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Re: Monorail Question
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Thu, 31 Dec 1998 07:28:11 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> Joshua Delahunty wrote:
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> > > Nick Goetz wrote:
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> > > > I am hoping that someone can fill in the gap. I believe there are three
> > > > monorail sets. I am aware of 6991 Unitron and 6399 Airport.
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> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > > why Airport shuttle isn't 6993 will always be a mystery to me. It's not
> > > used, nor is 6992.
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> > 69xx is space.
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> > The Airport Shuttle is Town, hence 63xx (could've been 66xx or 65xx, but
> > 6399 is where it came up at the time it was released).
> >
> > Since 6921 (accessory track) was released with the first shuttle (a
> > space shuttle set), it has the space designation.
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> > Since 6347 (the second set of of the accessory track) was released in
> > 1991 with the Airport Shuttle, it got a town number.
> >
> > All the track is the same, of course.
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> > -- joshua
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> Well that's certainly the generally accepted theory. But to me, of
> course, the fact that they are Monorail trascends the theme and should
> have been the superior factor in deciding the numbering scheme to be
> used for the sets and the track packs.
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> Another example: 3225 is also numbered wrong, there is no reason it
> should not have gotten a 45xx number.
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> That's just my perspective, of course, not TLG's. But there's no arguing
> with it. The three big mono sets should have had 3 consecutive numbers,
> or 3 numbers from a block of about 10, with the accessory packs numbered
> logically. Theme is unimportant when measured against "is it train or
> not?" ... :-)
6399 is an Airport Shuttle. It has a hamburger stand and people with
hair and "town torsos". Trees and park benches and street lights. It's
a town set. To me, it's more a town set than it is a monorail set,
really. "Town" defines it.
6990 and 6991 has folks standing around in space suits, and large
transparent quarter domes. Walkie-talkies and space vehicles. A
baseplate decorated with craters. They're space sets.
Even the monorail "trains" are vastly different between the town and
space models.
The number of common elements is very very small. To me, your argument
is akin to arguing that every set that has a 2x4 brick in it (and this
is actually somewhat rare in the themed sets) is actually a BASIC or
Freestyle set, just because of a form of element that's included.
TLG tried something like what you propose with the Light and Sound sets.
Folks would still rather classify them in the appropriate product
lines, under appropriate themes, rather than as a product line or theme
of their own.
TLG followed common sense when it came to the monorail sets. They
defied it when it came to Light and Sound, IMHO.
They seem to be leaning this way more now, with the "absorbtion" of
floating boats into the Town System proper.
-- joshua
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| Joshua Delahunty wrote: < snipped a bunch of very logical reasoning, all correct > Granted. Every bit of it, except for the part about 2x4 bricks. It is difficult to conceive of what else you could build from a monorail switch part other than a (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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