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ISBN9780241285404-1 DC Comics Super Heroes Build Your Own Adventure

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Books

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Books is a LEGO category that had 672 sets released in 1966-1973, 1975, 1977, 1980-1982, 1984-1985, 1987-2005 & 2007-2023. This page details statistics of this theme, derived from all of the reviews Brick Insights has gathered and interpreted. You'll find a breakdown of the following:

Best rated Books sets of all time

Let's get the best part done first. These are the highest rated Books sets of all time.

All Books sets by rating

ISBN9781593275280-1 Steampunk LEGO

100

Recomended 100%

Steampunk LEGO

ISBN9781593275280-1 Books No Starch Press 2014

ISBN9781593277413-1 The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies!

98

Indifference 50%

The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies!

ISBN9781593277413-1 Books No Starch Press 2016

ISBN9781593275716-1 The LEGO Neighborhood Book: Build a LEGO Town!

96

Indifference 50%

The LEGO Neighborhood Book: Build a LEGO Town!

ISBN9781593275716-1 Books No Starch Press 2014

ISBN9781593275082-1 Beautiful LEGO

96

Indifference 50%

Beautiful LEGO

ISBN9781593275082-1 Books No Starch Press 2013

Worst rated Books sets of all time

Just for fun - these are the worst rated Books sets.

ISBN9780241196892-1 I Love That Minifigure!

70

Indifference 67%

I Love That Minifigure!

ISBN9780241196892-1 Books Dorling Kindersley 2015

ISBN9781591747697-1 Crazy Action Contraptions

72

Indifference 100%

Crazy Action Contraptions

ISBN9781591747697-1 Books Klutz 2010

697-2 Building Ideas Book

72

Avoid 50%

Building Ideas Book

697-2 Books LEGO 1997

ISBN9781593279301-1 LEGO Neighborhood Book 2

72

Indifference 100%

LEGO Neighborhood Book 2

ISBN9781593279301-1 Books No Starch Press 2018

86

is the average rating of all Books sets.

This rating is the average of all 61 scored sets in Books. Compared to other categories this is average. 611 unscored sets are not included. 9% of all sets in this category are scored. Here's the distribution of all categories and where Books is in relation to the others.

To know what it takes for a set to get a score and thus be included in these calculations, check out the FAQ.

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Books rating over the years

Years without scored sets are not included.

Recommendation distribution

Alright, so that's the rating. But are the sets generally recommended? The data we've collected shows that the majority of Books sets are considered up to personal taste:

Indifference 57%

43

108

38

Total: 189 / 672

Not all sets in our database are marked as recommended or not. We currently have 483 sets in Books that are considered unknown. They are excluded from these calculations.

A set is considered recommended when the majority of reviews recommend it. If you're interested in knowing when a review is considered a recommendation, I keep that reasoning updated in Brick Insights FAQ. I've also written an article detailing the recommendation distribution of all reviews.

Prices

Since part prices vary a lot depending on part types, Brick Insights attempts to group similar categories together. We call these meta-categories comparable categories. Books is bundled into Other along with these:

The average price per part (PPP) of all Other sets is 0.95. The average PPP for Books is 2.67. Meanwhile, the average price per minifig (PPM) in Other is 18.39 and the average PPM for Books is 19.20.

Books prices over the years

All prices are adjusted for inflation.