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Re: new monorail train
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 19 Feb 2001 22:56:38 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> In lugnet.town, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > I sure hope that LEGO puts out another monorail set. I searched for over 2
> > years to find a reasonable cost version of the airport shuttle and finally
> > got it through the kindness of a local LEGO guy, Brian Stokes. I traded him
> > several parts that he wanted and that got the price of the monorail well
> > within reason.
> >
> > It is easily my favorite set at the moment. Not only is the monorail cool,
> > but the stations contain several cool architectural pieces. I wish I had
> > several copies!
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> Same here, I like the turning points at each station...forward stop or
> reverse. I think that in itself is noteworthy. I also like the fact that
> it is a super tie-in with the airport and town - you can seperate your
> airport from the rest of your town, and have the monorail train allow your
> mini-figs to commute to the airport from your town (city).
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> As far as availability and cost. I managed to buy won, used, and despite
> it missing some minor pieces, not having any instructions (thank heavens
> for on-line instructions), and a couple of piece substitutions, I too am
> a proud owner of this set. (I paid over $300 for it - it was a bit over-
> priced, but even paying that much I am still tremendously proud and each
> time I think about the set, and the way it operates, I think I still got
> a pretty good deal!!)
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> Actually, if you want my opinion, I don't think Lego will put out a monorail
> set for a while, especially not this year, they have too many other projects
> on the go. Let us all hope that 2002 is a good year for us townies!!!
Speaking as someone who already has a ton of monorail i would love to see
another monorail set come out.I'm just hoping for some real town sets next
year(thankfully at least we have a few bulk items for town)CWLeach
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| (...) Same here, I like the turning points at each station...forward stop or reverse. I think that in itself is noteworthy. I also like the fact that it is a super tie-in with the airport and town - you can seperate your airport from the rest of (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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