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LEGO Mursten / Basic Sets

Basic Set is a subtheme of Mursten that consists of 6 sets that ran from 1954 to 1956. Most sets were released in 1956 which accounted for 5 sets. As of today, the average annual growth of sets in Mursten Basic Set is approximately 11.4% per year.
Most valuable Mursten Basic Set set
700-12 Automatic Binding Bricks $5,111.24
Highest growth Mursten Basic Set set
700-5-2 Gift Package +290748.00%
LEGO Mursten, produced between 1949 and 1953, were the first plastic building blocks by the LEGO Group. These early sets, known as LEGO Basic Sets, included simple, hollow rectangular bricks without the modern stud-and-tube locking mechanism. Sold primarily in Denmark and a few European countries, these sets laid the groundwork for the modern LEGO system. In 1953, the Mursten evolved into "Automatic Binding Bricks," featuring an improved design that eventually led to the patented stud-and-tube system in 1958, which greatly enhanced the stability and versatility of LEGO constructions.
6 sets

700-2-3 Gift Package

Theme / Subtheme Mursten / Basic Set
Year 1956
Availability Retired
700-2-3 LEGO Gift Package
Retail $3.25

700-2-1 Gift Package

Theme / Subtheme Mursten / Basic Set
Year 1956
Availability Retired
700-2-1 LEGO Gift Package
Retail $3.50

700-3-2 Gift Package

Theme / Subtheme Mursten / Basic Set
Year 1956
Availability Retired
700-3-2 LEGO Gift Package
Retail $2.50
Value $3,042.16
Growth  +121586.4%
Annual growth 10.9%

700-4-3 Gift Package

Theme / Subtheme Mursten / Basic Set
Year 1956
Availability Retired
700-4-3 LEGO Gift Package
Retail $1.50
Value $2,681.33
Growth  +178655.3%
Annual growth 11.5%

700-5-2 Gift Package

Theme / Subtheme Mursten / Basic Set
Year 1956
Availability Retired
700-5-2 LEGO Gift Package
Retail $1.25
Value $3,635.60
Growth  +290748.0%
Annual growth 12.3%

700-12 Automatic Binding Bricks

Theme / Subtheme Mursten / Basic Set
Year 1954
Pieces 142
Availability Retired
700-12 LEGO Automatic Binding Bricks
Retail $2.00
Value $5,111.24
Growth  +255462.0%
Annual growth 11.7%

Subtheme Pricing

Retail
$14.00   (for all 6 sets)
New/Sealed
Value
~$14,470.33
Annual growth
+11.38%
Used
Value
$1,754.60

Yearly Pricing

Sets
Retail
Value
1956
5
$12.00
~$9,359
1954
1
$2.00
$5,111.24

Community Stats

The following are the top 6 most owned sets by collectors in Mursten Basic Set.
#1Automatic Binding Bricks
#2Gift Package
#3Gift Package
#4Gift Package
#5Gift Package
#6Gift Package

About LEGO Mursten

LEGO Mursten is based on the original Automatic Binding Bricks from 1949. In 1952 the LEGO Group decided that they needed a more descriptive name for their brick sets and added the phrase LEGO Mursten, which translates to 'LEGO bricks' to the existing and new boxes, and in 1953 the sets were renamed simply LEGO Mursten.

From 1951–1955 LEGO Mursten was sold as Gift Sets, Supplementary sets and even as single pieces. And these were packaged in no less than three completely different box styles, each overlapping the other. Due to the LEGO Mursten rebranding, LEGO saw a dramatic spike in plastic toys sales in 1952 and by 1953 they accounted for nearly half of the company’s revenue. Despite this success with the Automatic Binding bricks sets they were were still not selling very well. At most, they accounted for less than 10% of total sales and in 1952 LEGO decided that they needed a more descriptive name and added the phrase LEGO Mursten to the boxes and in 1953 the sets were renamed simply LEGO Mursten.