When I was a kid ~25 years ago it wasn't the "classic" blocks I was jealous of my friends for having though. It was something like the Forbidden Island (6270)

When I was a kid ~25 years ago it wasn't the "classic" blocks I was jealous of my friends for having though. It was something like the Forbidden Island (6270) set as shown here: http://legosteveblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/lego-pirates-wave-in-1989.html http://legosteveblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/lego-pirates-wave-... Not corporate-branded -- but not total freeform.