Classic covers the earliest LEGO school sets, dated 1960 to 1965, well before the Dacta name existed. The oldest is 700K Kindergarten Set from 1960. It came in a wooden box with a sliding lid and holds basic bricks, slopes, transparent bricks, a green 10 x 20 baseplate and a red garage door. 700L from 1961 and 90 Educational Box from 1965 are the wooden boxes sold empty for storage. The three Terapi sets of 1965, numbered 91, 92 and 93, also came in wooden boxes and were sold in Denmark, Norway and Finland, then in Germany in 1974. Each had a twin without the box, numbered 94, 95 and 96.
1960 LEGO Sets
1960 was both a turning point and a trial for LEGO. A warehouse fire destroyed most of the company’s wooden toy inventory, prompting a full shift to plastic production and the LEGO System of Play. New Basic sets debuted with distinct box artwork, replacing earlier generic packaging. LEGO Finland and LEGO Netherlands were founded, and marketing efforts expanded sharply with new advertising campaigns, solidifying LEGO’s focus on the brick as its core identity.