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Back in the 1960's Lego was not just geared to children!
Gary Istok wrote:
> (Reprinted from RTL.LEGO)
>
> I've been wanting to get the very first Lego idea book posted here for
> some time .....
>
> Ah! Someone else beat me to the "publishing" punch.
>
> http://home.t-online.de/home/tomslego/before1968.htm
>
> The fabulous book shown at this website is the "BUILDING IDEA BOOK #1",
> (Lego
> #238). This book was produced in several version between 1960-1967.
> This was
> produced in Danish, German, English and an International version without
>
> writing. Anders has the earlier 1960 (Danish?) version without the
> wheels. I
> have a mint copy of the German version which is also listed below. I
> also have a
> few page from the International version (which shows the British Houses
> of
> Parliament in grey (a sketch, not a photo)). On Tore Eriksson's
> website, there
> is a 1960 Swedish magazine ad that shows this book. That's how I know
> that it
> goes as far back as 1960.
>
> This is my all time favorite Lego book!!! As stated earlier, it is Lego
> item
> #238.
>
> As Anders has stated, I built the blue castle shown in this book and its
> on the
> website listed below. My version of the blue castle has 4 towers with a
>
> courtyard, and I use real windows (744 windows!) instead of clear bricks
> (I
> needed those for my Cathedral).
>
> There are also some really neat photos of the Town Plan system in this
> book.
> And the front and back cover show all the Lego items that were available
> in
> 1960-62.
>
> If you look at the picture immediately after the blue castle (Section
> 11), you
> will see a man and woman building their dream house. This building
> became the
> model for the VERY FIRST MODEL LEGO SET that was not part of the Town
> Plan - the
> 1961 Samsonite Junior Constructor #717, which was only sold in
> USA/Canada. Here
> it is in the 1961 Samsonite Lego Catalog (America's first Lego catalog)
> on the
> Bill Katz/Joe Lauher website:
>
> http://www.chem.sunysb.edu/msl/LEGO/60s_d2.jpg
>
> You will notice that the USA version has an extra dormer window built
> into the
> roof on the left side of the house. The European version in this
> catalog has no
> such dormer. In fact the European version was never produced as a set.
> I have
> built this house (in both versions) more often than any other building
> over the
> last 39 years (at least 20 times!).
>
> Gawd I love this book!!!
>
> Gary Istok
>
> Anders Isaksson wrote:
>
> > John D skrev i meddelandet ...
> > > Tom Schlosser shows another old idea book on his web page. His • does
> > > appear to have wheels on the Train models, so it must not be quite as • old.
> > > http://home.t-online.de/home/tomslego/before1968.htm
> >
> > Thanks for bringing up that URL! Yes, I think the consensus was that • his book
> > is 1962 or later (that's when wheels were introduced), and mine is • probably
> > 61, maybe 60.
> >
> > > I was just snooping around your page some more and found that blue • Castle
> > > I had as a background a few months ago!
> >
> > Have you seen Gary Istok's pictures - he has actually built it (for • real!)
> > http://my.voyager.net/lar/gistok.html
> >
> > > I could not find
> > > the idea book from your web page, only from the URL in your post. Is • there
> > > anything else that I may have missed, which isn't linked to on your • webpage?
> >
> > I don't know, there is never enough time to meddle with the pages ;-) • ... No,
> > I don't think there is anything else, unless you want to make my boys • (9 and
> > 12) happy, and look at their pages too :-)
> >
> > Happy building, and all that,
> > Anders Isaksson, Sweden
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