Windmill with miller and wife

The Windmill with Miller and Wife, identified as set 251-1, was released by LEGO in 1975 as part of the Universal Building Set line. This era represented a transitional phase for the company, moving away from the more rudimentary building blocks of the 1960s and leaning into the nascent System of Play that would define the brand's identity for decades. The set was designed to foster creative play through small-scale domestic dioramas, providing children with specialized elements to populate their brick-built worlds.

The set featured a distinctive color palette of blue, yellow, and red, consistent with the aesthetic of mid-1970s LEGO architecture. Its design was notable for including the early-style minifigures—solid-colored figures without movable limbs or printed faces—which were the predecessors to the modern minifigure introduced in 1978. While the set is relatively simple by contemporary standards, it remains a significant piece of history for collectors who track the evolution of LEGO character design and early non-theme specific construction kits.