Note: Released in late 1968, not 1967. This is corroborated by newspapers and form numbers. It was available in late 1968, late 1969, late 1970, and late 1971, fulfilling a few months into the following year.
Note: Released in late 1968, not 1967. This is corroborated by newspapers and form numbers. It was available in late 1968, late 1969, and late 1970, fulfilling a few months into the following year.
Note: Released in late 1968, not 1967. This is corroborated by newspapers and form numbers. It was available in late 1968, late 1969, and late 1970(though no longer appeared on the Velveeta box), fulfilling a few months into the following year.
Note: Released in late 1968, not 1967. This is corroborated by newspapers and form numbers. It was available in late 1968, late 1969, and late 1970(though no longer appeared on the Velveeta box), fulfilling a few months into the following year.
Note: Released in late 1968, not 1967. This is corroborated by newspapers and form numbers. It was available in late 1968, late 1969, and late 1970(though no longer appeared on the Velveeta box), fulfilling a few months into the following year.
Note: Released in late 1968, not 1967. This is corroborated by newspapers and form numbers. It was available in late 1968, late 1969, and late 1970(though no longer appeared on the Velveeta box), fulfilling a few months into the following year.
Note: Released in 1972, not 1971. The earliest appearance of the Imagination Sets are in Good Housekeeping (August & September 1972). The same inaccuracy is shared with the following sets: 102-2 Imagination Set 2, 103-2 Imagination Set 3, 104-2 Imagination Set 4, 105-3 Imagination Set 5. It should also be noted there are two different box styles, both from 1972. The version with the small Samsonite logo came first, and the large Samsonite logo version came later, likely to differentiate Samsonite’s LEGO from LEGO’s imported sets that began in 1972.
Note: Released in 1972, not 1971. The earliest appearance of the Imagination Sets are in Good Housekeeping (August & September 1972). The same inaccuracy is shared with the following sets: 102-2 Imagination Set 2, 103-2 Imagination Set 3, 104-2 Imagination Set 4, 105-3 Imagination Set 5. It should also be noted there are two different box styles, both from 1972. The version with the small Samsonite logo came first, and the large Samsonite logo version came later, likely to differentiate Samsonite’s LEGO from LEGO’s imported sets that began in 1972.
Note: Released in 1972, not 1971. The earliest appearance of the Imagination Sets are in Good Housekeeping (August & September 1972). The same inaccuracy is shared with the following sets: 102-2 Imagination Set 2, 103-2 Imagination Set 3, 104-2 Imagination Set 4, 105-3 Imagination Set 5. It should also be noted there are two different box styles, both from 1972. The version with the small Samsonite logo came first, and the large Samsonite logo version came later, likely to differentiate Samsonite’s LEGO from LEGO’s imported sets that began in 1972.
Note: Released in 1972, not 1971. The earliest appearance of the Imagination Sets are in Good Housekeeping (August & September 1972). The same inaccuracy is shared with the following sets: 102-2 Imagination Set 2, 103-2 Imagination Set 3, 104-2 Imagination Set 4, 105-3 Imagination Set 5. It should also be noted there are two different box styles, both from 1972. The version with the small Samsonite logo came first, and the large Samsonite logo version came later, likely to differentiate Samsonite’s LEGO from LEGO’s imported sets that began in 1972.
Note: Released in 1972, not 1971. The earliest appearance of the Imagination Sets are in Good Housekeeping (August & September 1972). The same inaccuracy is shared with the 102 Imagination Set 2, 103 Imagination Set 3, 104 Imagination Set 4, 105 Imagination Set 5. It should also be noted there are two different box styles, both from 1972. The version with the small Samsonite logo came first, and the large Samsonite logo version came later, likely to differentiate Samsonite’s LEGO from LEGO’s imported sets that began in 1972.
Note: Released in early 1970, not 1969. The set was not only advertising LEGOLAND, but also Make-a-Model contests Samsonite hosted from late 1968-1972, the box specifically says “Enter the next Lego ‘Make-a-Model’ contest”. Winners for the 1968 contest were announced in early 1969, but the set cannot predate the late 1969 article where the image on the front and text derive from: New York Sunday Times, September 28th, 1969. The 102 first appeared in early 1970, corresponding with the late 1969 origin of the LEGOLAND image and the end of the 1969 Make-a-Model contest in early 1970: The Sunday Oregonian, April 26th, 1970 (Page 236).
Note: First appears in 1969: The Boston Globe, November 9th, 1969 (Page 415). Its box design (with tabbed ends and tray) could not predate 1969 for the US market.
Note: Sears exclusive version of the 310 Motorized Truck Set which released in 1968. Does not appear in the 1967 Sears wishbook. It is freely available online to double check.
Note: The 695's pamphlet shows the prototype 1965 line. Its form number is 2407, which places its preparation in 1968, which is later than its earliest appearance: The Peninsula Times Tribune, August 25th, 1966 (Page 10). I assume it to have intended to have been 2107(which makes sense considering a numpad's layout), which would also correlate with it showing unfinished boxes. It was a means by which Samsonite dumped inventory from the 1961-65 supplements before the release of the 1966 line. Its pamphlet also advertised the 610 Super Wheel Toy, which was only available for 1964-65. The numbering scheme(based on the $6.95 original retail price) is also a 1961-64 practice, 1965+ sets did not continue that. Hence the 1965 release date for the 695.
Note: The 615 could not have predated 1965. Its box design did not exist in the US until the 1965 season and it did appear in any pre-1965 ephemera. It first appears among the other drawer/sleeve 1965 sets in the 1965 Dealer Catalog.
Note: This set could not have predated 1965. Its box design did not exist in the US until the 1965 season and it did appear in any pre-1965 ephemera. It first appears among the other drawer/sleeve 1965 sets: The Grand Rapids Press, December 3rd, 1965 (Page 64)
Note: The 093 was a USA promotional set from 1965-68. The colorful box version dates to 1967-68. Two sources are known: Parade Magazine, September 29th, 1968 and through P&G(in a plain box) sometime 1965-67. Other sources are possible. The 1965 date is definitive as the pamphlet that comes with the set has a form number from 1965(B-2187), and it was created as a direct replacement of the promotional 702 Special Introductory Set (which also had 93 pieces, same models, etc.) which was used from 1963-64. USA only.
Note: An appearance of the 021 in 1965: The Ann Arbor News, November 19th, 1965 (Page 16). Also, if possible, add to the description that the 021 only sold in the US, Canada continued to carry the 605 Wheel Toy(as the 021 was the direct successor to the 605). If not, no worries, I will submit a separate request later.
Note: Originally released in 1965 as a trial offer set advertised through brochures targeted at parents. It was intended to reach families that were unfamiliar with LEGO, hence the "discovery" name. It was carried out through Imaginations Inc from 1965-67, though the 1966 & 1967 brochures omit that name. The trail offer ended in 1967 and the set released for general retail in the same year.
Note: The 004 is identified here through the $19.95 price: The Lima News, December 5th, 1965 (Page 3). That is just one 1965 example. The 004 is also not the same assortment as the 704. The 704 had 704 pieces, and the 004 had 670.
Note: The flat box variant was only produced for the 1961 season. By 1962, the 705 tall box had released in both countries: Hartford Courant, November 25th, 1962 (Page 173)
