Three monorail builders (Nathaniel Brill, Masao Hidaka, and Joe Meno) show off their models at Brickfair VA 2012
Building a Different LEGO Monorail
Articles and Photography by Joe Meno, Steven Walker, Masao Hidaka, and Nathaniel Brill Art by Joe Meno Since the LEGO Monorail was discontinued, there have been fans wanting its return. Monorail sets are now collector’s items, and consequently, prices for those sets and monorail parts have skyrocketed. Not surprisingly, many fans have appealed to the LEGO Group to bring back the old sets as they were. However, the company has been resistant to this idea, as this would require recreating molds and parts, which is an expensive process. A small group of fans have gone another direction. Inspired by real-world monorails, they have begun to build custom monorails using currently available LEGO parts and motors. The implication is clear: A LEGO monorail can be made, using off-the-shelf parts, that has the potential to be more flexible than the previous sets. BrickJournal takes a look at current monorail efforts.
At BrickCon 2011, two different monorails were displayed.
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