In 1978 LEGO released 5 Homemaker sets. The largest Homemaker set from 1978 was
232 Bungalow with a piece count of 445 and a retail price of $11.99. The current estimated value of all these Homemaker sets from this year is about $2,201.58 which represents a 5725.8% growth.
LEGO Homemaker was a theme introduced in 1971 designed to appeal primarily to girls and centered on domestic and suburban life-based settings. The larger of the Homemaker sets could be assembled to build complete room settings of a house, including a kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedrooms while smaller sets could build models of other household fixtures. The sets are known for using Homemaker figures built using standard LEGO bricks.
1978 LEGO Sets
In 1978, LEGO released several new sets and themes, including the LEGO City theme, which expanded upon the city sets released in previous years and introduced new models of public transportation such as buses and taxis.