{"id":140,"date":"2011-08-07T23:57:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T03:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kintailscape.com\/lego\/?p=140"},"modified":"2011-08-07T23:59:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T03:59:14","slug":"the-knight-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kintailscape.com\/lego\/2011\/08\/the-knight-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knight Buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Harry Potter: Knight Bus #4866<\/h2>\n<p>Even though I already own a Knight Bus (or two) I had to buy the new Knight Bus set. There are some things I like better in the new version and some things I like better in the older version.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kintailscape.com\/lego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HPSet7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><br \/>\nI assembled the new Knight Bus during the June 2011 WAMALUG meeting&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kintailscape.com\/lego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/WAMALUGMeetipJune2011-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kintailscape.com\/lego\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/HPSet9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The one on the left is the new Knight Bus and the one on the right is the older one.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Old Knight Bus #4755<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Old Knight Bus #4866<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Features<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Three floors of beds that slide back and forth as the bus moves<\/td>\n<td>Only one bed on bottom level, one seat on second &amp; third level each, two spaces for luggage, and a swinging chandelier (strange, because the bus is supposed to have either beds or seats, but not both at the same time)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Minifigs<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Young Stan Shunpike driving a bus he shouldn&#8217;t be driving, Harry, and plain Hedwig<\/td>\n<td>Strangely older Stan Shunpike (why? I don&#8217;t know), Harry, printed Hedwig, and Ernie Prang (the proper driver)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Size<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Much taller<\/td>\n<td>Smaller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Shape<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Boxy (but pleasingly so)<\/td>\n<td>More streamlined, slightly curved<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Color<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Some minor variations in the purple hue of bricks<\/td>\n<td>Consistent coloring among bricks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Windows<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>18 standard + 3 windshields (one specially printed)<\/td>\n<td>18 standard + 6 skinny + 3 windshields (one squat and simple)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Wheels<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Pretty purple as hubcaps, ugly\/ragged area around wheels<\/td>\n<td>Boring gray wheels with lovely hubcaps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Front<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Signs on two levels, a nice curve on the non-driver side, and a front grill with lots of character<\/td>\n<td>Only one sign, flat tiles on the non-driver side, really ugly front unless you look at it at an angle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Back<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Nice little door to allow Stan to easily jump off (oh, wait, he&#8217;s driving, so he can&#8217;t do that so easily)<\/td>\n<td>No nice door but a standing area (I&#8217;d worry about a bed sliding out the back!) with a great bar, an actual window, a tail light, and a sort of rear bumper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Special Bricks<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Cool pillows, lovely printed signs on tiles (thumbs up), windshield printed with shrunken head (eh)<\/td>\n<td>Sticker on front and on side (just KB) but not printed tiles (thumbs down&#8211;though the absence of a TM is nice, the font is similar but not as elaborate), a physical shrunken head that can be removed or used elsewhere for anything<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter: Knight Bus #4866 Even though I already own a Knight Bus (or two) I had to buy the new Knight Bus set. 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