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Re: TLG wants your input on the CITY line
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lugnet.town
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:26:37 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Scott Lyttle wrote:
> >
> > How about a theme like "Inner City Transportation".
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> Maybe more like "Mass Transit"? That could be lumped in with the trains
> (trains, buses, and a streetcar could use train track, just have some additional
> plates to place between the tracks to cover the railroad ties..
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> Additionally, I'd love to see a car that fits a family of 4 minifigs...
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> Scott Lyttle
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> > Besides trains, planes and automobiles, people in cities tend to use other
> > means of transportation to get around.
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> > I am thinking of the following types of sets:
> > 1. A taxi or limousine (small set; one or two vehicles with minifigs and
> > accessories)
> > 2. A bus terminal with one or two passenger busses (mid-size set), a waiting
> > area, concession stand etc.
> > 3. A streetcar (with some type of guide rail) or monorail (larger set). With
> > the new medium power functions motor and IR controls, this should not require
> > too much investment in new elements...
> >
> > Ron
Actually, for the 3d set I was more thinking along the lines of the monorail
system lego sold in the early '90's (like the 6399 Airport Shuttle). Something
like this takes up less space than a train layout and is different. I know there
are many fans out there who'd love to see the monorail come back in one form or
another. As said, with power functions now
available it might actually not be too difficult to realize for TLG...
Ron
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| (...) The thing is, with the now somewhat more realistically sized cars, trucks, planes and so on the scale of the old monorail is even more off-scale than the 6wide trains always were. Thus, any kind of monorail would have to be in the range of (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Maybe more like "Mass Transit"? That could be lumped in with the trains (trains, buses, and a streetcar could use train track, just have some additional plates to place between the tracks to cover the railroad ties.. Additionally, I'd love to (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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