[roryisok]

Lego themselves have an archived copy of every instruction set going back to the 80s, available here - https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions

But for whatever reason, the scans are poor quality and very dark, and it can be hard to make out what piece is which. These ones look much better

[aleph_minus_one]

> Lego themselves have an archived copy of every instruction set going back to the 80s, available here - https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions

This can't be true: I am very sure that there exist Lego Technic models from before 1996, which is the oldest year that can be selected.

[suddenclarity]

Indeed, doing an empty search only returns sets from 1996 and forward. Not even entering set numbers from my childhood (pre -96) return any results.

[roryisok]

yep you're right, I was wrong, it only goes back to late 90s

[jamesfinlayson]

In the past I've used that site to get instructions from the late 1990s and early 2000s and I thought they were proper archives (not scans).