Name: The Knight Bus
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 4866-1
Rating: 74 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

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A review is considereded a recommendation when its score is above the reviewers median score or if it's explicitly said so in the review. Read more in our article about recommendations.

Price Per Part (PPP)

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Average PPP for System in 2011 is 0.17. PPP for this set is 0.14, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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Average PPM for System in 2011 is 17.71. PPM for this set is 13.25, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

Eurobricks Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 → 76 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 3.7 / 5 → 74 / 100

Lugnet Recommendation: meh 72 / 100 → 72 / 100

The Brick Fan Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 → 70 / 100

Unscored reviews

From Bricks To Bothans

Ninjabrick

Set information

Set ID: 4866-1
Name: The Knight Bus
Parts: 281
Minifigs: 3

Retail price (USD):
Original: 34.99
Inflation adjusted: 39.77

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.12
Inflation adjusted: 0.14

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 11.66
Inflation adjusted: 13.25

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Eurobricks

Recommendation: meh 8 / 10 by Catanas

An awesome set, definitely better than its predecessor in my eyes with much more accuracy and playability with the minifigures involved.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.8 / 5 from 10 reviews

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 3.7 / 5 from 113 reviews

This was a great gift for my kids. Unfortunately they both said it was kind of a boring build, and they didn't really play with it all that much either.Unless you need this for some set completion, I recommend buying something else. The price has gotten out of hand. I wouldn't recommend paying more than thirty bucks for this, and even that's more than we paid.A good rule of thumb for Lego sets without a lot of minifigures and specially cast large pieces is ten to fifteen cents per piece.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 113 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Lugnet

Recommendation: meh 72 / 100 from 4 reviews

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The Brick Fan

Recommendation: no 3.5 / 5 by Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

The Knight Bus is a pretty neat little set. It didn't take long at all to put together and kids won't probably have any trouble assembling it. I would recommend picking it up if you are a Harry Potter fan.

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From Bricks To Bothans

by Bernie "MrCRskater" Brink

My one quip with the finished model is that the front of the cab is too boxy and doesn't look enough like a 30's style pickup or roadster, and that's the one place where the 2004 model beats this one out. Definitely worth picking up to fill out/complete your Harry Potter collection or as MOC fodder.

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Ninjabrick

by NinjaBrick

This set does what it means to, with details on the swinging chandelier and the unattached bed a nice detail to the bus. Otherwise, it's also quite versatile, as you can use it as a regular bus or a double-decker bus if you wish.

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