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Collecting LEGO Playsets and the Different LEGO Themes
Posted on June 25th, 2010 No commentsHow does one begin collecting LEGO playsets and the different LEGO themes? Maybe with a little history to lend understanding to LEGOS and help with dating LEGO collectibles. The LEGO name comes from Danish words meaning “play well” and originated in 1932 in Denmark in the workshop of carpenter. The predecessor of LEGOS, called automatic binding bricks, came into existence in 1949 but the actual term “LEGO brick” wasn’t used until 1954. The popularity of LEGOS spread throughout Europe first and then the United States and Canada. By 1961 there were fifty sets of LEGOS, fifteen vehicles and numerous other loose sets. By 1964, instructions were included with sets. The number of LEGO sets contines to increase. DUPRO was started in 1967 and mini figures with movable limbs came into existence in 1978.Interest in LEGO playsets spans all age groups from babies to adults. For babies, there is LEGO Baby. For toddlers, there are DUPLO LEGOS. For preschoolers, there are DUPLO LEGOS. For younger children there are themed sets. Then for older children and teens there is Bionicle. For the collector, there are all of these!
Collecting LEGO playsets can be a “forever” hobby with countless LEGO objects to collect from a time span of over fifty years. LEGOS are construction toys manufactured by the LEGO group, a company in Billund, Denmark. LEGOS consist of colorful plastic interlocking bricks that can be assembled, taken apart and reassembled into something else. In addition to the plastic LEGO bricks, there are accessories like beams, axles, gears, motors, lights, sensors, cameras, mini figures and more. LEGOS today are still compatible with the LEGO brick patented in 1958.
LEGO playsets and themes are too numerous to name. Some LEGO themes include town and city, pirates, trains, castles, airports, robots, space, dinosaurs, wild west and miners. Among playsets are those related to these themes as well as popular movies like Star Wars and Indiana Jones. The theme enjoying the most amount of collectors attention is the LEGO Star Wars theme. With twenty billion or more LEGO blocks produced each year, how does one go about starting a collection?
Collecting LEGO Playsets is much like collecting anything else. The first step is to become familiar with LEGOS in general by reading and perhaps even joining online forum groups. Since there are so many LEGO playsets and themes, the next step is to narrow the scope of the collection and decide exactly what LEGO sets or themes to collect. Finally, it’s time to start collecting. Maybe some LEGOS can be found around the house and certainly there will be people to buy from or trade with and places like flea markets and online sites to search. Collecting LEGO playsets and different LEGO themes is a fascinating hobby for the LEGO enthusiast!
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