Ooh, they're getting their DOT permits pulled for sure. No way an open-sided bus is safe to drive. If you roll that thing, everyone will be crushed!

@MCLegoboy said:
"This looks like one of those shuttles out at Disney World to take you from the parking lot to the entrance, and no, I don't mean the monorail, I'm talking the thing that takes you to the monorail. Just triple up on this and connect them with some towballs."

You're thinking of the trams, which got included in the first Shrek movie.

@PurpleDave said:
"Ooh, they're getting their DOT permits pulled for sure. No way an open-sided bus is safe to drive. If you roll that thing, everyone will be crushed!"

Not everyone. Some of them will be thrown out who knows how far.

Like a horror movie... love it.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Ooh, they're getting their DOT permits pulled for sure. No way an open-sided bus is safe to drive. If you roll that thing, everyone will be crushed!"

Not everyone. Some of them will be thrown out who knows how far."

"Wheeeee!" Thump. "Ouch..."

@PurpleDave said:
"Ooh, they're getting their DOT permits pulled for sure. No way an open-sided bus is safe to drive. If you roll that thing, everyone will be crushed!"
You jest but IRL coaches (called ‘buses’ in N. America) are unsafe for a similar reason. They’re designed to be so bottom heavy that they won’t roll, so the windows can be very large with minimal roof support. Unfortunately, they do occasionally roll and the outcomes when they do aren’t good. I already knew that when taking the Oxford Tube once. Later that day on the same route, a Tube coach came off the road, slid down an embankment and part-rolled, landing on its side. Sure enough, a section of the roof collapsed. No one was killed but several people were hurt and taken to hospital. Had the coach been designed with smaller windows and therefore more robust roof support, the injuries would have been less severe.

All prints, no stickers.

…so where do they stash their regular legs while assuming the brick built sitting pose?

@legoDad42 said:
"I love these vintage sets. Like little works of abstract art."

Apparently LEGO's reason for not doing any printing on the Minifig faces in early era (75-77) was because they wanted children to project any feeling whether it be happiness, sadness, anger etc.

This was done to allow for creativity but now that you mention it does feel more like a Surrealist or even a Dadaist scene.

@Zander said:"IRL coaches (called ‘buses’ in N. America)...

My father drove a tour bus for a living, and the term "motor coach" got a fair amount of use, too. In fact, sometimes he'd tell you that it wasn't a bus, buses are what Greyhound uses."

Because I can't remember the text, I just recommend you look for "Bus Stop" by The Hollies yourself.

Busje komt zooo
Busje komt zooo
Busje komt zooo
Busje komt zooo
Busje komt zooo
Busje komt zooo
Busje komt zooo
Busje komt zooo
Eventjes geduld nog want het busje komt zooo

7 minifigs!

@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Ooh, they're getting their DOT permits pulled for sure. No way an open-sided bus is safe to drive. If you roll that thing, everyone will be crushed!"

Not everyone. Some of them will be thrown out who knows how far."

True. No seatbelts on busses, except for the driver.

@Zander said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Ooh, they're getting their DOT permits pulled for sure. No way an open-sided bus is safe to drive. If you roll that thing, everyone will be crushed!"
You jest but IRL coaches (called ‘buses’ in N. America) are unsafe for a similar reason. They’re designed to be so bottom heavy that they won’t roll, so the windows can be very large with minimal roof support. Unfortunately, they do occasionally roll and the outcomes when they do aren’t good. I already knew that when taking the Oxford Tube once. Later that day on the same route, a Tube coach came off the road, slid down an embankment and part-rolled, landing on its side. Sure enough, a section of the roof collapsed. No one was killed but several people were hurt and taken to hospital. Had the coach been designed with smaller windows and therefore more robust roof support, the injuries would have been less severe."

Our school busses when I was a young kid had seatbacks that weren't much taller than the benches were deep, but the newer busses by the time I stopped riding them had seatbacks that were much taller. They may have increased the height as a protective measure in case the bus rolled. Of course, that still doesn't solve the problem of no seatbelts making it possible to slide upwards out of your seat and get pinned to the roof by the seatback.

@WhileyFox said:
" @legoDad42 said:
"I love these vintage sets. Like little works of abstract art."

Apparently LEGO's reason for not doing any printing on the Minifig faces in early era (75-77) was because they wanted children to project any feeling whether it be happiness, sadness, anger etc.

This was done to allow for creativity but now that you mention it does feel more like a Surrealist or even a Dadaist scene. "

It reminds me more of the drones from Disney's The Black Hole.

Oh, those poor people. They wait for the bus, but when it finally comes, but they can't get on. They're just rooted to the spot. The only movement they can make is to turn their heads as the bus goes past.

But it's okay. If they had eyes to see, they'd know the horrible fate of passengers who do make it on the bus is to be cut in half, with their lower extremities stacked on the floor and their severed torso stumps propped up on the seats.

@Binnekamp said:
"Slab figure people pack"

Peg people passenger battle-pack

@BrickInTheEye said:
" @Binnekamp said:
"Slab figure people pack"

Peg people passenger battle-pack "

Some battle. Even the Black Knight could still kick after he'd lost his arms, and look how that turned out for him.

@Brickalili said:
"…so where do they stash their regular legs while assuming the brick built sitting pose?"

Those are their regular legs.

"Let's go." "We can't." "Why not?" "We're waiting for Godot...and also our legs don't move."

@legoDad42 said:
"I love these vintage sets. Like little works of abstract art."

That's the perfect way to put it! 1978-onward minifigures are of course much better, but there is an artistic quality about a lot of these 1975-77 Legoland figure sets. Some of them are quite beautiful!

@ulibu said:
"All prints, no stickers."

Yes, and if it it cost, let's say, $2.99 US in 1976, then adjusted for inflation that would be more than 21c ppp today.

@tmtomh said:
" @legoDad42 said:
"I love these vintage sets. Like little works of abstract art."

That's the perfect way to put it! 1978-onward minifigures are of course much better, but there is an artistic quality about a lot of these 1975-77 Legoland figure sets. Some of them are quite beautiful!

@ulibu said:
"All prints, no stickers."

Yes, and if it it cost, let's say, $2.99 US in 1976, then adjusted for inflation that would be more than 21c ppp today."

There was much more human labor involved back then than now. Lego has had 50 years to optimize processes and replace workers. 21c for that seems fair compared to 15c of today.

Looks unbelievably basic 50 years on (this is around the time I got my first Lego sets) but I think we just filled in the gaps with our imaginations... Happy days