The LEGO Vault has added a rare historical set that was missing from its collection, thanks to a donation from a dedicated super-fan.
Each year, a handful of LEGO fans get the opportunity to travel to Billund to take part in a unique inside tour and receive an exclusive set. This year’s offering is 4000042 The Vault Memory Lane, which recreates the real-life LEGO Vault, a dedicated space reserved for employees and special guests that contains a copy of every LEGO set ever made.
Well, almost. It turns out that at least one item from the company’s history was in fact missing from that collection until recently. Over on Reddit, super-fan TotallySoon has revealed how he donated an extremely rare set to The Vault in exchange for an undisclosed sum of money with which to purchase a selection of LEGO models.
The Byggepinner was a plastic building system patented by LEGO in Denmark, but was only sold in Norway for a limited time in the 1950s. The collector managed to get his hands on the rare find hidden in a cardboard box in the attic of a Norwegian toy store that had closed in 1959.
Although not invented by the LEGO Group, the Byggepinner used moulds that were bought or loaned to make the toys. With the specific donated set, only the Byggepinner box and instructions boasted the LEGO logo, but the colours and plastic of the bricks do match early LEGO elements.
TotallySoon met with Jette Orduna, director at the LEGO House, and corporate historian Signe Wiese Bundsbæk to hand over the set in person. In return, the collector used his payment to purchase a number of LEGO sets, including such recent releases as 10332 Medieval Town Square, 10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell, 77015 Temple of the Golden Idol and more.
Featured image: TotallySoon
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