Vintage set of the week: Kiosk
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 608 Kiosk, released during 1971. It's one of 27 LEGOLAND sets produced that year. It contains 33 pieces.
It's owned by 448 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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This is a cute little build. And i'm liking that green baseplate. Too bad Lego is phasing them out!
@Maxbricks14 said:
"This is a cute little build. And i'm liking that green baseplate. Too bad Lego is phasing them out!"
A baseplate assumes a world where there's no Lego. Soon, all the world will be Lego, and everything will attach to everything.
Loved this Legoland building. One of the last I bought during my first Lego stint. 33p... getting a bit pricey!
Almost fits in box built... just have to take the Legoland sign off!
This is probably a bit oversized for trophy/nano scale figures, but I bet it's perfect for the Microfigures from the LEGO Games sets of the 2010s.
I thought Legoland was a huge theme park. But apparently it's just a tiny kiosk.
@Graupensuppe : Well...it's a small wor...(finger...ear...) whatzat...oh, that 'the other place'...nevermind then...:D
Obligatory “what’s this, a Legoland for ants??”
33p for 33 pieces
1p per piece
14p per piece allowing for inflation
Good to confirm, in real terms, Lego's cheaper today!
This is actually a replica of one of the border crossings into Legoland. Since the end of the cold war they have largely disappeared.
I still own the original baseplate and most of the parts of this set from 1971 AND a complete set with box and instruction in perfect condition. Believe me, it's one of my LEGO treasures :-)
I'm guessing that the separate structure on the right is a phone box. Were they yellow in Denmark?
It's so cute! For a moment I thought it was some random modern promotional or something. This aged quite well Imho!
Best Ninjago city module ever!
Classic set - but just try to get those 1x2 Tiles WITHOUT groove off the baseplate!!
(Bricklink, please DON'T combine 3069a and 3069b!)
Could probably stick this onto some of the modern theme park inspired builds and it wouldn’t look that out of place
@MCLegoboy said:
"This is probably a bit oversized for trophy/nano scale figures, but I bet it's perfect for the Microfigures from the LEGO Games sets of the 2010s."
Those are twice the size of the nano figures.
In Germany they used to be yellow….
"Welcome to Legoland, may I take your order?"
It's cute, but I kind of feel sad for kids back in 1971, since they had no figures to actually play with this set. Building options are a limited too. But this is coming from someone who grew up with pirates, knights and spacemen in his LEGO sets, therefore it naturally feels lacking to me. Luckily imagination goes a long way, so I'm sure kids enjoyed it... somehow.
@isani said:
"I'm guessing that the separate structure on the right is a phone box. Were they yellow in Denmark?"
try to check it. in wikicommens I found pictures of red, green and gray "telefonboks". maybe its more german, since it was the much bigger market in the 70ths for lego. In the museum in legohouse much advertisment for legoland is german too.
@isani said:
"I'm guessing that the separate structure on the right is a phone box. Were they yellow in Denmark?"
Structure on the left looks like a coffin.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"This is a cute little build. And i'm liking that green baseplate. Too bad Lego is phasing them out!"
A baseplate assumes a world where there's no Lego. Soon, all the world will be Lego, and everything will attach to everything."
A baseplate set on top of a layer of studs will sit at almost the exact same height as a layer of plates on the same layer. It just won’t attach.
Nah, despite the large side build, this phone booth doesn't even include a phone stand. 21347 clearly is a huge improvement over this!
@ToysFromTheAttic said:
"It's cute, but I kind of feel sad for kids back in 1971, since they had no figures to actually play with this set"
None required... It was from the time when Trolls could jump off the end of your pencils and have the freedom to wander around Legoland, unimpeded by the likes of nasty minifigs!
@isani said:
"I'm guessing that the separate structure on the right is a phone box. Were they yellow in Denmark?"
That is a public toilet.
@MCLegoboy said:
"This is probably a bit oversized for trophy/nano scale figures, but I bet it's perfect for the Microfigures from the LEGO Games sets of the 2010s."
Yeah it's like "houses of the world" scale.
I actually sort of wish they'd kept that window piece in production.
@Graupensuppe said:
"I thought Legoland was a huge theme park. But apparently it's just a tiny kiosk."
The expectation is always better than the reality. Or, as Spock put it: "Having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical... but it is often true."
@Binnekamp said:
"It's so cute! For a moment I thought it was some random modern promotional or something. This aged quite well Imho!"
Maybe because the lighting on the image makes the tiles look like they're dark bluish grey, and hence a modern set?
@dirkberlin said:
" @isani said:
"I'm guessing that the separate structure on the right is a phone box. Were they yellow in Denmark?"
try to check it. in wikicommens I found pictures of red, green and gray "telefonboks". maybe its more german, since it was the much bigger market in the 70ths for lego. In the museum in legohouse much advertisment for legoland is german too."
Seriously, it's where you show your ticket to get in. The bigger one is where you empty your wallet to buy your ticket.
@Lexa said:
"In Germany they used to be yellow…."
Where I live, they still are.
https://www.geograph.org.gg/photo/476
@Rimefang said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"This is probably a bit oversized for trophy/nano scale figures, but I bet it's perfect for the Microfigures from the LEGO Games sets of the 2010s."
Those are twice the size of the nano figures. "
A figure would have to be under a plate tall to use the sidewalk under the windowsill.
@kdu2814 said:
" @isani said:
"I'm guessing that the separate structure on the right is a phone box. Were they yellow in Denmark?"
That is a public toilet. "
A bit _too_ public…
In Greece we also had Yellow kiosks! Dating back to 1889!