂😂

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

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

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.

6:23 we’ll done man, that’s friggin awesome.that must feel good 👏

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!

That OG Lego visual dictionary video was how I found your channel many moons ago

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.

7:08 I'm surprised they didn't include your first MOC, Kashyyyk instead. I still remember that build from like a decade ago.

6:34 bro that's soooo coool!!!!! Well earned.

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.)

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.

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?

Still can't believe I sold you my dropship 10+ years ago :( At least it's now in a book haha

I got shivers seeing your Geonosis moc it there Wow. Congrats!

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.

So like with most Lego Star Wars sets, you put a black rectangle around it and then magically jack up the price by 40%.

Mirko Soppelsa is also featured here. The greatest Star Wars MOC creator. Go get a book, its worth it.

Great review. Amazing job on a balanced view in addition to what it means to you. This channel definitely deserves more followers

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

My man made the best Mocs every and only had 1 page to show 1 of his Mocs

Dang didn’t expect this review so soon

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

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

That visual dictionary was the first lego star wars book i ever got aswell

I wasn’t going to get this book but your video has sold me. This is really cool especially those promos

Genuinely surprised there wasn't a fig or anything actually lego in this.

In Australia we got the promo items, and vip points.

So very excited that our boy made it in the book!!!!!

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 😔

W book, shame the high price

the asmr like opening was hype lol

They should have added AT LEAST the 2 promotional figs for the first LEGO Star Wars set cardboard diorama for this price..

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.

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

literally clapping my hands 👏 👏 can’t believe you made the book!

The search through B&N felt a bit like an episode of IASIP lol

17:27.....any chance I got a mention in the animation section? Probably not? But maybe? 🤞

Apple released a book with their designs which costs 199$ for small version and large for 299$ :)

Imagine this book is at a school book fair💀💀

congrats! you made it so far!

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

The Lego sets having no pictures or other cool facts about them is not just a oversight but to me a complete scam I’m not spending $150 for a lazily made book

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.

Wow looks fantastic great design will save up for this one awesome vid 👍

Definitely a book I will pick up

Big missed opportunity on not having an exclusive minifig. Just think of an actual Zam fig . They should have made that Darth Vader and Luke box with actual LEGO.

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

Will the book be a one time pre-order only exclusive run? Or will this be available for the rest of the year or beyond? Do you have any insight on that, because if they do just decide to release the book only later. I can see that time capsule stuff being worth quite the penny on the aftermarket.

Is it limited time or you can buy them at amazon or other stores etc? Also is your giveaways international?

I feel like everyone made review videos as kids.😂😂 But you actually made it a career 🔥🔥.

The only way this book is worth $150usd or $280aud is if it came with a $120usd coupon or $240aud coupon to use to buy a set.

This book looks awesome but I just... cant see $150 in this. I've purchased my fair share of concept art books for video games and not one has ever been remotely close to this... which is basically a glorified art book with some extra goodies. For a comparison, the most expensive one I have is the Legend of Zelda BOTW Creating a Champion (Hero's Edition) which includes a BEEFY 420-page book full of concept art and notes as well as a handful of other goodies including a big cloth-paper map of Hyrule that I have framed and hanging in my home. That retailed for $100, though now you can get it for like $60. With what you showed off in this video, I dont see how this Lego SW book can cost 50% more than the Zelda book I have. I suppose that this is an even more niche item thats only for the most diehard fans and collectors of Lego AND Star Wars, but it still just seems grossly overpriced to me. But then again, Lego usually is pretty overpriced anyways...

Youngling you is great, well done that little chap 🇬🇧👍