of LEGO books and encyclopædia offer exclusive minifigures for collectors to enjoy:
First up is the LEGO® Minifigures Character Encyclopedia
. As well as information on the LEGO minfigure range, this book comes with an exclusive LEGO toy solider figure.
The LEGO® Batman Visual Dictionary also comes with an exclusive minigure of the caped crusader, in an "electro suit".
This
LEGO® Ninjago Character Encyclopedia
comes with an exclusive "Green Ninja ZX". On an unrelated side note, when I was young, my parents had a green Citroen ZX. It wasn't made of LEGO, or a ninja.
Two Harry Potter books now, LEGO® Harry Potter Building the Magical World
and LEGO® Harry Potter Characters of the Magical World
. Both sets come with different exclusive figures of the Boy Wizard, although I'm not really sure what the costume they're meant to be.
Again, several books in the same series. This time, Star Wars. First up are two encyclopedia: LEGO® Star Wars The Visual Dictionary (Dk) and LEGO® Star Wars Character Encyclopedia. These sets offer exclusive figures of Han and Luke, wearing their medals received at the end of Episode IV: A New Hope.
The LEGO® Star Wars The Dark Side book also comes with an exclusive Minifigure. This time, it's a black hole with a question mark. Nah, it's actually Emperor Palpatine.
LEGO® Star Wars the Yoda Chronicles
teaches you all about Yoda, apparently. It also features an exclusive Special Forces Commander, with a weird special forces helmet.A Couple of smaller ladybird LEGO books now, which also come with minifgures (pictures have links):
