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LEGO ninjago movie annual 2018 review

The LEGO Ninjago Movie Official Annual 2018 2017 is almost over. And what's best to remind the people in the United Kingdom of that than next year's annuals! Starting of with  The LEGO Ninjago Movie Official Annual 2018 ... But first, a brief reminder of what annuals are. They are books published shortly before the end of each year, with the Christmas market as their target. Generally, annuals are large hardcover books centered on everything: sports, toys, celebrities, films, TV series... Everything! They f eature various contents like text articles, comics, puzzles, etc. And some of them have freebies, like the LEGO ones. For 2018, four LEGO Annuals were released, namely, LEGO, LEGO Batman Movie, LEGO Ninjago Movie, and LEGO Star Wars. Interestingly, the LEGO one is published by Ladybird, and the other three are by Egmont. All of them have a recommended retail price of  £7.99. But you can buy one at more or less half the price! Different book and toy stores have various promo...

LEGO star wars annual 2017 review

LEGO Star Wars Annual 2017 LEGO Star Wars Annual 2017 has just been released, and it looks way, way better than last year's. When I first came here in the United Kingdom, I bought a copy of the  LEGO Star Wars Annual 2016 in Poundland for  £1. It's a kiddie activity book with some free bricks. To be specific, it came with three 1x8 and three 1x4 white plates to represent lightsaber blades. That doesn't really make any sense. But I'm not really complaining, I got the book for only 1/8 of the retail price (paying the full price is not worth it). Apparently, annuals are a thing here. But what exactly are annuals? In my previous post I mentioned that annuals are books published shortly before the end of each year, and are aimed at the Christmas market. They are generally large hardcover books centered on sports, toys, celebrities, films, TV series, and so on, featuring various contents like text articles, comics, puzzles, etc. And since LEGO is quite popular here, it'...