darklingscribe Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Since your track style most closely resembles B&Ms style, Would it be safe to say that you are also working on Stand-up and Flying coaster trains? I would love to see a Riddler's Revenge train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelFan Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rimer Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Not now, but if the parks want us to do it, we would consider it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 will the dive ones actually stop at the top of the lift like the real thing? These look cool no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Hey everyone, I know everyone is excited about these and you all want to see a model of "your favorite coaster" put into production, but I'm sure doing these models take a lot of time to produce and I'm guessing it's fair amount of work getting the rights from the parks. Be happy that this "line" of models have been introduced. And if successful, a new "line" ususally means more to come! I never quite understood why Disney discontinued the attraction die cast models they produced (we have like 10 of them) and I'm really happy that Coaster Dynamix have introduced these. Give them some time and I'm sure many more of everyone's "favorite coasters" will be coming along..... --Robb "CD Guys - I should have told you to be prepared for a flood of questions!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rimer Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Robb- we get this all the time. Can you do this? Can you make that? It does get frustrating. We work really hard to come out with something we feel is really cool and the first thing some people ask is "yeah, but what about..." I actually enjoy answering questions about our products. I called one park earlier in the week and talked to a lady in merchandising who wanted to know why on earth someone would pay $20 for one of THOSE models. I told her some people get it and some don't. She obviously didn't. The people on this site do. Most of the parks have been very cooperative and enthusiastic about this project. They provide us with artwork and colors. We even got to see the official B&M drawings for the Griffon trains months before they arrived. Unfortunately, no one has any experience selling this sort of souvenir so they don't really have any advice. They are as curious about customer feedback as we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 How's about a "VekomaDyamix" model with realistic "Whirwhirwhir-KER-CHUNK" action! I look forward to supporting what I can of the CoasterDynamix product line-up, so that more and more possibilities become realities. I'm already drooling over the idea of an Arrow Suspended model like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcajun Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 lady in merchandising who wanted to know why on earth someone would pay $20 Funny how someone in merchandising would ask that and not know you can target specific customers for your product. DUH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rimer Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 She had only been there for 3 weeks. Still, she should have been more tactful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailBlazer Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 No. All the inverteds will be regular 7 car trains. I am interested in these new train models, but it seems that if you are selling replicas of specific coaster trains, the models should have the same number of cars as the real thing. I can understand maybe skipping the zero-car with Alpengeist, but say if Raptor has eight cars, why not have 8 cars on the model. Most inverted coasters have eight cars, not seven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Yeah you should use 8 on a train. The zero car would be cool though. If you choose ever to do woodie trains make a Thunderhead Millennium Flyer train I would buy it in a heart beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rimer Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 No. All the inverteds will be regular 7 car trains. I am interested in these new train models, but it seems that if you are selling replicas of specific coaster trains, the models should have the same number of cars as the real thing. I can understand maybe skipping the zero-car with Alpengeist, but say if Raptor has eight cars, why not have 8 cars on the model. Most inverted coasters have eight cars, not seven. It is all about economics. To get to the price point we are trying to achieve, we cannot go over 7 cars. Eight cars would take the price up closer to $30. The parks want inexpensive souvenirs. And seriously....how many souvenir buyers really care? Will it prevent you from buying one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I also think models of Mystery Mines trains would be cool! There are so many possibilities! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rimer Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 So many ideas..... Everyone has a different favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscoasters Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I have my money sitting right next to me. I'm currently on BG's website refreshing the page, waiting for the product to be available for purchase (even though it probably won't be for a while). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calcajun Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 She had only been there for 3 weeks I would think she would have experience in merchandising if she had the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscoasters Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 She should have thought about this. It's obviously worth more than $5 right? Ten also. But then you gotta consider this. Theme park prices are expensive for everything. We payed $10 at SFMM for some picture frame that still had Psyclone on it and not Tatsu. WTF!?!? Anyway, after you count labor, parts, shipping, etc., $20 is a VERY good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 These trains are incredible! Thanks for posting them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJJman Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 To the CD guys: Thank you! These would be cool to collect, and I will be doing so! JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 These look awesome, hopefully the park's websites will ship overseas Great Job guys, this is definately christmas list material... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_roll06 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Wow! These are sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingScooter Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Great job, guys! I'd love to own a set. They're not toys, they're 3-d functional art that would be a blast to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 This is so cool I will leave some space in my suitcase when I visit BGE next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfne2005 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Hope you guys make enough of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Do these trains work with "Dragon" and "Scorpion" coasters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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