In 1968 LEGO released 7 Trains sets. The largest Trains set from 1968 was
118-2 Small Train Set with a piece count of 451 and a retail price of $15.50. The current estimated value of all these Trains sets from this year is about $6,657.33 which represents a 6579% growth.
LEGO Trains is one of the longer running themes that dates back from 1966 and ran up until 2006. During its run there were multiple sets released running on various power platforms from 4.5volt, to 9 and 12 volt sets. Later in 2011 LEGO released additional train sets using RC and Power Functions controllers under different themes like City.
1968 LEGO Sets
1968 LEGO began phasing in yet another box design. This new design consisted entirely of “idea book”-like images on the front and back. The now familiar LEGO logo was relegated to the side of the box. In many ways it was similar to the box design used by Samsonite for several years. This was a transition year for LEGO with its change ion the new scaling we saw a number of Basic sets adapting this modern scale and older sets with smaller scales being phased out.