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Re: The Oldest Lego Sets
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Date: 
Fri, 20 May 2005 08:03:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
For anyone who has ever wondered what the earliest Lego sets looked like before
the advent of the modern Lego, here is a pic that shows the 4 oldest Lego set
styles.

Eric Strand used Photoshop to size them nicely, and Clark Stephens has them on
his brickshelf gallery:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1231324

These are all the covers to the #700/x sets, which were produced from 1949 until
1956.  These sets are basic sets #700/1, #700/2, #700/3, #700/3A, #700/4, #700/5
and #700/6.  Each set in the #700 series had the same general box top design,
with the larger boxes (#700/1 is the largest set, #700/6 is the smallest set)
having some additional artwork to fill up the box top space. There were an
additional 4 versions of the #700/x sets produced from 1957-65.

The set dates are as follows:

Upper Left:  1949-50
Lower Left:  1951-52
Upper Right: 1953
Lower Right: 1954-56

These are some of the most colorful Lego boxes ever.

Enjoy!

Gary Istok

Ooops, got a little ahead of myself......

The dates on those old 1949-56 #700/x sets are still tentative.  Waiting to hear
back from TLG for sure.

Gary Istok



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