1997

Class 4

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Events

• The number of LEGO Group employees reaches 9,500, its peak.
• The first LEGO computer game, LEGO Island, is released on September 26.
• The first minifigure designed outside of the LEGO Group, 2181 Infomaniac, is released.
• The first fiber-optic elements are introduced.
• A container ship with 4,756,940 LEGO pieces were hit by a huge wave west of England, dumping the pieces into the sea.

Themes introduced or discontinued

• Fright Knights, a sub-theme of Castle, is introduced.
• UFO, a sub-theme of Space, is introduced.
• Divers, a sub-theme of Town is introduced, then discontinued.
• Outback, a sub-theme of Town is introduced, then discontinued.
• Roboforce, a sub-theme of Space, is introduced, then discontinued.
• Aquaraiders, a sub-theme of Aquazone, is introduced, then discontinued.
• Wild West is discontinued.
• Exploriens is discontinued.
• Paradisa is discontinued.
• Pirates is paused until 2009

Sets introduced

Aquaraiders

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2160	Crystal Scavenger	105	Scavenger Sam	$15.00	1997
	2161	Aqua Dozer	131	Rocky the Reef Wrecker	$25.00	1997
	2162	Hydro Reef Wrecker	279	Scavenger Sam, Rocky the Reef Wrecker	$40.00	1997

Basic

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	624	9v Basic Motor	27			1997
No image	638	3+ Bulk Bricks	404			1996
	639	5+ Bulk Bricks	400			1997
	1777	Airplane	10			1997
	1778	Boat	9			1997
	1779	Seaplane	10			1997
	1823	Sailboat	10			1997
	1825	Racing Car	19			1997
	1826	Aeroplane	19			1997
	1859	Aeroplane	9			1997
	1867	Medium Bulk Bucket	400		$15.99	1997
	2135	Airplane	9			1997
	2136	Airplane	11			1997
	2137	Glade Runner	8			Promotional
	2138	Helicopter	8			1997
	2163	Toucan Bird	9			1997
	2164	Whale	9			1997
	2167	Penguin	8			1997
	2186	Color Line Promotional Set	73	1		1997
	2187	Color Line Promotional Set	60	1		1997
	2188	Color Line Promotional Set	56	1		1997
	2195	Small Bucket	228			1997
	4055	Value Bucket	322		$10.00	1997
	4128	XL Value Bucket	651	3		1997
	4129	Trial Size Bag	27		$1.50	1997

Belville

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	5821	Pamela's Picnic Time	10	Pamela		1997
	5822	Jennifer and Foal	7	Jennifer		1997
	5853	Lucinda and Cressida	5	Lucinda		1997
	5854	Pony Trekking	47	2 Belville Figures		1997
	5855	Riding Stables	148	3 Belville Figures		1997
	5874	Nursery	62	3 Belville Figures		1997

Clothing

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
No image	1126	LEGO Royal Knights T-Shirt	1			1997
No image	1128	Launch Command T-Shirt
No image	1129	LEGO Mania T-Shirt
No image	1130	LEGO Explorien T-shirt
No image	1132	LEGO Maniac Hat
No image	1134	LEGO Adventure T-Shirt
No image	1135	Roboforce T-Shirt
	TS1134	LEGO Adventure T-shirt	1		$14.00	1997

Dacta

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	9267	Doors and Windows	156		$18.00	1997
	9366	Town Set	413	9	$67.00	1997
	9453	Universal School Set	716		$73.75	1997
	9630	Simple Mechanisms Set	277		$79.99	1997

DUPLO

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
No image	GA06	DUPLO Memory Card Game 1	24			1997
	1783	Primo Rattle	2			1997
No image	1787	Primo Polybag	2			1997
	2121	FreeStyle Polybag	11			1997
	2122	FreeStyle Polybag	14			1997
	2123	FreeStyle Polybag	12			1997
	1739	Penguin	8			1997
	1781	Dinosaur Babies	90		$20.00	1997
	2010	Baby Walker	14	1		1997
	2081	Small Stack-n-Learn	6			1997
No image	2083	Medium Stack-n-Learn	9	1 Primo figure	$8.00	1997
	2087	Polly Parrot Storage Bird	18			1997
	2085	Storage Frog	13			1997
	2089	X-Large Gift Set	24			1997
	2093	Ladybird	1		$2.99	1997
	2094	Duck in Travel House	2			1997
	2095	Roll 'n Play	2			1997
	2096	Rock 'N' Stack	6			1997
	2097	Caterpillar	3			1997
	2098	Play Boat	3			1997
	2099	Shape Sorter	7			1997
No image	2124	Medium Bucket	39			1997
	2127	FreeStyle Polybag	13			1997
No image	2242	Extra Bricks	50			1997
No image	2245	Farmhouse Bucket	46			1997
No image	2247	Extra Bricks	99			1997
No image	2251	Large Basic Set	72			1997
No image	2252	Basic Cannister Set	36			1997
	2261	Small Basic Set		1 DUPLO Figures		1997
	2262	Medium Basic Set	19	1 DUPLO Figures		1997
	2264	Value Bucket		1 DUPLO Figures		1997
	2265	Large Puppy Clearpack				1997
	2266	Extra Large Value Bucket	91	2	$19.99	1997
	2601	T-Rex Dinosaurs	7			1997
	2602	Dinosaurs Family Home	29	2 DUPLO Figures		1997
	2603	Dinosaurs Tub	70	2		1997
	2604	Dino World	62	4		1997
	2605	Dinosaur Park	46	4		1997
	2606	Dump Truck	7	1 DUPLO Figure		1997
	2607	Catapult Racer	4	1 DUPLO Figure	$4.99	1997
	2673	Motorcycle Patrol	6	DUPLO figure		1996
	2683	Police Station	37	3 DUPLO Figures		1996
	2684	Dinghy	3	1 DUPLO Figure		1997
	2687	Harbour	50	3 DUPLO Figures		1997
	2696	Tractor	9	1 DUPLO Figure	$13.00	1997
	2761	Pony Stable Oval Suitcase	43	2 DUPLO Figures		1997
	2762	Family Fun Playground	49	3 DUPLO Figures		1997
	2791	Playground	33	DUPLO figures (x2)		1996
	2805	Pony Club	15	2 DUPLO Figures		1997
	2806	Dino Friend	4	1 DUPLO Figure		1997
	2851	Medium Dino Bucket	31	1		1997
	2852	Large Dino Bucket	59	2		1997
No image	2935	Fire Truck	37	3		1996
No image	5024	Start/Stop Rail, Straight Rail and Polarity Switch
	9059	DUPLO Theme Building Plates	2		$17.50	1997
	9080	Giant DUPLO Basic Set	310	12	$110.00	1997
	9081	Large DUPLO Basic Set	206	12	$84.75	1997
	9082	DUPLO Basic Vehicles Set	123	10	$50.00	1997
	9085	DUPLO Basic Building Bricks	104		$34.00	1997
	9173	DUPLO Farm	82	5 DUPLO figures	$84.00	1997
	9174	DUPLO Farm Animals	23		$23.50	1997
	9177	DUPLO Community Vehicles	25	7	$32.25	1997
	9178	DUPLO Vehicles - Transportation	32	6	$35.00	1997
	9187	DUPLO Police Station	65	10	$49.50	1997
	9194	Giant DUPLO Dinosaur Set	136			1997
	9195	Large DUPLO Dinosaur Set	71	4 DUPLO Figures		1997
	9196	DUPLO Dinosaurs	8		$20.00	1997
	9280	Giant LEGO Dacta Basic Set	1401		$98.75	1997
No image	9376	LEGO DACTA Castle Set

Fright Knights

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2848	Fright Knights Flying Machine	19	Basil the Bat Lord	$1.99	1997
	2872	Witch's Fireplace	18	Willa the Witch		1997
	6004	Crossbow Cart	20	1	$1.99	1997
	6007	Bat Lord	15	Basil the Bat Lord	$4.49	February, 1997
	6027	Bat Lord's Catapult	51	2	$6.75	1997
	6037	Witch's Windship	59	Willa the Witch	$8.00	1997
	6047	Prison Transport	139	Basil the Bat Lord, Fright Knights Knight (x2)	$19.99	1997
	6087	Witch's Magic Manor	255	Skeleton, Willa the Witch, Knight (x2), Archer, Forestman	$44.00	1997
	6097	Night Lord's Castle	598	Basil the Bat Lord, Willa the Witch, Royal Knight, Knight (Fright Knights), Knight 2 (Fright Knights) (x2), Knight 3 (Fright Knights), Skeleton	$79.99	1997
	6099	Traitor Transport	140	Basil the Bat Lord, Fright Knights Knight (2)		1997

Gear

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
No image	Tim	Key Chain
No image	Alien	Key Chain
No image	Chief	Key Chain
	697	Idea Book				1997

Model Team

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2556	Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Car	580			1997
	5561	Big Foot 4 X 4	761		$88.00	1997

Pirates

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	6204	Buccaneers	31	Pirate Skeleton, Captain Redbeard, Black Jack Hawkins, The Admiral, Captain Valiant	$6.75	1997
	6249	Pirates Ambush	159	2 Pirates and 1 Conquistador	$21.99	1997
	6250	Cross Bone Clipper	151	Captain Redbeard, Pirate (2)		1997
	6281	Pirates Perilous Pitfall	395	Black Jack Hawkins,  Parma Sean LaFeet,  George,  Captain Valiant,  Conquistador,  Skully		1997

Scala

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	3200	Beauty Studio	31	Emma (Scala)		1997
	3201	Living Room	31	Mother (Scala)	$16.50	1997
	3202	Laundry Room	42	Lotte (Scala)		1997
	3203	Girl and Beauty Cabinet	18	Andrea (Scala)	$12.99	1997
	3240	Andrea's Miniature Garden	54	Andrea (Scala)		1997
	3241	Nursery		Thomas (Scala), Kate (Scala)		1997
	3242	Bathroom	76	Andrea (Scala)		1997
	3243	Kitchen	91	Thomas (Scala), Marita (Scala)	$26.50	1997
	3270	Dream Cottage	120	Emma (Scala)		1997
	3290	The Big Family House	265	Thomas (Scala), Marita (Scala), Christian (Scala)		1997
	5400	Bathroom Accessories				1998
	5401	Kitchen Accessories	17			1998

Seasonal

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2878	Santa Claus	16		$1.99	1998

Service Packs

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	5391	9V Battery Box	1		$5.00	1997

Space

Roboforce

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2151	Robo Raider	136	Roboforce Astronaut	$12.00	1997
	2152	Robo Raptor	220	Roboforce Astronaut	$20.00	1997
	2153	Robo Stalker	280	Roboforce Astronaut, Roboforce Astronaut	$30.00	1997
	2154	Robo Master	362	Roboforce Astronaut, Roboforce Astronaut	$36.00	1997

UFO

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	54	U.F.O.Action-Pack	96	Techdroid I (x2), Andy Droid		1997
	2847	UFO Flyer	15	Chamon		1997
	4305	Cyborg Scout	33	Techdroid I	$2.00	1997
	6800	Cyber Blaster	19	Techdroid I	$2.00	1997
	6816	Cyber Blaster	19	Techdroid I	$2.00	1997
	6818	Cyborg Scout	35	Techdroid I	$3.00	1997
	6829	Radon Rover	52	Techdroid I	$5.99	1997
	6836	V-Wing Fighter	39	Andy Droid	$3.00	1997
	6900	Cyber Saucer	113	Commander X	$22.00	1997
	6915	Warp Wing-Fighter	236	Andy Droid, Chamon	$29.99	1997
	6975	Alien Avenger	364	Commander X, Techdroid I, Alpha Draconis, Chamon	$60.00	1997
	6979	Interstellar Starfighter	292	Alpha Draconis, Chamon, Andy Droid	$80.00	1997
	6999	Cyber Saucer	109	Commander X	$20.00	1997

TECHNIC

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2129	Blast-Off Dragster	63			1997
	8205	Bungee Blaster	63		$6.99	1997
	8215	Gyro Copter	108		$7.99	1997
	8216	Turbo 1	97			1997
	8222	V-TOL	141	TECHNIC Figure		1997
	8229	Tread Trekker	185	TECHNIC Figure	$21.99	1997
	8232	Chopper Force	280	1 TECHNIC Figure	$24.99	1997
	8250	Search Sub	376	1	$49.99	1997
	8277	Giant Model Set	554		$39.99	1997
	8299	Search Sub w/CDROM	376	TECHNIC Figure	$49.99	1997
	8414	Mountain Rambler	244		$29.99	1997
	8437	Future Car / Sahara Blaster	419		$53.99	1997
	8459	Pneumatic Front-End Loader	582		$81.99	1997
	8479	Barcode Multi-Set	1280		$163.99	1997

Time Twisters

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	6495	Time Tunnelator	81	Tony Twister	$10.00	1997
	6496	Whirling Time Warper	143	Professor Millennium, Goldie	$22.00	1997
	6497	Twisted Time Train	296	Boney, Professor Millennium, Tony Twister, Goldie	$38.50	1997
	6499	Time Tunnelator	81	Tony Twister		1997

Town

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2147	Dragon Fly	198	3	$27.99	1997
	2148	LEGO Truck	105	1	$11.00	1997
	2149	Color Line Container Truck	191			1997
	2181	Infomaniac	4	Infomaniac		1997
	2880	Open-Top Jeep	25	0		1997
	2881	Parking Gate Attendant	18	1		1997
	2882	Speedboat	22	1		1997
	2883	Boat	28			1997
	2885	Ice Cream Stand	26	1		1997
	2887	Petrol Station Attendant and Pump	15	1 Attendant		1998

Airport

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2849	Helicopter	20	1		1997
	2884	Microlight	14	1		1997

Divers

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	1782	Discovery Station	316	4 + 1 skeleton	$54.00	1997
	2871	Diver & Shark	14	1		1997/1998
	6441	Deep Reef Refuge	433	5	$59.99	1997
	6442	Sting Ray Explorer	147	3		1997
	6555	Sea Hunter	30	Diver		1997
	6556	Scuba Squad	72	2		1997
	6557	Treasure Hunters	139	3		1997
	6558	Shark Cage Cove	185	3		1997
	6559	Deep Sea Bounty	348	5	$44.00	1997
	6560	Diving Expedition Explorer	464	6 + 1 skeleton	$79.00	1997
	6599	Shark Attack	63	2	$10.00	1997

Outback

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	6444	Outback Airstrip	167	3		1997
	6487	Mountain Rescue	70	1	$6.00	1997
	6490	Amazon Crossing	177	1	$15.00	1997
	6550	Outback Racer	48	1	$4.00	1997
	6553	Crisis News Crew	133	3		1997

Paradisa

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2870	Paradisa Barbeque	18	Paradisa Female Seventeen		1997
	6417	Show Jumping Event	35	Paradisa Female Eighteen		1997
	6489	Seaside Holiday Cottage	84	Paradisa Female Nineteen, Paradisa Male Thirteen		1997
	6547	Funfair	176	Paradisa Female Twenty, Paradisa Female Twenty-One, Paradisa Female Twenty-Two, Waiter (Paradisa), Paradisa Male Twelve	$27.50	1997

Race

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	1096	Race Buggy	23	1		1997
	2886	Formula 1 Racing Car	25			1997
	6400	Go-Kart	23	1		1997
	6406	Go-Kart	23	1		1997

Town Jr.

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	6320	T-Junction Road Plates	2		€7.99	1997
	6321	Curved Road Plates	2		€7.99	1997
	6322	Straight Road Plates	2		€7.99	1997
	6323	Cross Road Plates	2		€7.99	1997
	6407	Fire Chief	24	Firefighter	$5.50	1997
	6486	Fire Engine	66	Firefighter	$10.00	1997
	6548	Octan Gas Station	125	3	$24.00	1997
	6549	Roadblock Runners	181	4	$30.00	1997
	6554	Blaze Brigade	250	4	$44.00	1997
	6564	Recycle Truck	34	1 Truck Driver	$7.25	1997
	6565	Construction Crew	73	Hardhat Jones, Builder Pete (x2)	$16.50	1997
	6566	Bank	96	2	$16.50	1997

Trains

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2126	Train Cars	378	5	$69.50	1997

Western

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	2845	Indian Chief	20	Medicine Man		1997
	2846	Indian Kayak	18	Indian		1997
	5317	Wild West Accessories	39			1999
	5392	Wild West Accessories	31		$5.00	1997
	6706	Frontier Patrol	26	Colonel Jefferson, Colonel Colt Carson, Cavalry Soldier	$6.00	1997
	6709	Tribal Chief	14	Big Chief Rattle Snake	$4.00	August 1997
	6718	Rain Dance Ridge	71	Indian, Medicine Man	$8.00	August 1997
	6746	Chief's Tepee	131	Big Chief Rattle Snake, Running Bear, Sui	$20.00	August 1997
	6748	Boulder Cliff Canyon	250	Indian (×3), Running Bear, Sui, Medicine Man	$40.00	August 1997
	6766	Rapid River Village	343	Indian, Running Bear (x2), Tom O'Hawk, Sui, Medicine Man, Big Chief Rattle Snake	$60.00	August 1997
	6790	Bandit's Wheel Gun	21	1	$2.00	1997
	6791	Bandit's Wheel Gun	21	Black Bart	$2.00	1997
	6799	Showdown Canyon	75	4	$10.00	1997

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Image	#	Set	Pieces	Figures	Price	Released
	1955	Color Line Ferry	245			1993
No image	4135	Tote with Building Plate
No image	4137	Medium Clearpack
No image	4138	Value Set with Storage Bag
No image	4139	Large Display Bucket
No image	4148	Large Clearpack	219			1997
No image	4157	Trial Size Bag
No image	4158	Building Set
No image	4168	Funimal
No image	4169	FreeStyle Gift Item
No image	4232	Trial Size Bag	30			1998
No image	4239	Trial Size Bag	37			1998
No image	4740	Value Pack
	5026	Toolo Loader, Hook and Turntable	3			1997
No image	5041	9V Wires 8.5 cm
	5110	Pneumatic Value Pack	9		$10.75	1996
	5116	Pneumatic Piston Cylinder 32 mm	1		$3.25	1992
	5117	Compressor Pump for 8868	7		$3.99	1993
No image	5201	Angle Pieces
No image	5202	Angle Beams
No image	5228	Small Beams & Plates
No image	5229	Gears & Differentials
No image	5393	Hats and Wigs
No image	5394	Horses & Saddles
No image	5397	Magnets and Holders
No image	5402	Floor Plate 17cm x 35cm
No image	5403	Scala Floor Plate 35cm x 35cm
No image	5404	SCALA Add-On Room