I have a personal anecdote about the garage set! I was given one as a Christmas (?) present. We were staying at my grandparents' house in a small village. The house was very old, and the little guest bedroom I slept in could only be accessed through another bedroom. Anyway, to keep me quiet when I woke up on the big day, I was allowed to have one or two small presents in the room, for me to open when I woke up without disturbing any of the adults. Either there was no electric light in the room, or I wasn't tall enough to reach the switch, so I put the set together in near darkness, with just the early morning light coming through a small window. Because of the dim light, I actually thought the garage was blue until I got to see the completed set in proper light later in the morning. I was so confused! 🤣 As well as allowing for more creativity, I think there would have been a simple commercial reason for the garage having two rectangular baseplates: it meant the set could be sold in a smaller box. Retailers wouldn't be happy with a small set that required a larger box. I also had the snack bar set. I think the sign got snapped at some point, a problem with those signs and presumably the reason they stopped using them. There was also a set of assorted road signs that I had, and I think one or two of those also got broken over time. I was fairly careful with my Lego, but I was lucky to have a lot of it, and when you're really playing with it all it only takes one step for an easily breakable piece to get stepped on...
Hi Henry. The dots imperfections on the side of the bricks you see are the injection mold marks, where the sprue inserts the melted plastic into the mold. Now day's they put it on the studs, but before the 90's, they put it on the sides.
that wig on the illustration is strange because was a female wig with the pigtails manually cutted... because the "man wig" wasn't created yet! The very first regular ones appeared only on illustration one year later...
i also have some vintage bricks and i see that weird dot on alot of them i dont think its damaged but just something to do with production deterioration or maybe an error in the plastic injection
I stopped making that comment at some point :-) Certainly the very first sets don't have ladders or stairs. You have to use your imagination and let your fantasy run wild!
I have a personal anecdote about the garage set! I was given one as a Christmas (?) present. We were staying at my grandparents' house in a small village. The house was very old, and the little guest bedroom I slept in could only be accessed through another bedroom. Anyway, to keep me quiet when I woke up on the big day, I was allowed to have one or two small presents in the room, for me to open when I woke up without disturbing any of the adults. Either there was no electric light in the room, or I wasn't tall enough to reach the switch, so I put the set together in near darkness, with just the early morning light coming through a small window. Because of the dim light, I actually thought the garage was blue until I got to see the completed set in proper light later in the morning. I was so confused! 🤣
As well as allowing for more creativity, I think there would have been a simple commercial reason for the garage having two rectangular baseplates: it meant the set could be sold in a smaller box. Retailers wouldn't be happy with a small set that required a larger box.
I also had the snack bar set. I think the sign got snapped at some point, a problem with those signs and presumably the reason they stopped using them. There was also a set of assorted road signs that I had, and I think one or two of those also got broken over time. I was fairly careful with my Lego, but I was lucky to have a lot of it, and when you're really playing with it all it only takes one step for an easily breakable piece to get stepped on...
Very cool story! Thanks for sharing it! And thanks for watching the video! Greetz Henry
Thank you! I had that garage and police van. The police van I think is from mid 1980s.
Yes! Thanks for watcing!
Great sets! The snack bar reminds me the pizzeria (set 6350 I believe) and the two would look great next to each other forming a small Lego promenade.
I know that pizzeria set but I have never seen it on my hunt for treasures! Maybe one day!
Hi Henry.
The dots imperfections on the side of the bricks you see are the injection mold marks, where the sprue inserts the melted plastic into the mold.
Now day's they put it on the studs, but before the 90's, they put it on the sides.
Thank you for this valuable information!
45 years old and no discolourations, nice
yeah cool
Cool sets
Thanks for watching!
Impressive LEGO video collection!😁
Thank you!
Love it!
The snackbar is so cute
Thanks for watching!
at 9.10 its mold pips, old parts have them on the side, newer parts have them on one of the studs so that the word lego is not that well seen.
thank you for this information!
that wig on the illustration is strange because was a female wig with the pigtails manually cutted... because the "man wig" wasn't created yet!
The very first regular ones appeared only on illustration one year later...
Thank you for this extra info!
I think it would have been better if they added a vehicle for both sets, for example a delivery scooter for the snackbar.
yes a good idea but no room in the budget I think 🙂
i also have some vintage bricks and i see that weird dot on alot of them i dont think its damaged but just something to do with production deterioration or maybe an error in the plastic injection
Since it still appears in other sets and with other collectors, it must be something specific to that time and caused in the production process
What is everyone's favourite Vintage Lego sites?
Choosing a favorite Vintage Lego site is like trying to pick your favorite Lego piece - impossible!
the alternate build on the back of the garage box with the 2nd floor seems strange as there's no apparent way to get up there? (no ladder, etc)
I stopped making that comment at some point :-) Certainly the very first sets don't have ladders or stairs. You have to use your imagination and let your fantasy run wild!