| B&M
Brochure
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I
was lucky enough to get some B&M brochures today. You can view
pictures of them here. Enjoy. |
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| Intamin Rocket Coaster Prototype
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Pictures
of the prototype Intamin Rocket Coaster built at their test center
in Germany |
File
Type: both .jpg
Click here to download pic 1 (214
kb)
Click here to download pic 2 (140
kb) |
| Rating:
4/5. Shows a lot of interesting things for the prototype. The motor
looks huge. Its also interesting to see that they originally used 2
rail track originally for the launch. Is it just a coincidence the
track is Xcelerator colors? |
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| EPCOT 2007
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Shows
the planned Disney developments for EPCOT over the next 4/5 years |
File
Type: .gif
Click here to download (93kb) |
| Rating:
4/5. If you know the park well, could be an interesting view. |
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| Rock
'n' Roller Coaster Blueprints |
Original
blueprints for Rock 'n' Rollercoaster, a Vekoma LSM Bowl coaster |
File
Type: all .jpg
Click
here to download plan1 (14kb)
Click here to download plan 2
(18kb)
Click here to download plan 3
(19kb)
Click here to download plan 4
(16kb) |
| Rating:
5/5. Shows excellently some of the blueprints that ride manufacturers
work from. |
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| Proposed Heide Park Tera Coaster Plans |
Plans
of the Tera coaster that was proposed for Heide Park, but was
refused planning permission. |
File
Type: .jpg
Click here
to download (20 kb) |
| Rating:
3/5. Not a very detailed plan but shows the basic layout of the
never-to-be coaster. |
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Dodonpa Video |
A
video of the S&S Power launched coaster includes POV view,
outside view of the launch and other parts of the ride. |
File
Type: .mpeg
Click here to download (475 kb) |
| Rating:
5/5. Shows many great angles of the ride which I would love in my
back garden! |
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Arrow Suspended
Coaster Prototype Video |
This video shows the
prototype Arrow Suspended coaster model and full scale prototype.
The model is very interesting as it shows a corkscrew so the long
standing rumour that Arrow tried to put inversions on their
suspended coasters can now be laid to rest. The full scale prototype
is also interesting as it has a POV and all the track is unbanked so
you can tell what it would have been like to go on the original
Arrow Suspended coaster, The Bat. You can also see that Arrow were
experimenting with different track types at this stage. |
File Type: .wmv
Click here to download
(744kb, Zipped) |
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Rating: 5/5. An essential
download for any coaster enthusiast. |
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Arrow 4D Coaster
Prototype Video |
Originally found on
the Arrow website FTP when it was accidentally left open by the
webmaster, this video shows the prototype of the 4D coaster that was
set up at the Arrow testing plant. The video shows a small stretch
of track with the train making its way over it and doing a full seat
rotation in the process. |
File Type: .mpeg
Click here to download (375kb) |
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Rating: 4/5. Doesn't
really show much, but its still a nice download. |
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| Dive
Machine Patent Plans |
When
the patent was made for the original B&M Dive Machine to be
placed at Alton Towers, It had a much different layout to Oblivion
(the B&M Dive Machine that was built at Alton Towers). These
plans show this figure-of-8 layout complete with a water splash. |
File
Type: All .jpg
Click here to download plan 1 (80kb)
Click here to download plan 2 (83kb)
Click here to download plan 3 (93 kb) |
| Rating:
4/5. If you have been on Oblivion then you will find this very interesting,
but if you haven't then its still worth a look to see B&Ms
original ideas. |
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| Mindbender
Crash |
This
picture shows the aftermath of a crash on 'Mindbender', a Schwarkopf
multi-looper coaster at Galaxyland Amusement Park in Canada. It is
believed that one of the wheel assemblies sheered off which resulted
in the front car of the train hitting a loop support which you can
see in the picture.
WARNING: this picture does show a dead body covered up by a sheet,
so it may not be suitable for everyone to see. |
File
Type: .jpg
Click here to download (46kb) |
| Rating:
2/5. Not something a park would normally let you see, but you still
can't really see much as the picture is taken from a long distance. |
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| Perilous
Plunge Crash |
Shows
a boat on Perilous Plunge at Knotts Berry Farm after it seems to of
hit a corner with too much speed and so its gone up the bank. |
File
Type: .jpg
Click here to download (22kb) |
| Rating:
2/5. More of an amusing picture than anything. |
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Schwarkopf Suspended
Coaster Cars |
Never built, this
picture shows Schwarkopf Suspended Coaster cars. They kinda look
like Arrow Hyper coaster trains but suspended! |
File Type: .jpg
Click here to download (93kb) |
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Rating: 4/5. An interesting
picture to see something that was never built. |
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ArrowBATic Trains |
Another coaster that
hasn't been built...yet. These pictures show the trains for Arrows
insane mouse ride which is capable of vertical drops, inversions and
is inverted! |
File Type: all .jpg
Click here to download (31kb)
Click here to download (24kb)
Click here to download (17kb) |
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Rating: 4/5. These
pictures show loads about the trains including wheel assemblies and
restraints. Highly recommend download. |
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New Universal Park,
Europe |
A concept drawing for
a Universal park that may be constructed in Europe, probably
Germany. I know little about this project so if anyone has any
details then please let me know! The center piece of the park is
King Kong climbing a massive skyscraper with a roller coaster going
through his hand. Looks impressive! |
File Type: .jpg
Click here to download (100kb) |
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Rating: 4/5. Although
it is hard to see details of the park, it is very interesting to see
some of Universal's ideas which may make their way over to Europe
one day. |
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Fabio on Apollo's
Chariot |
During Media Day for
this B&M Speed coaster, America supermodel Fabio had an
experience he will never forget when a pigeon flew into his face! |
File Type: .jpg
Click here to download (20kb) |
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Rating: 6/5. Worth it
just to laugh at him!
Click
here for a link to the full story. |
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Ribena Rumba Rapids
Entrance Concept Drawing |
A concept drawing
showing the entrance to Ribena Rumba Rapids at Thorpe Park. Its good
to see as you can tell how they try to make their drawings into
reality. |
File Type: .jpg
Click here to download (17kb) |
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Rating: 3/4. Good
download as you can see how Tussauds change pictures into reality. |
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The Original Jubilee
Odyssey |
We were originally
told that Jubilee Odyssey, the custom Vekoma SLC at Fantasy Island
was going to be 260ft tall, reach speeds of 100mph and lots of other
impressive stats. However, the coaster turned out to be nothing like
that. This very small picture shows original drawings of what
Jubilee Odyssey would have looked like if something hadn't gone
wrong with the project. (Make up your own mind as to why this never
came about) |
File Type: .jpg
Click here to download (5kb) |
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Rating: 1/5. So small
that you can't make out any details at all, but if you are a fan of
the ride then it might be worth a little look just to see what could
have been. |
