ebl Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Funny how so many people comment on how fast Terminator is going up (and I'm guilty of it as well). But remember, the vertical sections were mostly pre-built and only had to be raised into position. Then the cross bracing is done and track is laid---and fairly quickly as well. More and more like steel coasters, wooden coasters are designed on computers and assembled like a giant puzzle. Nowadays, it really doesn't take long to build even wooden coasters. Eric
CreditCrazy Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 At first, I was actually pretty mad about how slow it was going up. Just had wood stacked and layout around...woo it went vertical...but now it's like they put coaster beans in the ground and boom...there's Terminator. And now I am one of the usual people saying "Wow, it looks great. Going up extremely fast!"...ha-ha.
sixflagsmagicmountain Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Wow, it looks great. Going up extremely fast! Seriously though, I can't wait. It's shaping up nicely.
ebl Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 "...they put coaster beans in the ground..." (CreditCrazy) Coaster beans? I'd sure like to see those. Eric
sixflagsmagicmountain Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 ^You've never seen coaster beans? They are quite common
Six Flags Enthuseast Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 I've never heard of them either. What are they?
Anfronee Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 I've never heard of them either. What are they? You plant them in the ground and wait for a coaster to grow.
Sir Clinksalot Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 I've never heard of them either. What are they? It's when there are lots of positive g's and it squeezes out the theme park food you just ate.
ebl Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 ^^ If you turn the can over, it's a B&M inverted, right? Eric
Sir Clinksalot Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 ^ You haven't lost the touch my friend.
ebl Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 [takes bow] Thank you, thank you. I'm sure both of my fans appreciate it... Of course, you know there's a B&M Beauty Supply store in our town, right? I'm not sure what to do with that... The more I read this topic, the more I'm inclined to take a trip out to SFMM this weekend to follow the construction. The weather's been reasonably nice, so I hope there's been some progress... Eric
Six Flags Enthuseast Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Coaster beans! Are those real beans (not the fact that they grow coasters, but are they really called B&M?) ^LOL! I'm sure this could be turned into a whole other thread relating to B&M named products.
Sir Clinksalot Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Of course, you know there's a B&M Beauty Supply store in our town, right? I'm not sure what to do with that... Maybe they can do something with Scream to beauty it up a bit.
Six Flags Enthuseast Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 ^Yeah, like post the Scream people outside! Now THAT would attract customers! "OMG!!! THIS HAIR PRODUCT IS MAKING ME EXAGGERATE RANDOM CRAP!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Well, maybe not that extreme, but you get the idea.
CreditCrazy Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 I've never heard of them either. What are they? You plant them in the ground and wait for a coaster to grow. You...you don't know...oh no...
robbalvey Posted February 26, 2009 Author Posted February 26, 2009 Please guys...TERMINATOR! This thread is about TERMINATOR! If you want to discuss SFMM in general, there is another thread for that. Thank you! --Robb
Six Flags Enthuseast Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 ^Just get a can of B&M Beans and flip it upside down and you get what your avatar is...... a B&M Invert! EDIT: I posted the same time Robb did or something. Sorry!
Crazy4Coasters! Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 ^ Did you read what Robb just posted? Well to put the thread back into topic... Is anyone headed out this weekend to SFMM to get more pictures?
robbalvey Posted February 26, 2009 Author Posted February 26, 2009 ^ I most likely will stop by, yes. --Robb
Crazy4Coasters! Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Sweet, I hope the updates become a weekly occurence, schedule permitting of course.
ebl Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 I've already been out to SFMM three or four times so far, so I'm due for a visit. Maybe I can convince Diana to take a trip with me. And maybe this time I'll bring my camera in to get some pictures of Terminator. Even if there isn't any additional structure up, I'm sure what already is up will have some of the track started. That, too, is major progress. Eric
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