Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection

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Customer Reviews:

It could have been so good [Posted on 2008-08-06]
First to tone down the publisher's hype. 5 posters does not constitute an "incredible collection" and there's certainly nothing "ultimate" about it.

Now, the 5 posters are gorgeous. They're printed in vibrant colors on very high quality thick paper that's just shy of being cardboard. On the front of each is a glossy photo and the back has a non-glossy blueprint of one or more items. They would easily rate 5 stars, but...

they come folded and creased, ruining their potential as posters. And if they're not used as posters, they're extremely inconvenient for browsing. As everyone knows, folding and unfolding these will weaken and eventually tear the paper along the creases. But even fresh out of the box, with the creases not yet worn, THEY'RE STILL CREASES!

A five-year-old could look at this and figure out that the posters should have been shipped in a tube. Why the publisher couldn't make that same leap of logic, we'll never know.

So should a Star Wars fan buy these? Absolutely! You'd regret not having these, but you'll also curse the luminary who thought that a rectangular box made the package artsy and stylish.

A fantastic collection of blueprints and images [Posted on 2008-08-07]
Growing up with the Star Wars films in the late 70's I was always drawn to the technology behind the films. One of my favorite Star Wars items was a collection of blueprints and technical designs I bought in 1981 so I was extremely happy when this book was announced. While the cross sections books are excellent additions to my library for me nothing is better than spreading out a big drawing and pouring over the details of it as it adds tremendous depth to the Star Wars experience.

It is very apparent that both authors/artists, Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas, along with being extremely gifted and talented artisans, they are obviously dedicated Star Wars fans. From their choices of images to the modern design and descriptions used in their work you can clearly see the care they both took be clear, concise and true to Star Wars Universe while imprinting their own incredible style upon it.

This collection of poster blueprints will please the serious and casual fan and look great spread out on table or hung up on the wall. I hope there will be additional volumes and my only suggestion would be a rolled poster tube set as that would make framed versions appear even better.

I am certainly left wanting more!

Truly Stunning [Posted on 2008-09-01]

The Star Wars franchise has become an amazing collection of books, movies, comics, and collectibles. One of the most interesting types of books from Star Wars has always been the blueprints. DK, Chris Trevas, and Chris Reiff (and Ryder Windham) have teamed to produce a cool collection.

The packing is outstanding. Fold over book top with cool silver lettering catches your attention. Windhams' text is brief and to the point. The prints are neat, but 5 blueprints does not make a collection, ultimate. If there were 10, or 15, yes, but perhaps the title of the book should have been Collection Part I?

Having said that, the blueprints are very neat and printed on heavy, poster style paper. Computer manipulation has made these blueprint packages very easy to produce.

As for the topics, I have always wanted to see an x ray image of Vaders' head!

Tim Lasiuta

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