Name: London Bus
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 40220-1
Rating: 84 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

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Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2016 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.09, which is better.

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Review breakdown

Scored reviews

LEGO Recommendation: meh 4.67 / 5 → 93 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

The Rambling Brick Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 3.9 / 5 → 78 / 100

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Set information

Set ID: 40220-1
Name: London Bus
Parts: 118

Retail price (USD):
Original: 9.99
Inflation adjusted: 10.64

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.08
Inflation adjusted: 0.09

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Recommendation: meh 4.67 / 5 from 13 reviews

I bought it as Christmas present for my 4 years old daughter. She's so excited to build this London Bus by herself but just needed a little assist from mamie. I rather my child play lego bricks rather than playing Roblox or any video games all the times. Lego build can train their patience and concentration. But not really affordable to buy Lego so frequently, LOL.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 13 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

It does fit in well with the Big Ben set although I'm not sure why LEGO decided not to run this promotion when the set was officially released last month. There is some controversy in the LEGO community of why the London Bus was released first in the US and Canada and not in the UK. From what I'm reading, they might be holding it off until the new LEGO flagship store opening in Leicester Square later this year.

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The Rambling Brick

Recommendation: meh 4 / 5 by Richard

I love the new bus: both for the (simple) build, as well as the look. It is robust, inspires a healthy dose of nostalgia in me and I am glad to have obtained one. The additional sticker sheet adds a great option, free of spelling errors.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.9 / 5 from 4 reviews

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 3.9 / 5 from 49 reviews

My daughter received this from Santa for Christmas because she asked him for the "Lego London Bus" as her MAIN gift. But when Santa went to leave it under the tree late that night, he discovered that the box is no bigger than a large crayon box. It was too late to do anything about it on Christmas Eve, and my daughter was very disappointed. I wish the description was more clear. This is a tiny version of the real, full-sized London Bus, which I realize now is over $100. They should label this as "mini".

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 49 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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by MeganL

This is a very nice set for a giveaway. I particularly like how the stickers reference other sets, in this case 10253 Big Ben and 10232 Palace Cinema. It's too bad that the scale doesn't fit with the modulars, but that would require many more pieces and be too big for a giveaway. The scale is sort of an in between size; too big to display next to the Tower Bridge or Big Ben and too small for the modulars. However, it's a great little set and will be going on display in my office.

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