LEGO Sets from 1988
78 LEGO sets were released in 1988. This is from the 1980s, widely considered LEGO's golden age of original themes. The most active themes that year were Town, Space, Duplo.
Top Themes in 1988
Mid-Size Sets (200–999 Pieces)

Test Car
#8865 · Technic · 898 pcs

Monorail Transport System
#6990 · Space · 731 pcs

Black Monarch's Castle
#6085 · Castle · 688 pcs

Metro Park & Service Tower
#6394 · Town · 631 pcs

Victory Lap Raceway
#6395 · Town · 614 pcs

Message Intercept Base
#6987 · Space · 575 pcs

Prop Plane
#8855 · Technic · 572 pcs

Excavator / Digger
#8853 · Technic · 326 pcs

Medium Bucket
#1577 · Universal Building Set · 217 pcs

Vacation House
#6349 · Town · 216 pcs

Interplanetary Rover
#6925 · Space · 211 pcs

Forestmen's Hideout
#6054 · Castle · 202 pcs
Starter Sets (Under 200 Pieces)

Town Bank
#1490 · Town · 196 pcs

Stunt 'Copter N' Truck
#6357 · Town · 177 pcs

Knights Challenge
#1584 · Castle · 168 pcs

Basic Set Large
#9050 · Educational and Dacta · 167 pcs

Med-Star Rescue Plane
#6356 · Town · 160 pcs

Small Bucket
#1617 · Universal Building Set · 155 pcs

House
#9152 · Educational and Dacta · 126 pcs

Lunar Transporter Patroller
#6770 · Space · 117 pcs

Vacation Camper
#6590 · Town · 116 pcs

Saturn Base Main Team (Crater Crawler)
#6885 · Space · 101 pcs

Amusement Park
#3683 · Fabuland · 100 pcs

Air Canada Jet Plane
#611 · Promotional · 98 pcs
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