Vintage set of the week: Building Set, 3+

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Building Set, 3+

Building Set, 3+

©1977 LEGO Group

This week's vintage set is 112 Building Set, 3+, released during 1977. It's one of 9 Universal Building Set sets produced that year. It contains 200 pieces.

It's owned by 166 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.


19 comments on this article

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By in Canada,

LEGO: the toy that knows no consistent scale.

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By in United States,

Yes

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By in United States,

@MeisterDad: As I've pointed out before, say what you will about scaling issues in minifig-scale sets, at least they can get through the front doors of their houses.

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By in United States,

I’m not sure I want to know where the Best Mallard is supposed to carry the wedding ring.

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By in Canada,

RUN PAL, YOU"RE DANCIN" WITH A SHARK...AND SHE"S GOT A GIANT DUCK...

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By in Turkey,

Vintage sets, where the figures are giant and the doors are tiny.

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By in New Zealand,

@Lego_lord said:
"Vintage sets, where the figures are giant and the doors are tiny."

don't forget the tiny cars!

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By in United Kingdom,

@PurpleDave said:
"I’m not sure I want to know where the Best Mallard is supposed to carry the wedding ring."

You know I’ve seen things that advertise hiring an owl to be your ring bearer, have it swoop majestically down the aisle to deliver it.

Cannot imagine that working as well with a duck

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By in United Kingdom,

@Lego_lord said:
"Vintage sets, where the figures are giant and the doors are tiny."

The doors are just further away

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By in United States,

The duck looks on, plotting his revenge for his date being stolen...

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By in Netherlands,

@Lego_lord said:
"Vintage sets, where the figures are giant and the doors are tiny."

Modern sets, where the chihuahua are giant and the doors are tiny : 40583: Houses of the World 1

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By in Netherlands,

Anatidaephobia: the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

Those two are so busy dancing they won't even have the time to have their anatidaephobia go off on them. Must be nice.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

And that's why we have minifigures since 1978. Homemaker figures tried to survive beyond that, but they didn't stand a chance.

Anyway, anyone want a 1551 or 7870 or Duck-1 or 40030 or 40031 or 40377 or 40501 or 60333 or 31044 or 852985 or 852995 or-

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By in United States,

@MCLegoboy said:
"The duck looks on, plotting his revenge for his date being stolen..."

Or this is a depiction of the climax of one of the Spectre stories from his 1970s Adventure Comics run.

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By in United States,

@Binnekamp said:
"852995"

Huh. I'd never heard of that one. It claims to have 15 pieces, including 3x yellow unprinted 2x2 bricks, but the image shows the center duck/chick doesn't use one. Anyways, Bricklink lists the release date as 2010, which means it probably came out during the first quarter sometime as an Easter "set". We didn't get our LEGO Store until October 2010.

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By in Australia,

I received this set with its earlier number 30

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By in United States,

Both of my boxes say 1976. However, one says 185 pieces, and the other says 203 pieces. Bizarre! The pictures on both boxes are identical; front and back.

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By in United States,

I have this set with box on display in my Lego themed office. It was my wife’s when she was a kid. Very cool to mix old with new.

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