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LEGO Town Plan 50th Anniversary Set Includes Three Golden Bricks
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 7:25 AM on January 29, 2008
As we told you early this morning in our graphic timeline, today the amazing LEGO brick has turned 50 and the company is commemorating it with the Town Plan, a US$149.99 special edition of the classic set, with a 1950s gas station, town hall and gas station. And on top of that, three unique 2 x 2 golden bricks. See if you can identify the young Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen in the original Town Plan box shot. [LEGO]
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clarkjw
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
fwiw, i was the first person to propose blue base plates as ocean settings for the lego universe when visiting the factory, while i was staying with my father in springfield MA. I was 9
clarkjw
PeteUALaw
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
Count me in for this one... I still have the sets I put together as a child... and they are still assembled. However lately, I've gotten into the model team ones (i.e. statue of liberty, semi truck.. etc..)
PeteUALaw
dhcaldwell
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
@werk: That totally looks like Hill Valley circa 1955. "Marty!!!!"
dhcaldwell
DeadWriter
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
All of us here are
goldbricking when we should be working.
DeadWriter
xint
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
My GI-Joes always killed all my Lego guys and destroyed all my Lego buildings so I just lost interest.
:0(
xint
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
Leave it to Gizmodo to revive my love affair with Lego.
Kaiser-Machead
gokor
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
No way!!! Velvet ropes at the movie theater. Awesome.
gokor
Cyborg28
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
Is this what the original lego sets looked like (obviously w/o the people)? They don't look dated at all!
Cyborg28
werk
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
hmm...this + model DeLorean + some wire + lightning storm...I can send Lego man back to 1985.
werk
Cyborg28
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
"1950s gas station, town hall and gas station" I think you mean Cinema :)
Cyborg28
Yeebles
Posted 8:16 AM 29/1/08
I love Lego. I remeber all my town stuff from back in 1996
Yeebles
William Mize
Posted 9:16 AM 29/1/08
Pfft.
That stuff is for sissies.
Call me when the put out the C'thulu Lego set.
[www.brickshelf.com]
Now that's good Lego!
William Mize
killthebabysitter
Posted 9:16 AM 29/1/08
so thats what 50 year old virgin looks like. interesting.
killthebabysitter
ninjagin
Posted 9:16 AM 29/1/08
Aye. I, too, would like a 'Falcon report.
ninjagin
freakshow1
Posted 9:16 AM 29/1/08
Mr. Diaz, an update on the Falcon please.... With sugar on top?
freakshow1
grayskyz
Posted 9:16 AM 29/1/08
I saw this in the lego store in downtown disney yesterday but, never noticed the gold bricks. I only popped in there to replace my well worn chewbacca lego keychain:
[cache.lego.com]
grayskyz
ludwigk
Posted 11:16 AM 29/1/08
Towards the 'end' of my lego period as a child, I would build things out of my lego collection to support my other hobbies. For instance, I built a kickass gameboy cart and accessories holder, and a NES cartridge holder that held about 11 games.
The best part was you could have all your other lego people crawling all over them going about their business.
My GF and I recently got a couple of starwars lego sets, just the mini droid army pack and clone wars storm trooper pack. Maybe we could have intergalactic warfare in downtown legoville... Muahahaha!
ludwigk
strider_mt2k
Posted 11:16 AM 29/1/08
I happen to know that Jesus and Brian are going to give us something special with the 'Falcon, but that's just because I read around.
I'm totally pulling out the box and building something cool tonight after dinner to honor this historic anniversary.
All the best, Lego!
May you always have enough pieces, and in the right color!
strider_mt2k
akmed
Posted 11:16 AM 29/1/08
LMAO, that pic is hillarious!!
*grabs some legos...
akmed
chopstickhero
Posted 11:16 AM 29/1/08
all my lego buildings were trashed when i was a kid by my older brother. but i loved rebuilding them. it was so much fun.
chopstickhero
Palestina
Posted 12:16 PM 29/1/08
Beautiful set, classy. BTW the new Technic catalog is amazing.
Palestina
shawnladd
Posted 12:16 PM 29/1/08
With KKK for initials, I don't know if he's the right poster boy (man) for LEGO.
shawnladd
freakshow1
Posted 3:16 PM 29/1/08
My daughter just got her forst st and we build spaceships all the time. A great toy..
freakshow1
Gizmog
Posted 5:16 PM 29/1/08
I must have this set.
Lately, I've been wanting to get back into LEGO, and I've been sort of torn between focusing on the City or Castle themes (or, for a Double Nerd Score, the Harry Potter sets). But I think this set might have just made up my mind. But still...$150...what I would give to NOT be a broke college student right now. :-(
Gizmog
Mobius
Posted 3:17 AM 30/1/08
I got some gold 2x4 bricks with an anniversary edition tub. They are pretty cool looking.
Mobius
grimorg80
Posted 3:17 AM 30/1/08
Damn, the cinema is cooool!!
grimorg80
fsusmithc2
Posted 3:17 AM 30/1/08
@Gizmog:
Credit cards my friend. They call to you. So easy to get, so hard to quit. Mwah ha ha.
Speaking of... time to run to Toys R Us or WalMart after work and grab me a Lego set to commemorate this event.
If crap like this keeps up I'll never pay off my credit cards! But it sure is fun though. :P
fsusmithc2
ry_ry
Posted 5:15 PM 30/1/08
Oh wow, that's great! It's tempting me...
The next time I'm at my parent's house, I'm bringing some back with me. How did I never think to decorate with Legos????
ry_ry
f0rge
Posted 5:15 PM 30/1/08
that's pretty badass, i cant to have kids so i can start playing with this stuff again
f0rge
Ben Zvan
Posted 5:16 AM 31/1/08
Anybody else notice the gender ratio in that town? Looks like only one of those LEGO guys is gettin' lucky.
Ben Zvan