Gutterflower Posted January 17, 2014 Posted January 17, 2014 Golden Horse also offer this Anyway on the topic of the Shanghai ride. It does seem a little odd B&M are essentially building a clone of a Vekoma ride. Maybe the park really wanted that layout? but it just seems weird to me. Maybe Happy Valley and Vekoma fell out. The first 3 parks in Shenzhen, Chengdu and Beijing all have Vekoma rides. But none of the latest three do Shanghai, Wuhan and Tianjin. Just speculation but you never know.
TetsuneSonic Posted January 17, 2014 Posted January 17, 2014 Here is Label， This is 100% pure B&M。 No doubt Track Label
KingRCT3 Posted January 17, 2014 Posted January 17, 2014 ^ And you confirm the track is clearly smaller than a regular B&M one? Thanks for all these infos dude (and that POV... Awesome! ).
TetsuneSonic Posted January 17, 2014 Posted January 17, 2014 the width of track is about 90cm-1m in 2014， two noticeable coaster will appears The Longest B&M Inverted Coaster The Shortest B&M Inverted Coaster
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 18, 2014 Author Posted January 18, 2014 Photos from RCDB, took by TetsuneSonic. Sorce
tarheel1231 Posted January 18, 2014 Posted January 18, 2014 It will be interesting to see the layout of the coaster.
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 18, 2014 Author Posted January 18, 2014 It will be interesting to see the layout of the coaster. It was posted a couple if pages back
TetsuneSonic Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Vertical construction has begun。 and more track pieces， Thanks to Candice for pic Outside the water park Notice those 2 thicker beams Pre Lift wheels construction site wheels more wheels
_koppen Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Awesome! I'm assuming the two thicker supports will be used for this section:
rcjp Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Looking forward to seeing what B&M can do in the family coaster business.
gerstlaueringvar Posted March 9, 2014 Author Posted March 9, 2014 ^ As far as I see, Knocking off Vekoma?
A.J. Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Not necessarily. Finding the most efficient way of constructing something isn't the same thing as creating a knock-off. Why would you waste a whole lot of space with individual supports when you can create a jungle-gym structure?
DBru Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 ^But it's literally the same layout with the same support structure. This whole project is bewildering... ...and I love it.
Jew Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 B&M builds what the client wants. If someone hands them a check and says "I want that (Vekoma junior coaster)," if they can do it, why not?
Midgetman82 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 I'm sure other big coaster companies have done the same thing before. Mack and Intamin's a good example, I think, with their variations on mega-lite layouts. Either way, I can't wait to hear how the Cadillac of coaster companies take on this type.
JonnyRCT3 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 This coaster is quite odd. And like Jew said... B&M builds what the client wants. If someone hands them a check and says "I want that (Vekoma junior coaster)," if they can do it, why not?
SharkTums Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Am I the only one that keeps looking at the title of 'B&M Family Coaster' and thinking that's what they've been building for a long time now!
rcjp Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 ^In a way... Actually I kind of feel sorry for B&M given that they have been being massacred here (even by me, sometimes) and also taking into consideration that we don't really know (at least I don't) how much of their recent forcelessness is actually their fault and not the park's that specifically order more "family friendly" rides. I guess we won't know for sure until they build an oldshool ride again.
B&MBoy1982 Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 B&M builds what the client wants. If someone hands them a check and says "I want that (Vekoma junior coaster)," if they can do it, why not? Once again, I would like to quote this.
cfc Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Am I the only one that keeps looking at the title of 'B&M Family Coaster' and thinking that's what they've been building for a long time now!
gerstlaueringvar Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 B&M builds what the client wants. If someone hands them a check and says "I want that (Vekoma junior coaster)," if they can do it, why not? I highly doubt that OCT would invest a lot of extra money on B&M family coaster which Vekoma provides the original version with much lower price.
TetsuneSonic Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 That's a Improved Version of Vekoma， it fluctuate widely Update
gerstlaueringvar Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 Don't feel like starting a new thread. Mega-Lite is getting a new paint. Seriously? Whole white? Photo credit: RCD
thrillseeker4552 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 ^I hope that's a primer. It would be very disappointing to take this beautiful yellow and green Intamin and paint it an ugly white.
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