Strange Roller Coasters

[Sam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuCQ8dnbVzA

Opened last month in Japan, would you believe.

Clearly a bright-spark in park management wanted a modern family coaster like Severn Dwarves Mine Train or Verbolten or something but on their way to a proper manufacturer's office, got waylaid by representatives from Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd. who convinced them to build this.

The power of the two launches is ostensibly decided by how loud the rider's scream, apparently.

 

[Poisson]

What. The.


No words.


I WANT A GO!

 

[Blizzard]

Superheroes The Ride

Not sure whether this quite qualifies as a "coaster", more of a contraption. I went on It at Knutford fair, I just don't know what to say...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2K8RUYzg40

 

[TheMan]

What the heck are they?!

That coaster is a real wtf? And that fairground ride with the suspended bumper cars reminds me of "X" ;D

 

[John]

OK, so that's a coaster with 2 launches, a chain lift and 3 tyre driven lifts - what were they thinking?

 

[DiogoJ42]

I think "Superheroes" has been posted in the Strange Rides topic before.

That Japanese one though... Proof once again that no country has stranger tastes.

 

[nemesis1994]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/extreme-machines/18-strangest-rides#slide-12 This is sort of a roller coaster but also a flat :S it's in a list of weird rides. It's slide 12.

 

[Burbs]

I can't help but laugh at that pathetic first launch. :

 

[nemesis1994]

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=44463&start=90 it's the one at the bottom, one word.Ouchies!

 

[MattyH]

Can you find an alternative link for that last one Nemesis1994? I tried to load the current one, but got offended before getting to the bottom.

 

[nemesis1994]

Can you find an alternative link for that last one Nemesis1994? I tried to load the current one, but got offended before getting to the bottom.

I couldn't find it, but I found this! http://rcdb.com/3224.htm#

 

[TheMan]

Couple of interesting ones.... first isn't strange so much as terrifying. Coaster made of rust?

Also check out the support structure at 4:10. Looks built of matchsticks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUsGEu0DTCo#ws



This one, beautiful views, bit of an odd coaster but check out the HelixHelixHelix support

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NinLS0Ba40c#ws

 

[BigAl]

How many of you know about this Schwarzkopf - Big Roller Coaster - at Russia's Wonder Island park?

RCDB: http://rcdb.com/2867.htm

Gold paint!

The only ride footage I can find:

 

[DiogoJ42]

It's a ... a .... wanna be woody???

 

[Bear]

It's one of the last Schwarzkopf coasters to be made, if not *the* last. Interestingly it has the same track, trains, and brakes used on Venus GP at Space World, Japan. Even more interestingly, that coaster was made by Maurer Sohne, who were originally part of a company called BHS, who fabricated Olympia Looping. It's all a bit cross-breedy really.

 

[BigDave]

A lot of the current manufactures are break offs from older companies.

 

[Sam]

Biga-Coaster by Sunkid premièred at Tilburg this week.

 

[HaydenCR]

Biga-Coaster by Sunkid premièred at Tilburg this week.

Wild Mouse: Segway Edition.

 

[Dan]

I went on it today and thought it was terrible. It was short, uncomfortable and a waste of a segway. The big question I want to know... Is it a credit?

 

[TheMan]

I've got a plan!

Attach a Segway to a Scalextric track and use a "hair claw" restraint system.