LEGO 1967 / Classic / Wooden Box Set Sets

LEGO Classic Wooden Box Sets were among the first construction sets introduced by the company. They typically contained a variety of bricks and, in some cases, baseplates or other elements. The bricks in these sets were made of plastic, but the packaging was wooden, reflecting the company's transition from its roots as a wooden toy manufacturer to a primarily plastic one. These wooden boxes are now considered rare collector's items, representing an early era in LEGO's history.

1967 LEGO Sets

In 1967, LEGO began to better define and redefine how LEGO sets were scaled. This was an important change that we still see in modern LEGO sets today. During the 1960’s the size of LEGO sets and scale of the models had changed, mostly growing larger over time. With the mid 60's introduction of model sets, known as Model Makers in the US, these sets were based, not on the 1:87 scale of the Town Plan, but on the larger scale of the 2 x 2 wheel. The train sets introduced in the previous year and a series of truck models in 1967 were also designed around the 2 x 2 wheel and from that point on all new development was based on this larger scale. The LEGO System had changed from the loosely scaled Town Plan to a larger, and much more consistent, scale. A scale that integrated nearly all the sets and one that is close to the mini-fig scale of today.