My first lego sets, the legos that kept me happy til 1978 castle

My first lego sets:

This is my first lego set.  My major accomplishment was stacking the window pieces or the bricks in the color scheme on the box next to the logo!  I wasnt very creative except I think I did build a house like on the box but even with that set I knew I didnt have enough sloped roof pieces to finish like all the perfect buildings in the catalogs

Then came sets that I think were actually my brothers that I pilfered since he was in school before me

That blue car got towed every where ..I loved the doors and the blue arches...also loved having spokes on wheels vs the 4x4 studs..not very realistic

Then came the forklift...the first "minifig I ever saw or partially owned...that guy launched that red brick everywhere with the spring loaded lift

The learjet was actually given to me for sure I remember that plane was with me all the time I loved the jets

Then the biplane came and between the 1x1 yellow cylinders in this set with the headlights of set 196 made an awesome yellow column that made the perfect antenna on the blue car!

image from Brickset.com

What I have learned about the biplane picture is that the police car in the background shows a blue tile "illegally " wedged on the black roof if the police car which per internet was the beginning the studsnnotontop technique.  Ironic that the illegal tech was used to make the police car!