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Dorling Kindersley
The Ultimate LEGO Book

The Ultimate LEGO Book

Name: The Ultimate LEGO Book
Brand: LEGO
SKU: ISBN078944691X-1
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)

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Set Value (New/Sealed)

This chart represents the current new/sealed value of the set The Ultimate LEGO Book since March 2019. High accuracy

The Ultimate LEGO Book is a Dorling Kindersley book released in 1999. It presents life-size LEGO sculptures of dinosaurs, monuments, and buildings through photography. The images display the details of large-scale model making. This content introduces young fans to the possibilities of building with real-world scale models. The first printing contained 50,000 copies.

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For Sale (New/Sealed)

	(NL) Brand new, with original booksleeve and extra price-win sleeve around. From my own pr...	$92.63 -0.7%
	(US) Amazon listing for The Ultimate LEGO Book	$97.94 +5.0%

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Book Details

ISBN

078944691X

Name

The Ultimate LEGO Book

Theme

Books

Publisher

Dorling Kindersley

Year

1999

Availability

Retired

Book Pricing

Retail price

$18.99

New/Sealed

Value

$93.28

Growth

+391.21%

Annual growth

+4.86%

Used

Value

$77.42

Range

$77.34 - $87.74

Quick Buy

Amazon

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Price

$97.94

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Lowest price

$92.63 (NL)

*Listings are for new/sealed sets.

Book Predictions

New/Sealed

Today's value

$93.28

1 year forecast

$97.81+4.86%

5 year forecast

$115.71+24.05%

$110

$119

The Ultimate LEGO Book is projected to be valued between $110 - $119 within five years.

Insights

The first printing of The Ultimate LEGO Book contained just 50,000 copies, keeping supply short for this 1999 Dorling Kindersley release. Its sealed value now sits several times above the original retail price, and it trades rarely.

Book Facts

The book showcases life-size LEGO sculptures of dinosaurs, monuments, and buildings.
It features photography that displays the intricate details of large-scale LEGO model making.
The content is designed to introduce young LEGO fans to the possibilities of building with LEGO through real-world scale models.

The Ultimate LEGO Book Reviews

8 reviews

4.3

Collectors

Investors

“So states Lego Group president Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen in his introduction to this fascinating, visually exciting tribute to Lego bricks and the people who play with them. Lego "maniacs" are no mere invention of Lego Group's industrious marketing machine. Enthusiastic fans of... More the ingeniously designed, colorful plastic building blocks do indeed exist, and in vast numbers--as of 1996, an estimated 300 million children and adults had played with Lego bricks since the first one rolled off the presses in 1949.”

Full review at www.amazon.com

Publisher Analysis

Books / Dorling Kindersley

Books

156

Years

1999 - 2026

Annual growth

+3.71% (this set +4.86%)

This set's annual growth (CAGR) vs. subtheme

About Dorling Kindersley

Dorling Kindersley, known as DK, publishes the official LEGO reference and idea books, and the run here starts with The Ultimate LEGO Book in 1999. Many come with a minifigure, often one not sold anywhere else, and for some collectors the figure is the reason to buy the book. The Visual Dictionaries and Character Encyclopedias are the best known of these, and the popular ones are updated every few years with a new edition and a new figure.

Stunning photography introduces young LEGO fans to the wonderful world of model making with LEGOs, featuring life-size sculptures of dinosaurs, monuments, buildings, and more. 50,000 first printing.

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Set Pricing Models

BrickEconomy uses a number of methods to determine the value of a set.

New/Sealed

Machine Learning/AI Model

Value (today)

$93.28

Value (in a year)

$97.81

Value (in 2 years)

$102.35

Accuracy

0.920200 High

Statistical Model

Value (today)

$83.01

Value (in a year)

$86.56

Value (in two years)

$90.11

Accuracy

0.670399 Medium

Used

Machine Learning/AI Model

Value (today)

$77.42

Value (low range)

$77.34

Value (high range)

$87.74

Accuracy

0.865200 High

To learn more about how we calculate pricing and forecasting, check out our article on BrickEconomy’s Approach to LEGO Pricing and Future Value Predictions.

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