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Re: The Oldest Lego Sets
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 23 May 2005 22:34:24 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.
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> Eric Strand used Photoshop to size them nicely, and Clark Stephens has them on
> his brickshelf gallery:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1231324
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> 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.
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> The set dates are as follows:
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> Upper Left: 1949-50
> Lower Left: 1951-52
> Upper Right: 1953
> Lower Right: 1954-56
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> These are some of the most colorful Lego boxes ever.
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> Enjoy!
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> Gary Istok
OK, I got confirmation from the folks in Billund about the actual dates that
these sets were produced.....
Upper Left: 1949-53
Lower Left: 1952-53
Upper Right: 1953-55
Lower Right: 1953-55
In essence what they said was these box styles were used as long as they were in
inventory. So in 1953, all 4 styles were sold at the same time.... WOW, what
confusion for collectors!!!
Gary Istok
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