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Subject:	*Re: Hey Brad! Why not rerelease an unpowered* monorail set?**
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2002 09:15:37 GMT
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"Benjamin Medinets" <bmedinets@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gq1rtt.7x4@lugnet.com... > In lugnet.dear-lego, John Grubber writes: > > Hi All, [ ... snipped ... ] > > Sounds like an awesome idea....the 6399 had a lot of extra cool parts > besides the motor and the other stuff... > > I wouldn't mind paying say 79.00 for the elements that came with it.... > that would rock... > > as for the space monorail sets, they are cool in their own right... > > and the 6347 monorail expansion pack is a real winner anyways!!! I could > use at least another one of those for a good track line!!! > > Benjamin Medinets I think a price point of $79 is unrealistic even without a motor. My 6399 (which I bought used for $200) has a TRU price tag on the box of $189 (USD). Even without the motor I can't see this set selling for less than $125 (which would still be a deal IMHO). Would the non-LUGNET buying public buy this set without a motor? As much as I would like to say yes, I doubt it would happen. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group http://www.carolinatrainbuilders - Carolina Train Builders http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot

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		Re: Hey Brad! Why not rerelease an unpowered monorail set?
(...) I am sure that there are enough of the non-lugnet public that have purchased any of the monorail sets when they were first out, or that have purchased the monorail motors on e-bay. So in that respect I think there are more of the general (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Hey Brad! Why not rerelease an unpowered monorail set?
(...) (snip) (...) I agree mike- $79 is a bit low for a set of that size. However, I think a push version would sell fine- after all, no batteries for parents to buy. Hell, i'd be happy if they would sell the track again, and build my own (push or (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: Hey Brad! Why not rerelease an unpowered monorail set?
(...) Sounds like an awesome idea....the 6399 had a lot of extra cool parts besides the motor and the other stuff... I wouldn't mind paying say 79.00 for the elements that came with it.... that would rock... as for the space monorail sets, they are (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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