Category: Update

New LEGO Color Guide Published

The fourth edition of the Unofficial LEGO Color Guide is now available.

I am proud to announce that the fourth edition of the Unofficial LEGO Color Guide is now available. The printed book is available as a paperback and hardcover from Amazon and other resellers. An eBook (PDF) is available from Lulu. The paper printing process has a limited color space and hence I recommend the PDF if you need to have best possible representation.

The book many new features and updates:

  • New Colors: the book contains the latest LEGO colors and several historical colors. The number of colors has grown to 196.
  • Improved Typography: the headers and footers are now automatically adjusted to offer an optimal contrast to the color stripe in the background.
  • Universally Unique Identifier: each color has now been assigned an Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). This removes any ambiguity in the identification of each color.
  • More Color Definitions: for several non-solid colors it has been impossible to make accurate measurements. New references from the LDraw library have been added to provide color definitions for those unmeasured colors.

Sample Pages

Here are some sample pages that show you the main section of the book.

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The Ideal Order – Episode 3

The third episode of the 12 episode radio play in which Rob Parker discusses man’s obsession with organising every living thing with Professor Smith. He visits Francis a true Adult Fan Of LEGO before an intense fight erupts between Rob and Maki.

The books is available online and you can subscribe to the podcast on all major platforms such as  Apple iTunes, Google Music,  Stitcher, TuneIn.

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The Ideal Order – Episode 2

The second episode of the 12 episode radio play in which Rob Parker takes us to the academic world and he encounters the eccentric Professor Smith.

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The Ideal Order – Episode 1

The first episode of the 12 episode radio play in which Rob Parker tries to share his passion with his wife and starts to sort his LEGO bricks with his children.

The books is available online and you can subscribe to the podcast on all major platforms such as  Apple iTunes, Google Music,  Stitcher, TuneIn.

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Help for the 2016 Minifigures needed

The LEGO company released the record breaking number of 859 Minifigures in the year 2016. We are truly struggling with photographing this incredible number of figures. The main problem is to get access. The LEGO company initially agreed to give me access, but pulled back their support.

I need your help to continue the Minifigure Catalog project! Are any of you willing to allow me to photograph your collection? I could potentially visit you, or you could lend them to me for a week. I would be more than happy to pay for the shipping and I would also agree to making a deposit.

Without your help the catalog series will have to stop and no further books or updates to our App will become available. Both, Nic and I, are putting a lot of love and labor into this project, but the current rate at which the LEGO company produces new Minifigures, we are not able to financially justify the project.

Please, get in touch with me via email (info@minifigure.org) or personal message if you are able to help.

The Complete LEGO Minifigure Catalog is now available

I am happy to announce that The Complete LEGO Minifigure Catalog 1975-2015 is now available as a book and eBook. This book is the result of five years of work and it includes highly professional photographs of nearly all Minifigures. No other book can compete with its extensive coverage.

Using a new printing and publication channel this massive 580 pages book is available as a hard cover book. Even a Deluxe Edition is available that is printed using superior color printing technology. This is the definite guide for any Minifigure enthusiast or LEGO fan. This is the book that Minifigures deserve.

Buy the books now!

The Book is available as an eBook (PDF) from Lulu. The regular and deluxe edition are available from Amazon and other re-sellers.

The Unofficial LEGO Minifigure Catalog 1975-2015The Complete LEGO Minifigure Catalog 1975-2015 Deluxe Edition

New Versions of 2012 and Star Wars Catalog Available

I am happy to announce that the 2nd edition of the 2012 LEGO Minifigure Catalog and the 3rd edition of the Star Wars LEGO Minifigure Catalog are now available. The later contains all the photographs and data of the 2013 Minifigures in addition to several corrections and extensions. The 2nd edition of the 2012 catalog contains mainly additions and some minor corrections. The Minifigures from the Arkham Asylum, for example, have been added to the catalog. I hope you enjoy the books.

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Upgrade to Filemaker 12

I upgraded our main database to Filemaker 12 and the most exciting feature is the external storage of container fields. I previously stored all the images as links only and migration to the new container storage meant that I had to re-import all the images for them to be automatically transferred to the server location. That took several days to complete. I am very happy that Filemaker is stable enough to run such a huge and lengthy task without crashing.