My eldest son was bought this as a present from my Husband's cousin as a birthday present a few years back. The red London buses are significant in our family as my husband grew up in London, and we regularly visit to see the grandparents. We had been to a family wedding not long before this birthday where we were transported from the registry office to the party venue in a double decker red London bus, so it was a little reminder of that day as well as being a nice present. My husbands cousin picked it as he said his little boy already had it and it was a favourite of his.

For us, this is a well made model of a popular London icon, the red bus. There is good attention to detail with seats inside the bus, steering wheel, and even the pole in the rear door which you use to hold on to get onto the bus. It is a bit of a shame there is no driver sitting in the cab. The bus is a number 2 going to Crystal Palace. The vehicle is a die cast model which is made to 1:76 scale. The bottom of the vehicle is plastic and carries the corgi logo. This has been knocking about in the car toybox for at least two years, and in that time it has been knocked about, but apart from a couple of small scratches on the side where the routemaster logo is which has left red marks showing through the white, this is still looking really good and running as smoothly as it always has. I feel this is a well made toy, and as well as looking good, it is also fun for the kids to play with as you don't see many toy buses.

Apparently this is a collectors limited edition toy, which was released to celebrate 50 years of the Routemaster bus in London. There is nothing on the vehicle to show this, and there are still a few of these on amazon for £12.50 if anyone really wants one, so they are not hard to get hold of yet.

While this isn't a 'favourite' vehicle as my boys are not really into cars as much as some children are, it has a tactile appeal because its rounded shape fits nicely in your hand and it does come out when they play with the city road mat that they have. It is also nice to leave out on display in their bedroom as it has so many details on it.