1979 / Fabuland

In 1979 LEGO released 15 Fabuland sets. The largest Fabuland set from 1979 was 347-3 Hospital Lucy Lamb and Charlie Cat Visit Dr. Dog with a piece count of 205 and a retail price of $34.49. The current estimated value of all these Fabuland sets from this year is about $4,228.88 which represents a 2955% growth.

The Fabuland theme included sets that depicted the land of Fabuland and introduced Fabuland Figures, characters with human-like bodies with various animal heads. Fabuland was the first LEGO theme to introduce named characters that focused around a story and was the first LEGO theme to feature licensed products such as storybooks, playing cards, children’s clothing and animated TV series to enhance the playing experience through storytelling and role play. The FABULAND figures have heads of a mammal, a reptile or a bird sometimes topped by a peaked hat, and arms and legs with motion very similar to LEGO minifigures.