Universal Building Sets were released as early as 1966, but in 1973 the Basic LEGO sets became known as Universal Building Sets. These were produced in two set number versions. One version was for produced for Europe, Britain, Australia and Canada (Canada started in 1974). The other version with the same box art but with different set numbers was for the USA. Most, but not all Universal Building sets between 1973 and 1981 were made for both geographic areas. Some of the sets were not sold in the USA. Universal Building Sets #2 thru #4 were first introduced in 1973 in continental Europe, Britain and Australia, followed by Canada in 1974. The USA versions under the numbers #105, #115 and #125 were also introduced in 1973.
Universal Building Sets sets were composed of an assortment of System bricks and building instructions that allowed to build various LEGO models related to a specific subject, in contrast to sets from other themes, such as LEGOLAND, which usually only contained pieces and instructions for one specific model. Other themes that were already present in that era were LEGOLAND and Trains.
The Universal Building Sets offered a greater range of a building possibilities and stirred the user's creativity to a larger extent than sets with just a single predefined model.
There were also Universal Building Sets for DUPLO and TECHNIC.
Sets Included
- 070 Universal Building Set
- 077 Large Basic Set
- 088 4.5V Super Set
- 1 Basic Set
- 1 Mini Building Set
- 2 Basic Set
- 3 Basic Set
- 4 Basic Set
- 5 Basic Set
- 6 Basic Set
- 7 Basic Set
- 8 Basic Set
- 9 Universal Building Set
- 10 Universal Building Set
- 20 Universal Building Set
- 30 Universal Building Set
- 40 Universal Building Set
- 50 Universal Building Set
- 78 Basic Set
- 110 Universal Building Set
- 111 Universal Building Set
- 112 Universal Building Set
- 113 Universal Building Set
- 114 Universal Building Set
- 115 Building Set
- 125 Building Set
- 135 Building Set
- 145 Building Set
- 308 Basic Building Set
- 340 Block House
- 402 Universal Building Set
- 404 Universal Building Set
- 535 Basic Building Set 5+
- 628 X-Large Grey Baseplate
- 715 Basic Building Set
- 725 Basic Building Set
- 730 Basic Building Set
- 890 Wind-Up Motor
- 911 Universal Building Set
- 912 Universal Building Set
- 1106 BASIC Building Set
- 1679 Basic Building Set
- 1845 20th Anniversary Jackpot Bucket
- 2742 Loudspeaker
- 3032 Special Value Bucket
- 3033 Special Value Tub
- 4217 Classic Play Desk
- 4220 Large Box of Bricks
- 4281 Classic Trial Size
- 4282 Classic Trial Size
- 4284 Classic Trial Size
- 4285 Classic Value Bucket
- 4291 Classic Build & Store Tub
- 8064 Motorized Universal Building Set
- 8074 Universal Building Set with Flex System
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