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Set Value (New/Sealed)

This chart represents the current new/sealed value of the set Basic Building Set since June 1976. Medium accuracy
LEGO 40 Basic Building Set was a 258 piece Basic set released in 1976. It was the European version and released in Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The current value for a new and sealed Basic Building Set is estimated at $251 with an average yearly gain of about 6%. The current used prices for Basic Building Set can be found in the range of $66 and $81 depending on the set's condition, with an average price of $68 if it is in good overall condition.
Basic Building Set is an extremely old and very rare LEGO set. We have not seen set 40-1 currently for sale online or in the hundreds of retail stores in good/new condition in over 748 days. Because of the rarity of this hard to find set the current estimated value of $251.22 might actually be much lower than the true value, assuming this set can be found for sale.Because Basic Building Set is a very old set from 1976, finding it in a sealed and good condition might be difficult thus making the true value even that much higher.

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About Basic

The LEGO Basic theme, which began in the 1970s, was designed to be a more general, non-thematic series of sets. Unlike the themed sets that revolve around specific stories, characters, or concepts (e.g., space, city, or pirates), the Basic theme provided a collection of standard LEGO bricks and pieces, often in a variety of colors. The goal was to encourage free building and creativity without the confines of a specific theme or narrative.
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Basic Sets are the basis of any LEGO collection. The contents are so varied that children can build whatever they imagine. And if they need some inspiration they can find it in pictures on the boxes. Unlike Basic Sets the Model Sets are designed to build a particular model from simple instructions. But imagination will create other models from the same bricks.
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