Kooky Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 The old lazer gets his first run in his new colors on a fair in Hamburg,Germany! I found some pictures from the construction of the last days on http://freizeitparkweb.de/cgi-bin/dcf/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=7480&forum=DCForumID4&viewmode=all from the user "pinion". Hope you like the pictures of the IKEA(colored)coaster : the frist loop: and the scound loop goes up:
froggypheebs Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 It pains me that this took this ride away from me. This was my first ever adult steel coaster and first looping coaster. I'm glad it has a new home (or traveling home, I guess) That paint job looks just gorgeous.
ginzo Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 It's really nice to see an old Schwarzkopf get some love like this. I can think of several that need the same treatment.
King of Ka Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Looks amazing, makes me miss it even more. I need to get on some more Schwarzkopfs before they all disappear.
STR8FXXXINEDGE Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 What a beauty! For a second there when I first read the title of this thread, I thought it was saying that Laser was being built inside of an IKEA. Not that there would be anything wrong with that. I love IKEA, and I love Laser too!
Calicoasters Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 ^If that was the case I don't care how out of the way it would be, that's the only Ikea I would shop at! The ride looks great and I love it when Schwarzkopf keep living on!
itsme102 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I just went to Dorney on July 4, and it killed me to see the vacant lot where Laser once stood. I'm gonna miss this ride, one of my first "big" coasters as a kid...
andyuk200523 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Great colour scheme, feeling the Schwarzkopf loving!!!
DCody Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Awesome! What a great sight. A beautiful Schwarzy looking ready to roll again. Lots of Germans are about to experience a delightful grey-out on that second loop.
Rider117 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Does anyone know where it is right now? Where in Germany?
rollin_n_coastin Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Wow, looks awesome. I really miss the same one that we had here at our CNE for years.
Kooky Posted July 7, 2009 Author Posted July 7, 2009 Does anyone know where it is right now? Where in Germany? It is in Hamburg.... like i wrote in the first post
ChrisZer0 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Did the coaster come packed flat and was it assembled with one of those small hex tools?? Ok, it was going to be said, so I just took care of the obligatory IKEA joke
SuperShawn Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 ^ You left out something about Meatballs. Because what's a trip to Ikea with out getting some Meatballs.
ChrisZer0 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 IKEA isnt IKEA without greasy meatballs and lingonberries...
andyuk200523 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 It cannot be verified as an IKEA coaster until they have almost finished building it and noticed the last screw is missing, therefore using a random old screw lying around that is slightly too long or short
ChrisZer0 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 ^ or the coaster begins to lean to the side slightly and wobbles when you put heavy things on it..like robb
CorkscrewFoley Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Kooky (Kooky, lend me a comb), thanks for posting these pics. I'm so glad this lovely Schwrzy is getting a new lease on life--I know it sounds lame, but it's true. I wonder if the obligatory, CF seatbelts have been removed...
Jds03 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 It looks brand new! They really fixed it up good. I'm glad to see Lazer is being put to good use. Also IKEA is awesome, and that makes Lazer even awesomer now.
YoshiFan Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Kooky (Kooky, lend me a comb), thanks for posting these pics. I'm so glad this lovely Schwrzy is getting a new lease on life--I know it sounds lame, but it's true. I wonder if the obligatory, CF seatbelts have been removed... Hopefully, what made no sense was Laser ran at Dorney from 1986 - 2008 and CF owned the park from 1993 yet seatbelts were added in 2007. What I mean is why all of the sudden did CF add seatbelts especially since under their ownership of the park it ran without seatbelts for 14 seasons.
ChrisZer0 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Perhaps Zee Germans demanded this, as they are the same wily bunch who gave us WW2, industrial music and Shamwow. Ich Wunderbar!
Sasquatch Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Hmmm you say this is the first IKEA coaster, but have you seen Montana Infinitum, AKA Dreier Looping? I think, in the future, all Schwarzkopfs are going to be all blue and yellow and semi-crappily assembled
CHILLERLC1 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Laser looks great. No more faded Medusa wannabe colors and grease streaks. I'm glad this ride is refurbished and being assembled in Deutschland. Knowing the Germans they probably laughed at zee stupid added seatbelts.
CorkscrewFoley Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Kooky (Kooky, lend me a comb), thanks for posting these pics. I'm so glad this lovely Schwrzy is getting a new lease on life--I know it sounds lame, but it's true. I wonder if the obligatory, CF seatbelts have been removed... Hopefully, what made no sense was Laser ran at Dorney from 1986 - 2008 and CF owned the park from 1993 yet seatbelts were added in 2007. What I mean is why all of the sudden did CF add seatbelts especially since under their ownership of the park it ran without seatbelts for 14 seasons. I've never ridden a looping Schwarzy, and even I know they shouldn't have seatbelts. Then again, with CF, they had seatbelts to lock their Arrow OTSRs... Go figure...
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