I think Matt (and myself) were envisioning the “real” Lego monorail there for awhile haha. If Santa will primarily be moving in a circle why not just build a long, clear arm, mount Santa on one end, then spin it around the center?
Yeah, Greg, that’s where the disconnect was. I was talking all along about using the monorail track & car bases, but you were talking about brick building our own track (I’m still not sure what would power Santa’s sleigh if we went that route…?)
For this go round, I’d probably say we use the existing monorail track & drive system, stack a few layers of clear onto the car bases, and then build the sleigh on top of that (might have to experiment to see how tall we can go on the cars and still maintain stability…) Long term, we could probably make your idea happen – and I’m not trying to dissuade you from taking a crack at it for this year, either – I’m just not sure I’d be able to pull it off myself, at least without substantial help from more experienced builders.