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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 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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PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 Box Front
Read more: PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 Box FrontHi brick lovers, Today we are building with original Legos the constructions that can be seen on the box of the PEBE construction set Bausteinbox 703, part of the boldly futuristic “Programm 2000” series. I couldn’t find a great flat view of the box but we can easily identify a gas station, some trucks and…
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PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 : Gas Station
Read more: PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 : Gas StationHello vintage building lovers ⛽ This delightfully blocky gas station comes from page 3 of the leaflet of the PEBE construction set Bausteinbox 703, part of the boldly futuristic “Programm 2000” series. The illustration shows a classic roadside scene: a low service station with a wide canopy, two heroic fuel pumps, and a pair of…
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PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 : House & Small Cars
Read more: PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 : House & Small CarsThis wonderfully serious-looking architectural masterpiece comes from the second page of the leaflet of the PEBE construction set Bausteinbox 703, part of the mysterious and ambitious “Programm 2000” series. Judging by the illustration, PEBE designers clearly believed that the future of housing would involve very straight walls, very red roofs, and absolutely no unnecessary curves….
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PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 : Workroad Trucks
Read more: PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 : Workroad TrucksHello vintage building lovers 🚚 Some trucks are sleek. Some trucks are powerful. And then there are trucks like this one — a magnificent brick-shaped creature that looks as if it was designed by someone who had only rectangles available and absolutely no intention of using curves. This wonderfully awkward vehicle comes from a PEBE…
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PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 : Big Truck
Read more: PEBE Programm 2000 Bausteinbox 703 : Big TruckHello vintage building lovers 🚚 This model is a small historical curiosity. The original image does not come from LEGO, but from a PEBE construction set, specifically Bausteinbox 703 from the “Programm 2000” series. PEBE was a European brick manufacturer active in the mid-20th century, producing building toys that followed the same basic stud-and-tube logic…
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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,…
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IB 238-1 Coco’s Yellow House
Read more: IB 238-1 Coco’s Yellow HouseToday’s design can be found on page 2 of Idea Book 238-1, tucked among playful and colorful constructions, there is this tall yellow townhouse with its steep red roof and confident blue chimney. I chose to call it Coco’s House. The bright yellow walls feel like warmth; the red roof, like a protective embrace; and…
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Ideas Book 238-1 : Tiny blue basic house
Read more: Ideas Book 238-1 : Tiny blue basic houseThis page of Ideas Book 238-1 shows how to build basic house walls with windows. This one is faily easy to build, sitting on a early baseplate. I didn’t add the tree in this rendering because this part is missing in stud.io. This house doesn’t use slopes for the roof, which is typical from this…