Book Review: Pixarpedia (DK Books)

In February 1986 Pixar was founded. At first, Pixar was just producing computer animated shorts, but 1995, they released their first full length feature film, Toy Story. From there on, Pixar has created 10 animated films and continues to be the leader in computer animation.

DK has released a book celebrating Pixar entitled Pixarpedia: A Complete Guide To The World Of Pixar...And Beyond!

The book goes into great detail about each movie. It has character backgrounds, detailed locations, and other interesting facts. The first chapter deals with all the movies, and the second chapter takes your further beyond the scenes of each movie. Actually getting inside the creator minds.

One of my favorite parts of the Behind Scenes chapters is how the book points out which character John Ratzanberger played in each movie. It's hilarious to think that he has become a Pixar staple.

The pure level of detail in this book makes it a very entertaining read. With colorful pictures and easy to follow explanations, this book is great for any age level.

Like all the visual dictionaries from DK, this one doesn't disappoint.

Definitely a must buy for the Pixar fan in your family. It's the perfect movie companion.

Brian Isaacs
Executive Editor/Owner

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Book Review: Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (DK Books)

When I was growing up there were two things I loved, Star Wars and Lego. 1999, when Lego acquired the license of Star Wars I thought it was a great pairing. Unfortunately, I thought I was too old to start buying these Lego sets, but I could admire them. But the way the set came out, I was losing track as to what was what. DK books has now put together another book in their incredible Visual Dictionary series. Lego Star Wars.

The book is broken down into four chapters:
* Movie Saga - All the Lego toys based on all 6 movies.
* The Clone Wars - Lego sets based on the current cartoon.
* Specialist Sets - More advanced Lego sets.
* Beyond The Brick - Behind the design of these sets.

Like all DK Visual Dictionaries, this is a colorful book just filled with pictures and facts. It goes into details about the characters, the sets, release date etc. This book just goes into amazing detail with every explanation. DK really does their homework in every one of these books.

The book also comes with a Lego Luke Skywalker, in his celebration clothing, shown at the end of Star Wars Episode IV. Also in the corner of the pages is two flip cartoons. The first one is Luke in his Return of the Jedi outfit, practicing his Jedi training. The second one is of Clone Troopers marching.

This is a great book for any Lego or Star Wars fan.

I would recommend going out and buying this book immediately.

Brian Isaacs
Executive Editor/Owner

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