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Re: Do you like monorails?
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:37:25 GMT
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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 people
commenting me).
--Tobias
> 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.
>
>
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > P.S. The Pause database has the price wrong. The price on the side of my • box is
> > $149.99 not $139.99
> >
> > Mark Herzberg wrote:
> >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> CAD Operator
> Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
>
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> http://www.aeieng.com/
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> Main LEGO Page:
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html
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> Soon to come: Star Wars LEGO Sets Parts Selling Page!
>
> Quote of the Month: (In Slate)
>
> Al Gore: "Even though national security policy didn't come up, I
> suggested that one critical issue for voters to ponder is this:
> Whose FINGER do you want on the CONTROL-ALT-DELETE button?"
>
> These are the same people who sued MICROSOFT, folks. If he is that
> ignorant about computers, he should not be anywhere near controlling
> anything, much less the United States.
>
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| (...) Heh, here in Canada. Myself (28) and my wife (31) go buy lego all the time. We get asked the same questions. "Oh, is this for your ____?" Nope, I say it's for my Wife. GRIN. She has almost every Castle set ever. She has all the Adventurers (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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