Name: LEGO Minifigure Year by Year: A Visual History
Brand: LEGO
SKU: ISBN1409333124-1
Rating: 91 (7 reviews)

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We calculate the average rating when we've found two or more scored reviews. This set is good compared to all other sets. Read more about the ratings distribution chart here.

Recommendations

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A review is considereded a recommendation when its score is above the reviewers median score or if it's explicitly said so in the review. Read more in our article about recommendations.

Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for Other in 2013 is 0.94. PPP for this set is 3.65, which is worse.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as Other. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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Average PPM for Other in 2013 is 16.72. PPM for this set is 14.63, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as Other. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

All About the Bricks Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 → 100 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 → 94 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Unscored reviews

Little Brick Root

BZPower

The Brothers Brick

Set information

Set ID: ISBN1409333124-1
Name: LEGO Minifigure Year by Year: A Visual History
Parts: 12
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 39.99
Inflation adjusted: 43.89

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 3.33
Inflation adjusted: 3.65

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 13.33
Inflation adjusted: 14.63

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All About the Bricks

Recommendation: yes 5 / 5 by Brick

This huge book has pictures of almost every LEGO minifig released between 1978 and 2013. That's a lot of minifigures! It also includes ACTUAL minifigures; Townsperson, Stormtrooper, and Robber!

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 228 reviews

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO Minifigure Year By Year: A Visual History is got to be one of the best LEGO books I own, and I own quite a few. The amount of small details that is in the book about the minifigures is phenomenal.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 from 1 review

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Little Brick Root

by Christian

I can't recommend this book enough. I've only had it a short while, but I know that I'll be going back to it over and over, mining it for inspiration. Even my kindergarten-age son loves it, leafing through the pages with a constant stream of questions. If you are a fan, do yourself a favor and pick one up!

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BZPower

by Andrew

I've really enjoyed it so far. There's well over two hundred pages and while I skimmed through the whole thing, I'm still only in the 80s when it comes to reading it cover-to-cover. I would definitely recommend it to any fan of the classic LEGO System, especially for those who like to collect minifigures or build their own custom ones.

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The Brothers Brick

by Josh

Overall, I was rather impressed with it. As a long-time fan of LEGO, there wasn't much information I didn't already know, but it is a fun book to have around. If you are looking for a good introduction into the history of minifigs in general, a fun coffee table book to impress your non-LEGO friends or a book for your kids to drool over for hours, this is the book for you.

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