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Idea Book 238 – Little White Church
Read more: Idea Book 238 – Little White ChurchHello vintage LEGO lovers! ⛪ On page 4 of the legendary LEGO Idea Book 238-1, published in the 1960s, we discover this charming little white church, with its distinctive red roof, tall bell tower, and elegant row of narrow windows. Its simple architecture perfectly captures the spirit of early LEGO building: basic bricks, clever construction…
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842-2 The House With Garage
Read more: 842-2 The House With GarageHello vintage LEGO lovers 🚗🏠 Tucked neatly in the upper corner of Town Plan set 842, just beyond the main intersection and away from the busier parts of the layout, sits a model that feels both practical and quietly charming: the House with Garage. For the first time on this blog I introduce the piece…
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842-2 – The Samsonite Town Plan Gas Station
Read more: 842-2 – The Samsonite Town Plan Gas StationHello vintage LEGO lovers ⛽ At the edge of Town Plan set 842, quietly placed near the road and ready to serve the steady flow of tiny traffic, sits a building that may be small in size but essential in function: the gas station. The original step-by-step instructions reveals a pretty basic structure with unsual…
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842 – Samsonite Town Plan Apartment Tower
Read more: 842 – Samsonite Town Plan Apartment TowerHello vintage LEGO lovers 🏢 Tucked neatly into the corner of Town Plan set 842, standing a little apart from the shops and houses, rises a building that feels almost… ambitious. While most of the layout spreads comfortably across the ground, this one chooses a different path: it goes up. This is the apartment tower.…
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842 – Samsonite Town Plan Mall
Read more: 842 – Samsonite Town Plan MallHello vintage LEGO lovers 🏬 Hidden in plain sight within the layouts of Town Plan set 842, there is a building that doesn’t shout for attention — and yet quietly defines the life of the whole city: the mall. Long, low, and elegantly simple, this structure stretches across the street like a calm horizontal line…
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The Nice People Apartment Tower
Read more: The Nice People Apartment TowerHello vintage LEGO lovers 🏢 On page 2 of the German edition of Idea Book 238-1, there is a small injustice hiding in plain sight. If you look carefully at the left edge of the scene, tucked behind larger and more photogenic buildings, you will notice a modest structure that the photographer clearly did not…
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IB 238 – Lego City Bank
Read more: IB 238 – Lego City BankHello vintage LEGO lovers 🏦 Deep in the background of page 2 of the German edition of Idea Book 238-1, behind the colorful townhouses and lively traffic circle, stands a tall and rather mysterious structure. It is easy to miss at first glance, but once you notice it, its rigid vertical lines and endless rows…
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IB 238 – The Grand Yellow Hotel
Read more: IB 238 – The Grand Yellow HotelHello vintage LEGO lovers 🏨 On page 2 of the German edition of Idea Book 238-1, among cheerful town scenes and tidy little buildings, stands a structure so large and confidently yellow that one cannot help but imagine it has a story to tell. I like to call it The Grand Yellow Hotel. The Grand…
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IB 238 – The blue building that didn’t have a name
Read more: IB 238 – The blue building that didn’t have a nameHello vintage LEGO lovers 💙 On page 2 of the German edition of Idea Book 238, quietly sitting among several colorful buildings, there is a tall blue apartment block that LEGO never bothered to name. No official title, no story, no proud label — just a building, minding its own business in the background. Naturally,…
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IB 238-1 Coco’s Neighbour’s House
Read more: IB 238-1 Coco’s Neighbour’s HouseRight next to Coco’s House, quietly standing in the background of Idea Book 238-1, there is another charming little building — smaller, simpler, but just as full of character. I like to imagine it as Coco’s Neighbour’s House. In the original illustration, it appears almost discreetly, partially hidden among taller structures. Yet its clean façade,…