Sheesh, another Basic Set? But... check out that Base! Two 10x20 bricks. Wild.

I sort of want some of that four-wide window on the truck. I have some of the similar two-wide widow from another old (not as old, it had a minifigure) Basic set.

@MeiserDad said: "Also, all your base are belong to us."
What you say?

Too basic for me.
Never owned any of the basic sets.

Wow, sets don't get more basic than this...

Guy standing there, staring at the truck: "I'm...never going to fit in that. Who do they think I am: Fred Flintstone?":)

Also: Aw, base-bricks; the thicker counter part to baseplates and what I started out using before the latter became "a thing".

@chefkaspa said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"check out that Base! Two 10x20 bricks."
?
I used them as flat roof respectively intermediate ceiling for my buildings.

"

Same here. These were ideal as baseplate, intermediate floors and either flat roofs or as a loft/attic under a brick built angled roof.

@MeisterDad said:
"... It was my first encounter with the -3 part of a set number."

Care to explain the -3 part? First time I've seen it, though I've noticed most sets have -1 in the database before. I thought they were for revisions/updates but apparently not.

Best Modular Ever!

@MacGyver85 said:
" @MeisterDad said:
"... It was my first encounter with the -3 part of a set number."

Care to explain the -3 part? First time I've seen it, though I've noticed most sets have -1 in the database before. I thought they were for revisions/updates but apparently not.
"

Lego used to recycle their set numbers so there could be different sets with the same number. There is also set 5-2 but looks like there is no 5-1

Wow 5, you are such a basic bricks

@CCC said:
"Yes, the limited colour palette available back then meant you got a decent selection of parts in a few colours. I prefer that to the modern 'classic' sets where you get only a few parts in each colour but a huge range of colours."

That indeed. This just seems like a logical step up from Duplo, with smaller and a little wider variety of pieces. Perfect to learn the basics of building with Lego and use your imagination.

Now we indeed get those Classic set which while they sure have their purpose, contain the full variety of colors and generally way to many different parts, there's the 4+ sets which are so simplified with big specialized pieces that you can hardly make anything else from it, and 5+ sets not only have the same issues as those classic sets, gut often are also well beyond what a kid that age would think of, so it only learns them to follow instructions.

That building (house?) up by the number 5 looks like the style of remodeled version of the house from Beetlejuice, but with more color. As in, the thing just screams "I'm every style all at once because my owners couldn't make a choice to save their souls!" It's like a live-in modern art sculpture...

@brick_r said:
"Guy standing there, staring at the truck: "I'm...never going to fit in that. Who do they think I am: Fred Flintstone?":)

Also: Aw, base-bricks; the thicker counter part to baseplates and what I started out using before the latter became "a thing". "

Perhaps that "guy" is a statue of the mascot of the windmill/restaurant, like the Big Boy restaurant. That is why "he" is wearing a chef's hat.

What's this nonsense? Green gardens? Everyone knows that gardens are grey. If this heresy isn't nipped in the bud they'll be trying to have us believe that railway tracks aren't blue.

@CCC:
When I was really young, our collection had some of these base-bricks, and they had a single ring of tubes around the outer edge. Later, my parents got some used parts to add to our collection, and they were an older design that had absolutely no tubes on the underside. These lacked any serious attempts to strengthen the sidewalls, so they were prone to cracking in the center of the long side.

@MacGyver85
Some set numbers in the 3-digit or lower range were recycled, so there are multiple sets that need to be cataloged with the same number. The "-X" is a way to distinguish between them (and also a way to allow you to name any computer files using just the set number). By default, the first instance is always a "-1", but if you're trying to turn set numbers into links by using the pound sign, the "-1" has to be omitted or it'll break the link. "-2" or higher has to be added, or the link will simply direct to the "-1" version instead.

Set numbers are now in the 5-digit range. There's a blanket ban on recycling set numbers, and any numbers in the 4-digit or lower range have been permanently retired, even if they were never used. Any "-2" or higher going forward will be for a different reason. Sometimes revisions have to be made to a set after it has entered production. In the case of 79104, these changes were so significant that Bricklink actually split the original and revised versions off into their own listings, as "-2" and "-3" respectively. There are also cases where a set may be packaged differently but still released under the original set number, so this can also be useful for differentiating between the base set and the version that's packed with an exclusive item.

Number 7 in that series was my first ever big Lego set. I was barely 3 years old. And I loved it to death.

@paulvdb @CCC @PurpleDave
Thank you, appreciate the info!

@kdu2814: Never thought of the "statue angle", but it does explain why his bigger than the truck...and as big as the house...half the height of the windmill...wait: if he's a statue, where are the people that put him there...:)

Also, still miss those wheels; and connective blocks there to...

I only thought of the statue angle in response to your comment ;)
It probably is a giant, and probably ate all the people; Europe loves their fairytales and folklore ;)