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Re: Best Lego Year of all time?
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In lugnet.general, Stéphane Simard writes:
> While I was browsing the catalogs, I had this idea... I'd like to know what
> the consensus is as to which year saw Lego as truly the TOP of its game.
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> After browsing the Brickshelf catalogs, I'd have to say 1980. Second batch
> of models for Technic (includes 8860), Minifigs were all over the place now
> (no more "stiffies"), specialized pieces were next to non-existent, all Lego
> cars finally had seats for the minifigs, Classic Space was at its best year,
> and arguably best Train set ever, 7740, came out that year.
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> Other strong contender years for me:
> 1978 and 1979. First ever Technic/Expert Builder sets, Yellow Castle, birth
> of Classic Space...
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> and 1986 (8 new technic sets, Legoland Town and Castle sets reached a
> quality beyond measure, Blacktron I, birth of Model Team...)
Wow! What an interesting topic. I think 1987 was a fantastic year for
Legoland town sets. There were a lot of terrific new releases at that time
such as 6393, 6379, etc. Additionally, there were also plenty of mid 80s
sets that were still available for purchase, such as 6385, 6392, etc.
Indeed, 1987 saw a plethora of great town sets. Oh, how I miss that time...
Regards,
Michael
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| While I was browsing the catalogs, I had this idea... I'd like to know what the consensus is as to which year saw Lego as truly the TOP of its game. After browsing the Brickshelf catalogs, I'd have to say 1980. Second batch of models for Technic (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general) !
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