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Old 09-12-2019, 04:00 PM   #600
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Originally Posted by DownhillGoat View Post
Substantially. IIRC the Space Monorail was around $200 CDN when it came out (~$365 today). A comparable in the current LEGO line would be something like the passenger train, and that retails at $200 today.
That set was released in 1987 for $155 USD:

https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/6990_Mo...ansport_System

That's $350 USD or $462 CAD. The set is very tame by today's standards and would cost about half of that.



The closest similar modern day set for around the same price is the roller coaster at $479.99, but that set is a lot more involved, bigger, and has more pieces:



You're getting significantly more value today. Sets as detailed and large as the very expensive modern day sets just weren't around before.
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