In 1949 LEGO released 3 Mursten sets. The largest Mursten set from 1949 was
700 Gift Package with a piece count of 202 and a retail price of $3.00.
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.
1949 LEGO Sets
1949 was the first official year of the LEGO Group creation of the brick. LEGO, founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in this year only released a few sets including the two icon wooden LEGO toys the LEGO Tractor and the Wooden Abacus. It was also the first year LEGO released sets with plastic bricks known as the Automatic Binding Brick. Three brick Gift Sets were released in 1949 and most were sold for the next decade under the set number 700s.