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In lugnet.trains, Terry Prosper wrote:
> Go visit http://www.rotule.qc.ca/top10/ and tell us what you'd do so that LEGO
> makes and/or releases Monorail sets again !
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> Terry
Although I've already submitted my entry for your Top 10 (btw thanks for
thinking my previous entries were (very) funny), I secretly, and very selfishly,
hope that TLC will not re-release momorail. I've spend way too much money on
monorail items for my layout. This weekend I'll start building with it, and hope
to have pics soon.
Included in the layout will be 180+ straights, 100 curves, many switches, and 25
complete trains. I've build a test layout, with bare trains (so just motors with
bases attached), and a 6-level layout with all these trains whirling by is
really cool. I hope that in a few months I'll be able to finish this monorail
spectacle.
Paul
(who could still use more straights...)
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BrickBuy wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Terry Prosper wrote:
> > Go visit http://www.rotule.qc.ca/top10/ and tell us what you'd do so that LEGO
> > makes and/or releases Monorail sets again !
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> > Terry
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> Although I've already submitted my entry for your Top 10 (btw thanks for
> thinking my previous entries were (very) funny), I secretly, and very selfishly,
> hope that TLC will not re-release momorail. I've spend way too much money on
> monorail items for my layout. This weekend I'll start building with it, and hope
> to have pics soon.
Ah, but if you're actually running your monorail, I would think that
selfishly you would want it to come back into production so that you can
continue to get replacements. Of course this is why I have purchased
several extra motors... (I also wound up with one bad motor, I really
need to open it up at some point so I can determine what level of
repairability monorail motors have).
Unfortunately, it seems very unlikely it will ever return, at least not
in the same form.
Frank
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz wrote:
> Unfortunately, it seems very unlikely it will ever return, at least not
> in the same form.
True.
I will have to agree with Paul though. I know it is quite selfish, but I like
thinking that three of the sets I have are worth so much more than I originally
paid for them. I have two 6990s (one of which was free) and one 6399. I need
to work on my SO's brother to try to get a his 6991 for cheap. In the unlikely
event of a remake, it would be nice to see the 6347 again (I missed out on the
points).
-Hendo
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Terry Prosper wrote:
> Go visit http://www.rotule.qc.ca/top10/ and tell us what you'd do so that
> LEGO makes and/or releases Monorail sets again !
VERY unlikely that it'll happen...
LEGO didn't produce everything themselves and all tools are gone or so we
were told. This has been discussed a few times before.
But IF monorail were to return, I'd much rather see new things... the 6399
was OK-ish, but in 6-wide and with some sort of couplings it would rock!
But, like most people, I too would love more straight sections and points :D
--
Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/~javanree/
LEGO Santa Fe B-unit | http://www.vanree.net/~javanree/lego/f7b.html
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Janssen wrote:
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I secretly, and very selfishly, hope that TLC will not re-release momorail.
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All bets are off WRT to the “momorail” ;-), but as far as monorail goes, Brad
Justus was asked point-blankedly what the chances were that TLC would rerelease
the monorail, and his answer was 0%. All parts specs for the motor are lost,
and so any release would have to be completely re-engineered from the ground up.
So, your selfish desire, although no longer secret, is probably pretty
safe:-)
JOHN, AFOFTX;-)
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Brad Justus was asked point-blankedly what the chances were that TLC would
rerelease the monorail, and his answer was 0%. All parts specs for the
motor are lost, and so any release would have to be completely re-engineered
from the ground up.
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Joining in here, I don’t get why it’s so hard for Lego to make a new monorail.
Can’t they just put together a new spur gear system (And give the cars real
couplers while they’re at it)? Doesn’t seem like it’d be that hard.
-Stefan-
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Janssen wrote:
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I secretly, and very selfishly, hope that TLC will not re-release momorail.
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All bets are off WRT to the “momorail” ;-), but as far as monorail goes,
Brad Justus was asked point-blankedly what the chances were that TLC would
rerelease the monorail, and his answer was 0%. All parts specs for the
motor are lost, and so any release would have to be completely re-engineered
from the ground up.
So, your selfish desire, although no longer secret, is probably pretty
safe:-)
JOHN, AFOFTX;-)
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Yeah, momorail is funny :). Anyway, the only thing they need to design is the
track wheel. All other parts thy have, a 9V motor, a battery box, and technick
gears. They’d have to make 1 part that is a regular technik gear, with attached
the metal gear that is at the bottom of the motor. The on-off switches can be
modified (they should because the way they were prevents running a large loop
with multiple stations (buncing back rather than going thruogh dependent on loop
direction etc.) How hard can it be to make 1 metal gear? I can send them one of
my motors, they can measure its specs. My selfish reason for not wanting it
released are two-fold. My current collection is quite large (maybe one of the
largest monorail collections?, challenge me...), with well over 400 track,
(going well over 500 total incl. 200+ straights as soon as my next lot comes
in), 45+ bases, 25+ motors. Second, I paid a pretty penny for this collection
over the years. Resale value of used track will drop like Galidor prices when
they re-relase monorail, but I am now assured they won’t :)
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Janssen wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Janssen wrote:
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I secretly, and very selfishly, hope that TLC will not re-release momorail.
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All bets are off WRT to the “momorail” ;-), but as far as monorail goes,
Brad Justus was asked point-blankedly what the chances were that TLC would
rerelease the monorail, and his answer was 0%. All parts specs for the
motor are lost, and so any release would have to be completely re-engineered
from the ground up.
So, your selfish desire, although no longer secret, is probably pretty
safe:-)
JOHN, AFOFTX;-)
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Yeah, momorail is funny :). Anyway, the only thing they need to design is the
track wheel. All other parts thy have, a 9V motor, a battery box, and
technick gears. They’d have to make 1 part that is a regular technik gear,
with attached the metal gear that is at the bottom of the motor. The on-off
switches can be modified (they should because the way they were prevents
running a large loop with multiple stations (buncing back rather than going
thruogh dependent on loop direction etc.) How hard can it be to make 1 metal
gear? I can send them one of my motors, they can measure its specs. My
selfish reason for not wanting it released are two-fold. My current
collection is quite large (maybe one of the largest monorail collections?,
challenge me...), with well over 400 track, (going well over 500 total incl.
200+ straights as soon as my next lot comes in), 45+ bases, 25+ motors.
Second, I paid a pretty penny for this collection over the years. Resale
value of used track will drop like Galidor prices when they re-relase
monorail, but I am now assured they won’t :)
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So it sounds like you’re still building your monorail collection. Just think of
how much moolah you’d save next year if they re-released a compatible monorail
set. How soon were you planning to take advantage of that resale value anyway?
My grandchildren will have to pry my Airport Shuttle out of my cold, dead hands.
-Chris.
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In lugnet.trains, Chris Phillips wrote:
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So it sounds like you’re still building your monorail collection. Just
think
of how much moolah you’d save next year if they re-released a compatible
monorail set. How soon were you planning to take advantage of that resale
value anyway? My grandchildren will have to pry my Airport Shuttle out of my
cold, dead hands.
-Chris.
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I know, I’m not selling (maybe a few stray pieces here and there), but I think
I’ll stop buying soon. I just like to think that when I ever indure hard times,
I have something to fall back on. Of course, monorail would be about the last
thing that I would sell (my whistle trains would be the very last thing). Since
I have a few 6399’s, parting with the occasional one is possible, but the last
one, as you said too, will have to be pried....
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In lugnet.trains, Paul Janssen wrote:
> I secretly, and very selfishly,
> hope that TLC will not re-release momorail. I've spend way too much money on
> monorail items for my layout.
Wow. This is selfish! I too am spending many hundreds of $ for my monorail
sets, but I still hopw LEGO will come out with a monorail equivalent someday
because I really like the products.
I totally understand your despair of eventually see the same set you just bought
used for 300$ going back to shelves , new, for 90$, but wouldn't you just love
to be able to double or triple your Monorail layout with half the money you have
put already in your layout?
Well, you would probably the first one to be very happy to see them in stores
anyway, so I'm sure you don't mean it. :-)
I've discovered monorail sets less than a year ago (they had vanished in the
labyrinth of my memories) and I can't accept that TLC won't make them someday.
Rufus can say it all he wants, I will never believe or accept it :-(
Terry
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In lugnet.trains, Terry Prosper wrote:
> Rufus can say it all he wants, I will never believe or accept it :-(
Oups... Brad Justus, not Rufus... ;-)
Terry
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> All bets are off WRT to the "momorail" ;-), but as far as {monorail} goes, • Brad
> Justus was asked point-blankedly what the chances were that TLC would • rerelease
> the monorail, and his answer was [0%]. All parts specs for the motor are • lost,
> and so any release would have to be completely re-engineered from the
ground up.
Looking at the number of new sets that have come out recently containing
customized eletronics and/or motors, I find this to be a pretty lame excuse.
Many of these sets are one-of-a-kind.
Tilman
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