Legends of Chima Character Encyclopedia
Posted by Huw,
Legends of Chima Character Encyclopedia is the latest publication to come off the Dorling Kindersley LEGO book production line.
Given the number of characters and the rich back-story of Chima, it will be welcomed by fans and those trying to make sense of it all, alike. Best of all, it comes with a unique minifigure.
The cover-mounted minifig is Firox, a member of the Phoenix tribe. Although unique, the only difference between him and Frax is his printed goggles.
The 176-page book covers the original five tribes (lions, crocs, eagles, ravens, wolves), gorillas, rhinos, the nomads (Furty and Skinnet), the outlands tribes (bats, spiders and scorpions), the fire tribes (phoenix, tiger, leopard, lion) and the hunter (or ice) tribes (sabre-tooth tigers, mammoths, vultures) which, as you'd expect, is everything released to date.
Within each chapter, as well as pages providing details of each individual member of the tribe, there are also pages for the CHI (constraction) versions, the legend beasts and also their vehicles, weapons and lairs.
Unlike some character encyclopedias, there's no information about which minifigure comes in which set.
At the back of the book there's a minifigure gallery, which looks to be comprehensive, and also a set gallery which claims to contain 'all the Legends of Chima sets released so far' but it's far from complete: none of the polybags or accessory sets are included in it, or indeed those mounted on the LoC magazine.
In summary then, it's a good looking and (almost) comprehensive book that'll delight Legends of Chima fans. The unique minifigure is the icing on the cake.
It can be ordered from Amazon: USA
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Looks interesting...
I also have this book, and the one thing that frustrated me about it is that it includes Frax and (especially) Sykor. Okay, it's nice they included them, because otherwise the encyclopedia wouldn't be complete, but they don't actually feature in anything but polybags yet, so it's a little frustrating...
But what is funny is that they omit polybags from the set list - yet include pictures of them within the book! :-)
Also, the "all the Chima sets" section also omits the Speedorz sets 70152 70153 and 70154 - probably because they haven't been released yet. Slightly off topic: does anyone actually know if and when these will actually be released? I would have expected to see some info on them by now... all I can find about them is subtle hints on the microsite alluding to their contents.
^ Given the 3 month shelf life of Speedorz I suspect they'll appear around October.
OK, this sounds cool... but not as cool as Ninjago. Those goggles printed on are pretty darn cool.
I remember reading something in a previous book review about Brickset data being used. Is there any of that here?
^Doesn't seem to be the case this time.
Chima and Friends are both able to pull out large amount of generic characters and make further introductions in encyclopedias, that's their advantage. Ninjago is more about the further development of the main characters so the books intend to introduce every figure version instead, which interests me less.
I might wish to see a Phoenix girl instead. It's easier for Chima to give a generic girl, and Naya is the only female dictionary figure so far. Since most other books intend to give male protagonists, the other chances might only be a new CMF for the sequel and a new Leia.
^Don't ask for a female Phoenix...last time that happened, she was released as a SDCC exclusive. ;-)
^ don't ask for a female Pheonix, the last time that happened she destroyed numerous worlds and a sun or two before having to be put down. And put down again. And again. Oops there she goes again.
@Carlq @Faefrost Okay both reasons are persuasive :p.
By Faefrost in United States, 04 Aug 2014 18:50
"^ don't ask for a female Pheonix, the last time that happened she destroyed numerous worlds and a sun or two before having to be put down. And put down again. And again. Oops there she goes again."
Was that some Directors Cut of X-Men Last Stand you describe, because that's not how it went down in the version I saw.
Maybe you mean one of those spin off comic books? I heard there's a couple of them where they drew Hugh Jackmans character the wrong height... :p