RMC-ifying Son of Beast

[PaTim]

I think SOB serves a great purpose in the amusement industry, which is to provide an example of what not to do. How they managed to get everything wrong in one coaster project is quite impressive, from using double-axle trains to a boring layout to subpar structural design and construction this ride had it all. Had it been manufacturered by a more experienced firm and used single-axle trains with a better layout things might have been different. It didn't deserve the opportunity to be RMC'd.

[ImNotOneOfYou]

Which do you think RMC would attempt to recreate first, Son of Beast or Crystal Beach Cyclone?

[canadianparkfan]

I think the best thing that came from SOB was that (supposedly) Stengel supposedly wanted to use plug-n-play track for it, but the new track wouldn't have been ready by 2000 - which was important for KI. So, at least KI asking for a 200' wood coaster sorta created this "need" for a new track system which didn't previously exist and probably helped fund the design efforts. Too bad no parks are making more use of that system today though.

Exactly... One could argue that it lead to the creation of El Toro.

 

Like others have said, it's too bad the Intamin designs are too expensive for many parks. Would love to see more pre-fabs and mega lites to compliment the RMCs and Hyper GTXs.

[Password121]

^I would day Colossos and Top Thrill Dragster (and multi-ride deals) led to El Toro (or, Kingda Ka then El Toro).

 

But yeah absolutely it's a damn good thing more Son of Beast's weren't built everywhere.