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I suppose we'll know for sure once we learn what BrickHeadz sets are coming out next year, and whether they are all Super Heroes characters or encompass other brands. But to me, it seems like BrickHeadz is its own theme, like Dimensions.
These hardcover titles are still aimed at kids, of course (when you get right down to it there isn't a single official Lego book that isn't), but I'd argue that besides the lack of bonus minifigures, they're much MORE appealing to adult fans than even most of the DK books. The DK guidebooks mostly feature pasted-together stock art and story information sourced from other set descriptions and story media (most of which is already widely available on the internet, including on Brickset itself). By contrast, these guidebooks (or at least, the Bionicle and Nexo Knights ones, since I can't vouch for the Chima one without having read it myself) tend to feature high-quality original illustrations and brand-new story information (mostly written entirely in-character from the perspective of characters from the theme) along with stunning design work (the Book of Monsters in particular is formatted like an illustrated medieval tome, complete with scribbled notes in the margins).
While I understand the desire to limit the number of books in the database and to use a single, unbiased method of sorting which ones are and aren't included, the idea that the DK guidebooks are any more suitable for adults than the much higher-quality Ameet guidebooks is far from an accurate assessment.
@lyichir, there's no real desire to limit the number of books in the database, it comes down more to practicality. It's relatively easy to keep on top of DK, No Starch and other small publishers' outputs and decide if they are of interest to typical Brickset users (in which case they go in) or not. But the plethora of story/activity/sticker/cartoon books is a different matter: there's no easy way to keep track of them all, and there are no published lists that I'm aware of. BrickLink lists many of them I know, but probably not all.
I must admit I have not seen the books you mention but by the sounds of it they could be worthy of inclusion. I wrongly assumed Ameet/Scholastic/Ladybird books were strictly for kids.
The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis
The Ladybird Book of the Hangover
The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness
The Ladybird Book of Dating
I don't thing you'd find many kids reading any of them except, just perhaps, the last. There are others too.
There's also a newer version of the Rebrick figure that we received as a 'prize' during BrickFair New England earlier this year. Not sure if we got any pictures of it, though. They were distributed at the event (and probably other events too, I would guess) by the Rebrick team, placed on models that they thought were cool.
DaveE
Set number: 45802
Pieces: 2161
Name: Animal Allies
Ages: 9+
Copyright: 2016
Alternate Set ID/Education ID? (lower-right corner): 6174028
http://suave.net/~dave/images/tmp/fll_45802.jpg
Instructions are online, but no good images of the complete set together as a whole:
http://www.firstlegoleague.org/missionmodelbuildinginstructions
DaveE
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/tmp/45802_composite.png
But then I noticed that there's a photo of the full board in one of their PDFs, which also shows the mat:
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/tmp/45802_photo.png
DaveE
It looks like the photos for 2621-1 and 2621-2 are mixed up (or the descriptions are). Looks like the names line up with BrickLink, but the image for 2621-2 should probably be for 2621-1 instead.
DaveE
If you like I could try and put together a list of tags like this that would be useful.
At the moment it's not possible to make them green like minifig tags but that's something @Capnrex101 has already asked me to add so expect to see it soon.
Go ahead and add them now and we can retrospectively colour them.
Any questions/problems, let me know.
I went with my kids, they got the builds and they gave me the building instructions to be kept safe. Is there anyway I can help adding these to the DB?
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4wadxe_Q2QbVWc4U2JYYzRyOTg
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4wadxe_Q2QbVnpnb1RLUVotYlE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4wadxe_Q2QbNml4ak42ZlNiZ0E
In October, there was also a Frankenstein build that I'd like to see added to the DB. http://bricksetforum.com/discussion/24964/frankenstein-build-and-take-at-tru-october-29th
The link has a decent image of it. http://bricksetforum.com/discussion/24964/frankenstein-build-and-take-at-tru-october-29th
- tls031, tls032, tls033 doesn't connect to its set, 5000023
- tls089, tls090, tls091 all belong to [the unlisted] set "KidsFest-1"
- search results for rac006 displays proper pic, but corresponding minifig page doesn't have pic, details or "I own" option
- search results for tlm080 displays proper pic, but corresponding minifig page doesn't have pic, details or "I own" option (part of set COMCON040)
If I can in any way be a part of the solution, I would certainly appreciate the tutelage.
Checking the minifigs, though, I also notice that http://brickset.com/minifigs/exf002/ (the theme's sole unnamed character) is misidentified as Ryo, which is obviously false because he appears together with the ACTUAL Ryo in set #7706. So now I've had to put in a change request on BrickLink for that fig as well…
Where would you put X-Wings, MFs and TIE fighters, for example?
http://brickset.com/minifigs/sh295/steve-rogers-captain-america-san-diego-comic-con-2016-exclusive
http://brickset.com/sets/SDCC2016-1/Steve-Rogers-Captain-America
Only noticed because I couldn't find the minifigure while looking though my collection, but I have the set entry marked as in my collection.
What's going on with the tags for #21309? Has it become mixed up with the also upcoming Old Fishing Store set?
^^ Sorted, thanks
^^^ That should be resolved overnight