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Re: Do you like monorails?
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:46:59 GMT
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Christopher Masi wrote:
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> When the first space monorail came out I was not very impressed, but I said to
> myself, "If they ever make a town monorail I will get one." LEGO did so I did. I
> walked in to Toys R Us just to see what was new, and there it was. I bought it
> with hesitating the first time I saw it. 6399... everything about the set makes
> me smile.
Hmmm... I got the Futuron one from a neighbor, who didn't like LEGO'S
that much. I got it for 80.00? I loved it. I played with that for hours,
having it connect my Space Base with my city.
for the 6399 Airport Shuttle, I saved for moths to get the 150.00 plus
tax. Finally, I got enough money. My friend Josh drove me to the Pierson
Road Meijer to get it. I grabbed it, went to the front, and got in an
express line. The cashier scanned it, aand said (You are not supposed to
do this, according to Meijer policy), "Is this for your brother or
something?" I said, "No, it is for me." My favorite line "Aren't you a
little old to play with LEGO?" That just made me mad, and probably
resulted into me becoming a lifelong AFOL. But it was still worth it. I
stayed up all night to build it, and connect into my city and the Space
monorail. It was so neat.
I tried to get the Unitron one from DYA, but they sold out. Oh well, I
hope monorails do come back one day!
Scott S.
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> Chris
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> P.S. The Pause database has the price wrong. The price on the side of my box is
> $149.99 not $139.99
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> Mark Herzberg wrote:
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> > In lugnet.trains, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > I was working on Sydney (Oz) a few months back, and the Mono-rail there had
> > > no driver (or so it appeared). Perhaps this could be a way for TLG to save
> > > money if the ever use mono-rail again?
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> > They use the same monorails in Miami. They are called People Movers actually.
> > Systems are in service, AFAIK, in Dallas, Miami, and Sydney. They usually are
> > for small inner-city routes (i.e. the Miami route goes all through downtown
> > and connects with the subway, which only crosses through downtown with two
> > stations) It would be really nice if LEGO started offering new People Mover
> > style monorails.
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| Scott E. Sanburn wrote: <SNIP> LOL I think I would have said the same thing. I often buy lego and when they ask me if I want it wrapped in paper, I say no. Then they look strange at me, but don´t say anything (I´m 14, so I still can buy lego without (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Errr... My (former) best friend had the 6991 when I was in fourth grade, but I wasn't obsessed with LEGO then. When I asked her about it some two years ago, and offered to buy it, she said it belonged to a friend of the family, but she didn't (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| When the first space monorail came out I was not very impressed, but I said to myself, "If they ever make a town monorail I will get one." LEGO did so I did. I walked in to Toys R Us just to see what was new, and there it was. I bought it with (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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