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The oldest known LEGO bricks set of 1949??
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Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:39:43 GMT
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I had always been looking for the very first 1949 LEGO sets with plastic bricks,
but the closest I ever got to was circa 1950... a year after the 1949
introduction of the LEGO brick (known as Automatic Binding Bricks until 1953).

My German collector friend Lothar had some images of an old set that a friend of
his used to own... and it has all the hallmarks of a 1949 (1st year) LEGO bricks
set.

Since we cannot (yet) post images on LUGNET, I posted this on Eurobricks where
image comparisons can be made....
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=77388

This may be that the oldest LEGO brick sets of 1949.  I'm waiting on TLG Archive
confirmation, but this boxed set (produced in a wooden box) has all the right
indications... that it dates to "Year 1"...

Cheers,
Gary Istok



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  Re: The oldest known LEGO bricks set of 1949??
 
(...) I have in my possession three bricks (2 x 4, slotted) with the following description from the Danish gentleman that sent them to me: "These come from a set we bought to our daughter in 1949 directly from Lego as they were not available yet in (...) (12 years ago, 27-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)

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