Lego Store Leicester Square, Actual London Bus!

OrmskirkBricks

spotted this yesterday! Sadly I was on a bus going the other way so apologies for the poor photo!

bookmum

Oooh. Which route is it? Can't quite see the number. 9? (daughter of a bus spotter here. It's in my blood to get excited by these things.) 

bandit778

With an advertisement like that driving about, not having the Lester minifigure on general sale seems like a really weird move, as having these bagged up for £5 in store they would probably sell incredibly well during the tourist season as a pocket money purchase.

khmellymel

^Indeed, as a tourist to NY and Copenhagen those little exclusives were the only type things I bought... If only for the fact that they are small and take up practically no room in my luggage!

I love that yellow bus BTW, thanks for sharing! 

TheOriginalSimonB

There are bus tracker apps out there if anyone is desperate to spot this for themselves. Just enter the fleet number LT747 and you can follow it around...

TheOriginalSimonB

Seems there is a taxi too:

bookmum

But does anyone know the route number. I'm in central London and could go and stand on the relevant street corner and... Oh no, I have turned into my dad. 

bookmum

Just texted my dad as he has that app thingy that @TheOriginalSimonB mentioned. 

LostInTranslation

Looks like route 91 to me? 

bookmum

I reckon it is. I looked at my bus map and that one makes sense. Trafalgar square to crouch end. 

bookmum

My dad will be so proud. Following a bus around (it's a not much happening Saturday). 

bookmum

Confirmation from dad. It's a 91! 

Buoerny

As noted above, it can be located at any time by putting the registration LTZ1747 into the London Vehicle Finder website - https://lvf.io.  It isn't the only one either - also seems to be LT10 (LTZ1010) on the 24, LT219 (LTZ1219) on the 38, LT347 (LTZ1347) and LT731 (LTZ1731) on the 137 (or 59).

OrmskirkBricks

Yeah, sorry it's the 91, but it looks the community came through! 

OrmskirkBricks

I would love to see a Lego route master bus, minifig scale like this for sure!

bookmum

Oooh the 59 is nearest to me. Might see that one. 

bookmum

Oooh the 59 is nearest to me. Might see that one. 

Briking

You wait for a 59 bus for ages, and then two come along within a minute of each other...

I'll get my coat.

PeteM

@OrmskirkBricks - I agree! #384 is fairly close to scale but, in an era before minifigs, it doesn't really accommodate them!

Am I the only one who read this and thought that Lego had actually made a full size bus model to promote the opening? :)

bookmum

@Briking I'm not sure why my post appeared twice but as soon as I realised I was waiting for someone to make that joke!! 

bookmum

I finally saw the famous bus a couple of weeks back. I was on another bus and spotted it coming up behind. Cue lots of excited "there it is - it's BEHIND us it's FOLLOWING US !" Yes....my family is so normal when travelling on public transport !