Lego Basic Building Set 320 Vintage 1985 - RARE!


The round tape seal on the box is separated, but the box is factory sealed - the set is unopened and NEW. The box has some minor wear. All of this will be apparent when you view the photos. Note that the original price tag is still on the box!


Some background...


"Basic" was one of LEGO's main product lines that made use of Systembricks and consisted of sets that solely focused on the building aspect of LEGO. The sets were mainly composed of simple, basic LEGO Systembricks and contained only few, if any, of the highly specialized pieces that could be found in LEGO's minifigure-compatible playthemes such as Spaceor Town. Other than the sets of these themes, Basic sets contained instructions and ideas for more than one main model and stirred the creativity by using simple pieces with a high reuse value. The main purpose was to inspire children to make their own models with these bricks and to introduce young children to normal LEGO playthemes.

The theme evolved from the series of Universal Building Sets and was introduced in 1985, when the name "Basic" first appeared in catalogs and on boxes. The theme was replaced with the similar FreeStyle line in 1996, until it was discontinued in 1998 and "Basic" was brought back temporarily. In 2001, it was eventually superseded by "Creator" and "Designer".


An intriguing recent article from CNBC about LEGO...


Is Lego a better investment than gold?

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You might want to think about making Lego part of your portfolio.

Sets of the popular children's toys have increased in value by 12 percent each year since 2012, while gold has only generated a 9.8 percent return for investors, according to The Telegraph.

These plastic building bricks aren't just for kids. The secondary market for Lego sets is booming, with 2014 models already selling online for 36 percent more than their original prices.

"The neat thing is that all sets are retired at some point, and several hundred are retired each year a movie run ends, a license expires or the Lego company wants to refresh its range," Ed Maciorowski, founder of BrickPicker.com, told The Telegraph. "That means anyone with a set at home — large or small, it doesn't matter — could have quite an investment on their hands if it's in good condition, as this stuff appreciates very well in value."


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