Unitron Monorail: LEGO Lookbacks Ep6

Enjoy a special monorail-focused episode of LEGO Lookbacks, looking at LEGO Unitron!
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[@rexmeng501]

the 30 years old lego set is waaaaaay more fun than today's lego sets~

[@bloodstreak2001]

I have to say the cameraman does a great job

[@kramasz]

Camera person

[@johnmurdoch8534]

Lmao ​@@kramasz

[@Bionickpunk]

Lego trains and monorails are probably the most fun sets you can get. Just watching the vehicle go around its path is surprisingly soothing, but this one has play functions similar to the tube system of Life on Mars.

[@jackrussell3084]

Every child has that one toy that they just wanted so badly to be under the Christmas tree, but just never was. For me, this lego set was and still is the toy I want so badly every Christmas for the last 30 years.

[@FloRiLLAZ]

Yes i wanted it too! Especially i live in germany and it´s obviously far away from north america, so i never knew of the existence of the other unitron sets and the monorail was too expensive for my parents...

[@TheDucksEye]

I live vicariously through these videos lol

[@Tirana-qg1ft]

I love this guys energy

[@kramasz]

This lineup was one if my most wanted as a kid. Those shiny stickers bring me back 😂

[@marik-lb4qn]

toys back then were really cool, also great vid

[@puisnode]

just got this set back after 25 years, my mom gave it to a neighborg and today i'm really happy since the electric parts and the tracks are in really good condition

[@Lego6980]

Thanks Chris. I’ve been wanting to see exactly this video for years!

[@reyvenpl3525]

this monorail is still one of my "must have" sets ever

[@thrillhouse4151]

6:58, that was awesome.

[@mikeaninger7388]

$125 now translates to about $256 And I just paid about 700 for one. Bananas.

[@MRYJ_LEGOSPACE]

Love it!!!! Great theme and good job for making this video DuckBricks! thx❤

[@jocelynsia5001]

Really cool with the features of deploying the pods!!!

[@ThatsJustLikeYourOpinionMan]

Spyrius next! In the promotional artwork they attacked Unitron!

[@matthewneuendorf5763]

Unitron was one of my favorite Space sub-themes, though I never did get the monorail.

[@UMCmetal]

I got one of this still. Need to unjust it :D

[@RowdyPour]

Lego needs to restart the monorail lines, maybe with their architect series or even lego city?

[@Fangar.]

They would have to redesign the pieces tho because they legally can’t use the old parts.

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

​@@Fangar.I'm Shaw it's. Not that thay can not you's them. It's cas Lego. Thru away the mold s to make the monorail track s ..

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

Thos. set look s good. .wish I was collecting Lego back then ..

[@uniformitydubliner9691]

​@@Fangar. Why can they legally not use their old parts?

[@Fangar.]

@@uniformitydubliner9691 apparently they were sourced from a different company that went bankrupt before lego could obtain the right to mould those parts

[@joeywelander1833]

I have the Futuron monorail and after seeing this video I have to get this one as well. Unitron is such a cool subtheme and should've gotten more sets.

[@chrhinske4873]

Really nice video. 14:20 you can use the radar dish thing on the Space Station Zenon to launch the separate cockpit which comes with this set. Simply open the wind screen, remove the minifig and insert the cockpit. That is why my personal opinion is that set 1793 is one of the most underrated sets. It has so much playability. My absolute favourite Lego Space sub-theme - Unitron. I have all sets more than one time.

[@JFireseed525]

Thanks. But sadly to see some missing and misplaced pieces in the first few minutes. However it´s a neat review and great theme, thank you!

[@geekyglen]

Do one where you have the two sets together and then with some of the 3d printed track.

[@DmitriHarizanov]

@11:58 - looking at the back of the box of the 1789 Star Hawk II set, seems like the idea was exactly to mimic the space shuttle launch and as that "tail" or "ramp" is on hinges, you probably should rotate that assembly

[@arturbiernacik2247]

Show as a Sea-Tron monorail, please! 🙂

[@deelai5723]

I would like to ask you how you hang the legoes on the wall? I am running out of places to put themm and would also like to hang them on the wall.

[@uniformitydubliner9691]

Hello! Just curious, how do you afford all the Lego you have and have you built any mocs? And I notice you seem to know so much about almost every Lego minifigure and set you have. Is it a neurodivergent special interest? (I am neurodivergent too,and adore LEGO! (I put "LEGO" in capital letters because I heard it can offend some fans if "LEGO" is not written in capital letters.) You sollection is so cool!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I wish I had Lego space monorail train playset.

[@DragonxFlutter]

One major critique of this series I have: The overly dramatic background music that's just loud enough to be noticeably distracting.

[@RockwellAIM65]

Wouldn't a space monorail be underground?

[@johnmurdoch8534]

I remember these. Too expensive for me as a kid for the monorail. Lego in general was better when it wasnt just doing deals with franchises ..

[@shawncooper8131]

How... does he have the room for all this stuff, lol.

[@RumblesBettr]

Rich mommy daddy be awesome

[@oldman-zr2ru]

I disagree with your pricing for that set. According to my Shop At Home catalogue and Brickset the RRP for that set was $178. In todays exchange rate that's $380. Some people might think $380 isn't all that much for a Lego set but back in those days there were very few AFOL's. You were either a rich kid, a very lucky kid or an adult to get that set. I have been an AFOL since 1989 and I bought many Lego sets up until about 1993 when I got married and started having children so I missed out on this set as well as others until I started buying Lego again when they started making Star Wars sets. I was able to get a few copies of this set but didn't buy the other Unitron sets in the series but they all do look good and there is a lot of playability between them, something a lot of parents back then didn't seem to pick up on.

[@Revenineakarevan]

Awesome set, but almost nobody could afford it. Too bad in the current era where the Lego sets cost 600-700 USD, it is too "expensive" for Lego to make these kind of baseplates and monorail system... terrible.

[@henribg1]

i think the same. i dont like the new lego. looks and feels so cheap. all this small parts. and no original themes. star wars all over the place for so many years now. i cant stand it

[@AJB2K3]

When lego started to loose their way.

[@brickguy42-misprint-collecter]

First comment and love the vids