Early LEGO bricks overview

Timeless Rarities - www.rarities.no - Last Updated: 09.04.2026

Here you will be able to find information about brick types, moulds and colours. You can even find and print out overviews to keep track of your collection with early LEGO bricks.

Mould Types

Here is an overview of the different plastic brick moulds and where they moved through the years. You can click on the countries in the overview to bring up the pages for the specific bricks. The gradient is to show when during the year the mould was in use.

Type: / Year: 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
ABB Denmark Sweden Denmark Denmark Norway Iceland
Blockletter Denmark Norway Iceland Iceland
Block w/nr. Denmark Norway Norway
Dogbone Denmark Denmark Iceland Iceland Iceland
Single logo Norway
Double logo Norway Norway

The blockletter with number mould was retooled into the hatched inner surface mould shortly after arriving in Norway.