Answers.Body: <p>According to <a href="https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/comment/57906/#Comment_57906" rel="noreferrer">https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/comment/57906/#Comment_57906</a> :</p>
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  <p>The reason LEGO has stopped making monorail is threefold,</p>
  <p>One, the motors and track molds ran out and would be very expensive to replace.</p>
  <p>Two, no monorail set ever made any money, in fact despite trying several different types at high price points they all cost more to produce then they were sold for.</p>
  <p>Three, kids these days don't see them as exciting, they are from theme parks or airports, not a futuristic thing at all, in fact pretty boring.</p>
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  <p>On the subject of molds: according to <a href="https://bricknerd.com/home/lego-monorail-bring-it-back-or-build-your-own-7-6-21" rel="noreferrer">https://bricknerd.com/home/lego-monorail-bring-it-back-or-build-your-own-7-6-21</a> ,</p>
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  <p>The molds and the motor aren’t available anymore because they were produced by a contractor that no longer exists.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>See also the question here: <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/1205/what-was-wrong-with-monorails">What was wrong with monorails?</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Changing times is certainly true in lots of cases. When I was a child, I saw vector polygon graphics as the wave of the future in video gaming. Nowadays, they are firmly retro and a sign of the 1980's.
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Body: <p>I'm a casual Lego enjoyer and decided to research some old sets and found out about the old monorail system.</p>
  <p>My question is why was it discontinued? It was a pretty neat system and I could see something like it working well with modern themes (mostly Lego City), and why was it in so few sets?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: [Is there a chance the track might bend?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGg5rfBfWT4)
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Comments.Text: I hear those things are awfully loud.
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Title: Why was the monorail system discontinued?
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ThreadText: # Why was the monorail system discontinued?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-30)
  
  I'm a casual Lego enjoyer and decided to research some old sets and found out about the old monorail system.
  
  My question is why was it discontinued? It was a pretty neat system and I could see something like it working well with modern themes (mostly Lego City), and why was it in so few sets?
  
  **Tags:** trains, history, monorail
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: [Is there a chance the track might bend?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGg5rfBfWT4)  
  > **username_2**: I hear those things are awfully loud.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2023-01-31. Score: 25 | Accepted answer
  
  According to <https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/comment/57906/#Comment_57906> :
  
  > The reason LEGO has stopped making monorail is threefold,
  >
  > One, the motors and track molds ran out and would be very expensive to replace.
  >
  > Two, no monorail set ever made any money, in fact despite trying several different types at high price points they all cost more to produce then they were sold for.
  >
  > Three, kids these days don't see them as exciting, they are from theme parks or airports, not a futuristic thing at all, in fact pretty boring.
  
  On the subject of molds: according to <https://bricknerd.com/home/lego-monorail-bring-it-back-or-build-your-own-7-6-21> ,
  
  > The molds and the motor aren’t available anymore because they were produced by a contractor that no longer exists.
  
  See also the question here: [What was wrong with monorails?](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/1205/what-was-wrong-with-monorails)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: Changing times is certainly true in lots of cases. When I was a child, I saw vector polygon graphics as the wave of the future in video gaming. Nowadays, they are firmly retro and a sign of the 1980's.  
  > **username_5**: Why didn't they set the price based on the production cost?  
  > **username_6**: @SolomonUcko I would presume that sales would be minimal at a prices so high.  
  
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