In 1971 LEGO released 5 Minitalia sets. The largest Minitalia set from 1971 was
5-4 Large House Set with a piece count of 307 and a retail price of $9.50. The current estimated value of all these Minitalia sets from this year is about $3,889.51 which represents a 20579.4% growth.
LEGO Minitalia was a theme produced and available only in Italy and was available from 1970 to 1976. Minitalia was a licensee of LEGO similar to how Samsonite was here in the US and was created becuase the Italian Parliment restricted the import of LEGO so LEGO responded with their own Italian manufacturing subsidiary, LEGO Minitalia.. Minitalia consited of 21 sets in all.
1971 LEGO Sets
In 1971, LEGO expanded specifically to the girls market. While in the past LEGO marketed all of its models to both boys and girls alike, it was not until 1971 that LEGO produced furniture pieces and dollhouses for girls specifically. LEGO also continued to produce new sets for the Italian Minitalia brand as well as introduce new parts such as the 1x8x2 arch bricks which were first introduced that year.