This set looks familiar...
https://brickset.com/article/127138

I feel like this set should have an abundance of transparent red and blue parts.

I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still...

@HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

This is just a guess, but maybe it's because American sets were made by Samsonite at that time?

@HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

Because Americans just have to be different I guess.

The poor redshirt at the rock crusher has been severed in two by a wheelbarrow run right through his abdomen. What a gruesome sight!

The two policemen in the upper right:
"So, what have we got Bob?"

"Well Bill; guy over there is impaled an his wheelbarrow, and the guy over there was found broken in half in the tractor."

"Hmm...second time this week..."

"Yeah...company's insurance rate must be terrible...":)

Great instructions. Were proto-minifigure necks studs?

@namekuji said:
"Great instructions. Were proto-minifigure necks studs?"

Yes, they looked like this:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=17

So it's advanced, but it's also basic ...

@Maxbricks14 said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

Because Americans just have to be different I guess."

Samsonite LEGO was more of a Canadian thing than an American one. It was only sold here 11 years before TLG broke the contract and took over US distribution. Canada had it for a full quarter century.

@Zordboy said:
"So it's advanced, but it's also basic ... "

To quote Immortan Joe, Mediocre!

@HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

Often different names too. When I first started getting into websites like this and they used the US name for everything it confused the hell out of me

@Brickalili said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

Often different names too. When I first started getting into websites like this and they used the US name for everything it confused the hell out of me"
It bothered me, too. Still does. It’s not 497-1 Galaxy Explorer. It was and always will be 928-1 Space Cruiser! The release years weren’t always the same either. Fortunately, Brickset’s database is pretty good at pairing sets with different names. It may in fact be complete in that regard.

@brick_r said:
"The two policemen in the upper right:
"So, what have we got Bob?"

"Well Bill; guy over there is impaled an his wheelbarrow, and the guy over there was found broken in half in the tractor."

"Hmm...second time this week..."

"Yeah...company's insurance rate must be terrible...":) "
Staplerfahrer Klaus, anyone?

This one goes to 911!

(but I don't see anything rersembling a Porsche?)

This isn't your average everyday basicness. This is... advanced basicness!

400 pieces and look at the variety of stuff you can build. Let your imagination and creativity run wild!

@Zander said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

Often different names too. When I first started getting into websites like this and they used the US name for everything it confused the hell out of me"
It bothered me, too. Still does. It’s not 497-1 Galaxy Explorer. It was and always will be 928-1 Space Cruiser! The release years weren’t always the same either. Fortunately, Brickset’s database is pretty good at pairing sets with different names. It may in fact be complete in that regard."

It has its gaps. Just to give you two examples, 350 says that its alternate name is "Town Hall - Leonard Is Mayor Of Fabuland," getting it mixed up with 350-3, and 6872's entry says "Also known as Xenon X Craft." If you go to Bricklink's entry for the set lists it as "Lunar Patrol Craft," which is what my copy was called. On an unrelated note, Bricklink's entry also shows a minifig with no printing on the torso and shows a sticker sheet to give the Spaceman his Classic Space emblem. I am one hundred percent positive that mine didn't have that; the only spaceman with a sticker on his torso in my collection is https://brickset.com/minifigs/pln0010/plain-white-torso-with-white-arms-white-legs-white-helmet-trans-light-blue-visor from 1682.

@Zander said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

Often different names too. When I first started getting into websites like this and they used the US name for everything it confused the hell out of me"
It bothered me, too. Still does. It’s not 497-1 Galaxy Explorer. It was and always will be 928-1 Space Cruiser! The release years weren’t always the same either. Fortunately, Brickset’s database is pretty good at pairing sets with different names. It may in fact be complete in that regard."

There are some times where it redundantly lists the same name, such as for 6885

I mean, it's *basically* an advanced set for it's time, I guess.

This isn't your average everyday basic set...

This is ADVANCED BASIC!

@560heliport said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

This is just a guess, but maybe it's because American sets were made by Samsonite at that time?"

European set-numbers are metric, and therefore just better than the US imperial set-numbers.

@Crux said:
" @560heliport said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I never understood why European and American sets needed different numbers. I know American sets must present the number of pieces on the box but still... "

This is just a guess, but maybe it's because American sets were made by Samsonite at that time?"

European set-numbers are metric, and therefore just better than the US imperial set-numbers."

…for people who can’t do basic math.

This was my first and only LEGO set as a kid!!!!