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Well although the way anniversaries and birthdays are identified, the 65th year of LEGO won't be until 2014... but this year 2013 is the start of the 65th year that LEGO was actually produced... with 1949 being year 1. Up until just a few weeks ago, I couldn't give you a complete idea of what the very first LEGO sets actually looked like... just box top images that were always thought to be cardboard boxes (as even the TLG archives and collections thought). But recent evidence proved otherwise... and the first 3 basic sets (700/1, 700/2 and 700/3) were made of wood instead of cardboard. And until now we weren't even sure that parts packs were part of the 1949 introduction... but it appears that there were 2 parts packs from the very beginning. Here's an image of the middle sized basic set in wood (all 3 sets had the same box top image), along with the first 2 spare parts packs... one with 12 2x2 and 12 2x4 bricks, and the other with 9 early windows and 3 early doors. Also included is part of one of 4 pages of the first 1949 LEGO leaflet/catalog (that mentions the 3 sets pictured below, along with their contents). A unique item that came with these basic sets were 2 art cards (see next post). The next iteration of my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide (on DVD/download as E-Book)... will have this image in it in Chapter 2 - LEGO Automatic Binding Bricks (1949-54). Those folks who ordered the current DVD/download (or have it)... will receive a new upgrade every 6 months FREE of charge. I will likely go from 2,800 pages to almost 3,000 pages by the first upgrade (both PC and MAC compatible). Still available in the Eurobricks bazaar or elsewhere...
