Set 266-1 Children’s Bedroom

This bedroom is another one in the range of Homemaker sets LEGO produced in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Maxifigs could live in different types of rooms, all compatible and interchangeable with one and another.

Box art and instructions often included pictures of boys and girls playing with these sets. Kids combined the sets into a open-house structure and rearrange to their liking. Playability was guaranteed: storytelling with brick built people in a brick built setting.

Description

The set shows a boy’s room. On one end we have a bed with a side table and a bench. On the other end the boy can do his homework at the desk and with drawers. Or even work out some calculations on the blackboard, above the cabinets. Which should be clarified by a (missing) sticker that goes across that black brick wall.

Striking features

Back in the 1970s LEGO didn’t add spare parts to sets yet. But they did add the occasional extra part. For this particular set, LEGO had box art showing the boy standing in the room, or sitting down. For standing up, the boy requires a black 2×2 brick to straighten his legs. While for sitting down, one of those bricks needs to be replaced by a 2×4 one.

Luckily, with the cupboards LEGO provided enough storage space for that one pat pend brick. And this is also a could place to store the loose tiles and little trans-clear parts, in stead of loosing them when moving around the set.

Saving the set

We saved this set from a LEGO haul. We were lucky enough to find an instruction book in good condition. Since the stickers are missing, we have added the set to our private collection.

Space Squad adventure with the Children’s Bedroom

The Bedroom appears in one Space Squad adventure:

Space Squad finally go to sleep