Vintage set of the week: Doors and Windows
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 933 Doors and Windows, released during 1973. It's one of 12 Basic sets produced that year. It contains 38 pieces.
It's owned by 153 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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And shutters, don't forget the shutters.
I shudder at the thought!
And the door frame!
And the crude drawing of a house
I really like this style of packaging. I think it looks great even now.
Poor kids in 1973 not getting the house shown on the box :(
Now THIS should have been the new LEGO House tribute set.
Those windows remind me of certain sets that still used them in the 80s and 90s. Crazy to think just how long many parts survived before the great purge.
@WaterBottle123 said:
"Poor kids in 1973 not getting the house shown on the box :("
You're missing the point. These sets were great as a kid could choose a very small pocket money set and with it revitalise how they play with their existing pile of bricks.
@MCLegoboy said:
"And shutters, don't forget the shutters."
Ah but what are shutters if not doors for windows?
Just like in real life! I mean, if you want to build a real house, you likely won't go to the hardware store to buy a complete house, but rather materials for the walls, roof, doors and windows. Same here: Go to the toy store and pick 930, 931 or 932 for the walls in the color you desire (guess Lego paint was a step too far...), 934 or 935 for a roof in any color as long as it's red, and this one for the doors and windows! Most realistic Lego house ever!
@Brickalili said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"And shutters, don't forget the shutters."
Ah but what are shutters if not doors for windows?"
*mind blown*
I need a brick to throw at those windows!
@WaterBottle123 said:
"Poor kids in 1973 not getting the house shown on the box :("
Even poorer if they did get such a shoddy cardboard house.
@Binnekamp:
They only stopped making these windows when the machine that glued the glass into the frame broke, and they didn't feel it was worth replacing. Considering they'd figured out how to make snap-in glass that required zero post-mold processing, I'd say they made the right call. And considering I hate the way these windows kick out at the base because it's just fingers instead of anti-studs, I think they should have retired the design as soon as an alternative was developed.
@WizardOfOss:
Guess you've never heard of a Sears Craftsman house, huh? I mean, they don't make them anymore, but there was a time you could order a _house_, and all the components would get shipped by train and dropped off at the nearest stop. All the lumber was precut, too. I'm not sure, though, if they sent spare nails, or if you were screwed the first time you bent one.
@PurpleDave, not specifically those from Sears, but the concept of prefab houses is not that uncommon and still exists all around the world. Japan even takes it a couple of steps further by turning it into a complete modular system where you can pick units that arrive from the factory completely finished both inside and out exactly like you want it complete with plumbing and electrics, and are basically just bolted together at the location.
Still you don't pick those up at the hardware store as is , but you get to pick the elements just like you want it.
@WizardOfOss:
Yeah, we’ve got that, too. First with mobile homes, which are basically trailers that can be towed to a destination and hooked up to sewer and utilities. Then there are “manufactured homes”, which are literally built in a factory, then shipped out in two halves that will be bolted together on a poured foundation. But the Sears Craftsman house was something that you could order out of a paper catalog, back in the days when the telegraph was a favored method of communication, and the remains of said catalog was a favored form of toilet paper. And it’s likely that you’d end up using that telegraph to place your order _and_ send payment.