This Gravity Falls Book should NOT Exist - The Paperback Lost Legends Mystery

Gravity Falls Lost Legends a book we all know about. And most know it has Barnes and Noble exclusive edition. In total, there's 2 hardcover versions of the book, right? Well, as it turns out, there was a paperback copy of the book too that by all accounts, should not exist. In this video, we go over the mystery of the elusive and impossible but real, Paperback Lost Legends!

Parts
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - The lost version
3:24 - The Paperback is REAL
4:22 - Question 1
6:24 - Question 2
7:44 - Question 3
9:06 - Weirdmageddon Comic
11:44 - Paperback differences
15:13 - Summary of everything
16:00 - Conclusion

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Music

HOME - Resonance (FAST Version)

LEMMiNO - Starvation

LEMMiNO - Encounters

Meydän licenced under a CC-BY licence.

Unconceivable Journey by Meydän

Underwater (Pt. 3) from Underwater by Meydän

HOME - Tides

Freezing but Warm from Ambient by Meydän

When You See It, You'll Know By HOME

Flood by HOME

Execution Core by HOME

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Sources

A huge thank you to jamooney and the r/gravityfalls Discord server team for helping in uncovering this book through the ISBN number.

Also thanks to SpaceOwl and betamaj for providing further photos and info on my server in regards to the book.

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SOCIALS!!

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[ThatGFFAN]

2024 has some exiting stuff coming! This is just the start! I got a tour of the merch collection coming, some new videos here and there and...SOMETHING ELSE!! Stay tuned ;)

[JustADoodle]

Hey yall, owner of a paperback copy of lost legends here. Im so glad this small nugget of my childhood coming back out in a way i never knew. Im so glad i could help shed some light on this subject and put this mystery to rest. About the book not being in cataloges, i remember that detail.
I was walking through the bookfair when my eyes landed on the gravity falls books. They were tucked away in a less busy part of the library (where the fair was held). I remember being supprised because i thought that a gravity falls book being in the fair would be more shown. I remember the fact that it wasnt in the catalouge, so it caught me off gaurd when i saw it. I didnt have the money to buy the book on me when i first saw it due to already spending my money on books i saw in the cataloge. But i still grabbed it, and made use a feature the fair had. They would allow you to reserve an item and they would store your item with you name on it in a shelf behind the desk. I ran to the cashier and asked to reserve the book. They put it on the shelf and i ran to my mom telling her about how i found a book about my favorite show. The next day we returned to the fair and my mom payed for the book. I was so excited getting my hands on what felt like (and ended up being) this hidden gem. I read it over and over, admiring every detail. But as i grew older, the book ended up rotting away on a shelf in my closet. Until i saw the community post. This weird little book a got as a kid turned out to be pretty rare, and also why it was so hidden at my fair. I remember being confused about why the book was only avilible that year, as yhe next year, the book was gone from the fair. Im glad i got my hands on it and am happy to have helped at least in some way with helping solve this mystery
Thank you all for being amazing, and have a wonderful day!

[StarrySkies]

To be honest, scholastic is really sounding like one of those gravity falls entities that just defies the laws of everything! How fitting for it to sell gravity falls books that shouldn't even exist!

[TrickenGF]

A couple of curious facts:
•The text on the back cover of the paperback LL is very similar to the description that Planeta De Libros leaked almost a month before LL officially came out.
•In most translations (only excepting the Spanish one from Latin America) the idea of making Weirmageddon Cinestory hardcover was taken up.

[SpaceOwl]

3:36 THERE I AM GARY THERE I AM

Lol, but seriously this whole thing was crazy to delve into. And to think I almost walked away from buying it, good thing that obsession mindset kicked in last second!

[MPPLAYER]

“There is only hardcover copoies of this book and certainly not a paperback version, right?”

**Slaps book onto the table**

“As it turns out, there is indeed a paperback version of Lost Legends.”

[PTUBE_]

WHAT?!!!! I have always had a paperback copy, I didn’t know that it was RARE!!!!

[loverofstarz]

I want an ART BOOK. Why won't DISNEY GIVE US AN ART BOOK!!? For Gravity Falls, Amphibia, and The Owl House!

[memesa]

I don’t believe it was only sold at Scholastic Book Fairs. I was around 7 in 2019, and I remember going to Menards with my father, and I saw paperback copies of Lost Legends on the shelf.

[steamboatwillieboi]

The weirdmageddon cinestory is my go to book I have it by me and my bed right now and I got it from a scholastic book fair

[ThunderCube]

the weirdmageddon cinestory was in my middle school library in 8th grade lmao. paperback I think. also, I think cinestory is supposed to be pronounced sin-es-tory as a portmanteau of cinema and story.

[paperbag]

I actually own an original paperback copy! I got it at a scholastic book fair like everyone else. Imagine my surprise to see this video talking about how it shouldn't exist haha.

[derperpines]

About the Slenderman but, don’t think it’s just the copyright portion for the change. Gotta remember some years ago, Slenderman also influenced a couple of kids to assault their friend (whom miraculously survived) and they were arrested for it. Because of that controversy, that could also be another possibility for the change to avoid another incident like that or dodge it. As much as Slenderman is now practically a pop culture icon in horror these days, he’s still looked down upon just for that incident alone by parents alone.

[buttons]

I love these weird gravity falls rabbit holes you go down

[Darkshade]

Very cool to see the it up close! Also I’m surprised it was made a year plus a month after the first release date. I would thought the paper back would sell like 6 months later.

Awesome video!

[marx]

I actually own the paperback version and I never knew there was a hardcover version until this video

[Darkshade]

0:52 the fandom when new gf merch/mysteries/etc. literally drops.

[ChaoticCreations]

Okay- i have the Weirdmageddon Cinestory, but i had NO idea it was an oddity. It makes it feel special- im glad i have it. Oh and yeah its from a BookFair

[MoonlightKayla]

16:39 “Maybe there will be a paperback copy of that book too and then in 2025, there will be a new generation of gravity falls fans finding a copy of the Book of Bill for sale when the Scholastic Book Fair is at their school.”

Also the Book of Bill - “Travels to dimensions meant for OLDER readers.”

Disney books rating - Adult

(I don’t think this will show up at an elementary school book fair 😂)

[constructivecriticism]

I can confirm, I have a few paperback Diary of a wimpy kid books from the schoolastic book fair. They definitely have a history of doing this.