About LEGO Classic Supplemental
Supplemental sets are the parts packs of the 1960s, sold so that builders could add to a basic set the bits they needed most. They held windows and doors in frames, plates in several sizes, corner bricks, gates and fences, turntables, wheels with axles and train couplers. Many of these parts were new at the time, and the packs were often the first way to get them, like the wheels LEGO introduced in 1962.
1964 LEGO Sets
1964 brought major innovations in both product and presentation. LEGO introduced full-color instruction manuals with isometric diagrams, replacing box-top model photos and ushering in the modern instruction format. The first new Basic sets, 040 and 050, replaced the long-running 700/x series, expanding scale and part variety. LEGO also opened a manufacturing facility in Hohenwestedt, Germany, strengthening European production. That same year, LEGO appeared at the New York World’s Fair within Denmark’s national pavilion, featuring exclusive promotional sets.