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  Lone
Star produced a couple of castings from 1972 to 1989 for the Routemaster,
one under the Lone Star name and another (toy) under the "Tuf-Tots"
label. The
buses were almost always red. Pretty crude, but then again for the price
they were hard to beat. Lots of these show up on
Ebay, most for under ten dollars. |
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 The common red Lone Star bus. The buses came with one of two choices of side adverts: "See London By Bus" or "Buy Lone Star". |
 A less common variation of the red Lone Star bus. |
 The packaging for the Silver Jubilee bus |
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 Hey! It looks the same on both sides! |
 Here's a version with white wheels. |
 One of the more common boxes |
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 Another packaging variant. |
 Not to be outdone by Corgi and Dinky, Lone Star also offered a taxi/RM gift set. |
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| The Lone Star Routemaster was also released in a Silver Jubilee variant in 1977, as shown at right. |  |
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 There was another Lone Star casting released under the "Tuf-Tots" label, #623, shown to the right.  |
 One of the several packaging variations. |
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