Vintage set of the week: Basic Building Set, 3+
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 40 Basic Building Set, 3+, released during 1976. It's one of 15 Basic sets produced that year. It contains 258 pieces.
It's owned by 194 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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Build a plane in just two steps? 3 year olds must have been absolute geniuses back in the 70s.
A Minecraft part, a Minecraft Minifig, and if you squint real hard you could make this pass as a Minecraft set... maybe
I like that sewing machine, it's pretty cute.
Appreciate the gondola.
@MeisterDad said:
"Appreciate the gondola."
Yes, sir. I will appreciate the gondola.
2-digit set number from the 1970s hits hard on the nostalgia!
@MCLegoboy said:
"Build a plane in just two steps? 3 year olds must have been absolute geniuses back in the 70s."
I mean, it looks about as aerodynamic as an anvil with an anchor chained to it, but sure.
We went from last week a Basic Building Set, 3+, to a Basic Building Set, 3+ this week!
20% LEGO, 80% Imagination!
Boats, planes and automobiles!
(and a gas station, a sewing machine, a kimono, and so much more...only limited by your own imagination!)
3+ > 4+
More vehicles!
Not actually a Minecraft set but has the same “endless imagination from simple block foundation” that Minecraft and Lego both fundamentally run on, so I’m willing to call this an honorary trifecta…even if no one else is
I guess I jinxed it. No trifecta today. *sad trombone noises*
Pulls into gas station:
In a whisper "Honey... isn't that the same man from the gondola?"
@kdu2814 said:
"Pulls into gas station:
In a whisper "Honey... isn't that the same man from the gondola?""
That would have been fun, but check carefully, the girl from the gondola is now posing as the gas station attendant.
Maybe they are role-playing?
My very first LEGO set ever! I am old.
@miskox said:
"My very first LEGO set ever! I am old."
You're young... I was 3 years into my Dark Age!
@sjr60 said:
" @miskox said:
"My very first LEGO set ever! I am old."
You're young... I was 3 years into my Dark Age!"
Dad?
Those slab-like green base plates!!! And the maxi figures, with their reversible wigs!
My formative Lego era…
One of my first sets was 113, the US version of this one. Many fond memories in my early LEGO days...