Oooohhh... Look at all those STAMPS...

So much LEGO advertising on this thing, you'd think that London painted their buses LEGO Red for synergy!

@560heliport said:
"Oooohhh... Look at all those STAMPS..."

My brother had this set (or rather, 760-2), and I don't recall what it looked like with intact stickers. I don't know if it was my dad or my brother, but someone cut all of the stickers where they spanned two or more parts, so the entire model could be disassembled. We didn't use those stickered parts for anything else, but neither did we separate out stickered parts from the non-stickered ones. Paper stickers from back then tended to get very worn on the edges if you're constantly pawing through a box of parts that includes them, and having the sticker remnants go right to the very edge hastened this damage.

Quite love the old-school blocky appeal here, definitely a different feel to 40220. But any London buses sets always make me pine for 10258!!

@MCLegoboy said:
"So much LEGO advertising on this thing, you'd think that London painted their buses LEGO Red for synergy!"

Well, the BBC has the trademark to the police box design, so anything's possible. Wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey and all that...

@Euroseb11 said:
"Quite love the old-school blocky appeal here, definitely a different feel to 40220. But any London buses sets always make me pine for 10258!! "

I do have both of those sets, but I also designed my own 8-wide, minifig-scale version about 12 years ago, while watching the closing ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics. At just over 500pcs (not counting all the minifigs and horse inside), and with a vertical handrail that connects both floors and the ceiling, I was so concerned about how well it would travel that I designed a wrap-around Technic frame that holds it vertically compressed, so it's nearly impossible to break it open if the case it's in gets dropped.

Interesting. My older brother, who really isn't into Lego much these days, recently acquired most of this set in a used lot he picked up.

This was vintage set of the week only two months ago.

@Bart_66 said:
"This was vintage set of the week only two months ago."

That was the US version, 760-2. This is the EU version.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Bart_66 said:
"This was vintage set of the week only two months ago."

That was the US version, 760-2. This is the EU version."

Ok, I guess I had this one.

I'm guessing the closest thing to the Lego times daily is the Blocks magazine?

@PurpleDave said:
" @Bart_66 said:
"This was vintage set of the week only two months ago."

That was the US version, 760-2. This is the EU version."

US version, EU version.....wouldn't it be time for a Brexit version?

OT: too bad for the STAMPS, but otherwise a cool set! Looking at the instructions, two things that stand out: 1) 2 rather specific pieces are used for the base, a 12x6 and a 7(!)x6 plate with gaps for the wheels, both very much feel like POOPs, and 2) there is a stair to the upper level.....but there's no opening in the floor!

Given those ye olde buses kinda were that chunky and squared Lego’s traditional blocky aesthetic actually really works for them

one of the first sets I ever had was 313 (however it definitely came with Black tyres not grey) I always wonder why it had 78 as the number front and back. Years later I still built it from memory (no instructions) My fist set was Weetabix castle. Sometimes Vintage set of the week just starts to bring memories rolling back into my head.

Get on the bus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJs8KqE5NA

@WizardOfOss said:
"US version, EU version.....wouldn't it be time for a Brexit version?"

Why? Our buses didn't change due to Brexit. Plus this wasn't the EU version, it was the European version. It was sold in other countries outside of the (then) EEC.

@Bornin1980something said:
"Note "Visit Lego Land". This set actually predates Legoland Windsor by about 25 years!"

Legoland existed in Denmark at the time but this probably refers to the Legoland theme, equivalent of City today, like many sets of the time.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Euroseb11 said:
"Quite love the old-school blocky appeal here, definitely a different feel to 40220. But any London buses sets always make me pine for 10258!! "

I do have both of those sets, but I also designed my own 8-wide, minifig-scale version about 12 years ago, while watching the closing ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics. At just over 500pcs (not counting all the minifigs and horse inside), and with a vertical handrail that connects both floors and the ceiling, I was so concerned about how well it would travel that I designed a wrap-around Technic frame that holds it vertically compressed, so it's nearly impossible to break it open if the case it's in gets dropped."

That's rather impressive! Any pics to share?

@Bornin1980something said:
"Note "Visit Lego Land". This set actually predates Legoland Windsor by about 25 years!"
Yes... I didn't spot any Lego when I visited in 1973. In fact the star attraction was a killer whale!

@CCC said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"US version, EU version.....wouldn't it be time for a Brexit version?"

Why? Our buses didn't change due to Brexit. Plus this wasn't the EU version, it was the European version. It was sold in other countries outside of the (then) EEC."

That was the joke....a reaction to Americans using Europa and EU interchangeably, in this case for a set that predated the EU (not EEC) by 19 years.

The US version of this set was my very first set. Even with the STAMPs, I just love this one. Sooooo nostalgic!

The most nostalgic part of this set was that Lego was still called Lego, and not pretentiously SHOUTED LEGO all the time!

@Euroseb11:
No, I'm sure there are wide shots of our layouts taken by other members that include it, but I really haven't done a great job keeping up with photography on everything I've built in the past two decades. While it took less than four hours to come up with a functional design on computer, it wasn't an impulse build. I'd been wanting to make one for at least a couple years at that point, and had periodically browsed for reference photos. The problem is, there appeared to be two distinct versions that used the vintage body style, and everybody takes _one_ picture when they see one. Some of the side windows on both versions open, while others are single-pane, but the pattern is different depending on whether the upper deck has forward-facing bench seats, or a ring of inward-facing seating along the walls. Timing worked out that during/before the 2012 Olympics I finally found a shot of the entire length of the upper deck taken from the stairwell, which allowed me to figure out which sides matched the ring seating, and I just assumed (hoped) the other patterns went with the bench seating that I used in my design.

@WizardOfOss said:
"That was the joke....a reaction to Americans using Europa and EU interchangeably, in this case for a set that predated the EU (not EEC) by 19 years."
Fine. Come up with a two-letter designation that means "Europe, but not necessarily the European Union", and then get back to us. We have US for the United States, and NA for North America. What two-letter combo might work well for EUrope? Hmmmmmmm...

@PurpleDave said:
"Fine. Come up with a two-letter designation that means "Europe, but not necessarily the European Union", and then get back to us. We have US for the United States, and NA for North America. What two-letter combo might work well for EUrope? Hmmmmmmm..."

Why would we need that? Is 6 letters really too long?

Though you can obviously also shorten it to four, in most contexts no on would confuse that with our lazily named currency.

@WizardOfOss said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Fine. Come up with a two-letter designation that means "Europe, but not necessarily the European Union", and then get back to us. We have US for the United States, and NA for North America. What two-letter combo might work well for EUrope? Hmmmmmmm..."

Why would we need that? Is 6 letters really too long?"

Ys.

In your revolt against the British back in the day you should have adopted the far superior Dutch language...no need to shorten that answer ;-)

@PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Fine. Come up with a two-letter designation that means "Europe, but not necessarily the European Union", and then get back to us. We have US for the United States, and NA for North America. What two-letter combo might work well for EUrope? Hmmmmmmm..."

Why would we need that? Is 6 letters really too long?"

Ys."

I think you meant Si. or Ja. Hey, they're both European languages!

Neat this shows up in a short time after the 'sightseeing bus' (60407) shows up for retail:)

@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Fine. Come up with a two-letter designation that means "Europe, but not necessarily the European Union", and then get back to us. We have US for the United States, and NA for North America. What two-letter combo might work well for EUrope? Hmmmmmmm..."

Why would we need that? Is 6 letters really too long?"

Ys."

I think you meant Si. or Ja. Hey, they're both European languages!"

N.

Can this hold minifigs unmodified?

@Bornin1980something said:
"Can this hold minifigs unmodified?"

What, like a skateboard? Sure. There’s a lot of studs on the roof. You could easily fit a dozen minifigs up there. Sitting, standing, crazy action poses…