Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Use the pictured part and stud dimensions to find the same shape.
Count the studs
Studs are the round bumps on top. Count the lines of studs across and along a piece. When a step leaves a clear row or column, keep that space empty. Match the picture to keep the model facing the same way.
Follow the colour
New pieces keep their colour in each step. Earlier pieces are lighter so you can see what to add. The finished-model picture shows all the colours together.
Choose how to play
Choose one model and check its pieces first. Take it apart to reuse those pieces for another model. Pack-wide lists are optional planning tools; the exact-colour list follows the pictured palette.
Gather your pieces
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures. Keep useful contrasts, such as a light belly against a dark body. Compare your wheeled base with the picture before starting. We have not confirmed every real chassis and wheel version.
Shape-only checklist
Match these shapes and quantities. The full checklist above shows our pictured colours.
Build step by step
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Step 1. Set the red wheeled base down, then cover its eight chassis studs with the red small plate.
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Step 2. Centre the red base plate over the chassis, with two rows projecting at each end.
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Step 3. Make the lower red body with four long bricks laid across the floor in a row.
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Step 4. Make a blue window band with four blue long bricks aligned over the red row.
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Step 5. Cover the windows with a red base plate as the upper-deck floor.
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Step 6. Make the upper red body with four red long bricks across the floor.
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Step 7. Add four blue long bricks for the upstairs windows.
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Step 8. Finish with the red base plate for a flat roof. Move the bus slowly on a flat table; its tall body sits on a small wheeled base.
Ready to play
Draw a route with a home, park and café.
Move the bus slowly on a flat table and call out each stop.
Take turns driving and welcoming pretend passengers.
