545 Basic Building Set is a Basic set released in 1990. It contains 409 pieces and two minifigures.Page Not Found (404) Sorry, what you're looking for can't be found! The page might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavaible. Or it probably just doesn't exist.My Parts: You need to be logged in to see your Set List. FREE Download: Available from PICSLChoking Hazard.Small parts and Ball.FIND MORE PRODUCTS LIKE THIS LEGOLAND California opens in Carlsbad, southern California, in March. LEGO Group undergoes restructuring. The changes result in the loss of 1000 jobs. Mitchel Resnick of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is named as the new LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research. The LEGO brick is named as one of the "Products of the Century" by Fortune Magazine. LEGO World Shop opens on the internet. The first LEGO products-only store opens in the Bluewater centre in Dartford, London, England. Selected Product News 1999
LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System 1.5 Star Wars (LEGO SYSTEM) Winnie the Pooh and Friends (LEGO DUPLO) The brand statement "Just Imagine..." is introduced into the LEGO universe. For the first time ever, LEGO Group faces a deficit. In April the new LEGO logo is presented. It is a graphically "tightened" version of the logo used for the past 25 years. In May there is an urgent recall of the LEGO PRIMO Ladybird rattle from end-consumers and retailers after it is discovered that there is a risk of it lodging in small children's throats. LEGO Media International begins collaboration with the Danish Egmont Group on the publication of children's books. The Next Generation Forum is established. The Japanese emperor Akihito and the empress Michiko visit LEGOLAND Billund. Selected Product News 1998 Eight new LEGO PRIMO sets LEGO Mudhoppers (Kid's Wear) For the first time, a CD-ROM containing building instructions is included with a model set.
The set also contains a Bar Code Truck with a programmable bar-code reader. A 700 m2 LEGO Imagination Center is opened on 13th October in Disney Village, Florida. The first LEGO MINDSTORMS Learning Center opens at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, USA. The names PRIMO and DUPLO are changed to LEGO PRIMO and LEGO DUPLO on January 1st. Consumer Service Centre Billund and Consumer Service Centre Americas established. LEGO happening in Kremlin Palace, Moscow (more than 300.000 children participate). LEGO Kids Wear shop opened in Oxford Street, London. Selected Product News 1997 Diver theme (LEGO SYSTEM) The Bat Castle (LEGO SYSTEM Castle) UFO boxes (LEGO SYSTEM Space) Yellow Submarine (LEGO TECHNIC) LEGOLAND Windsor, the first LEGOLAND family park outside Denmark, opens on March 29. New development department, SPU Darwin, is established. Its work includes the development of software based on and related to LEGO products.
LEGOLAND Billund has now had 25 million visitors since its opening on in 1968. The new LEGO Truck Show takes to the road. The LEGO Award goes to actor Paul Newman and the organization "The Hole in the Wall Gang". Selected Product News 1996 Time Cruisers (LEGO SYSTEM) Exploriens (LEGO SYSTEM Space) The children's magazine LEGO Clicks (France and Switzerland) Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, son of the company's founder, passes away on 13th July. LEGO Belgium and LEGO Netherlands become LEGO Benelux. Weekly LEGO programmes on national television in Latvia and Lithuania. LEGO happenings and exhibitions in Latvia, Peru, Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark, Greenland, the USA, Canada, Italy and Ecuador. Selected Product News 1995 LEGO DUPLO PRIMO (DUPLO BABY in North America) LEGO TECHNIC Control II LEGO Mexico is established. First ever TV campaign in China. The UNHCR uses LEGO mini-figures on posters around the world.
The "Travel in Space", arranged by LEGO USA, opens in Space Center, Houston. E-mail is taken into use between LEGO Japan and Billund. The LEGO Center in Billund opens. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is appointed Knight of the Order of Dannebrog. Selected Product News 1994 Islanders (LEGO Pirate line) Building happening on the Red Square in Moscow in co-operation with the department store GUM. A 60.000m2 DUPLO factory opens in Willisau, Switzerland. The plant closes in 2006. LEGO South Africa is re-established. LEGO Kid's Wear launched. Selected Product News 1993 LEGO DUPLO 4,5-V Train with new rail system and sounds The LEGO SYSTEM Basic Brickvac A Guinness record in railway line construction is set - 545 meters of LEGO rails with three model locomotives. The world's largest LEGO Castle is built on Swedish television. Over 400,000 LEGO bricks are transformed into a castle 4.45 m x 5.22 m castle, measured for the Guinness Book of Records.
The Second LEGO World Cup Final is held in Billund in August with 32 children participating from 11 countries. LEGO Japan is established. LEGO Hungary is established. For the first time, a large scale introduction of LEGO products is made in the People's Republic of China. First LEGO Show in Russia. LEGO Imagination Centre is opened in Mall of America in Blomington, Minneapolis, USA. Selected Product News 1992 LEGO Town Paradisa theme Truck with pneumatic elements (Technic) Hotel Vis-a-Vis in Billund is renovated and renamed Hotel LEGOLAND. The number of moulding machines in the five LEGO factories reaches 1,000. Selected Product News 1991 Harbour theme (LEGO Town) 9-V train (Travo controlled) The LEGO Group is now one of the world's 10 largest toy manufacturers - the only one in Europe (the others are American and Japanese). The magic barrier - one million visitors in a single year - is broken for the first time at LEGOLAND Billund on 4th September.