robbeal said:
B&M, they actually have variety. It'd be more equal if B&M only made the Batman clones, with one or two customs, but that's not how things are, and B&M make the more interesting designs, so they win it for me.
Rob, I'm so thoroughly dissapointed in you, I thought you of all people would know how many varieties of the SLC there is! Let's head to RCDB...
[url=http://www.rcdb.com/cm7.htm:11fh07oy]Vekoma Model Page[RCDB][/url] said:
SLC
SLC (662m Prototype) 2
SLC (689m Standard) 23
SLC (787m Extended) 2
SLC (765m Extended w/Helix) 5
SLC (Custom) 5
That's 9 varities. While they may not sound like much, it damn well is really... and look at how many they've sold! Vekoma are gods. Or, they damn well know how to run the business, at any rate.
B&M Have 16 different ones; while this is plenty, it's not quite double 9 :lol:. Personally, I prefer B&M, but, I think people rate SLC's down far too harshly merely becuase they're cloned. Frankly, who cares? Rampage is bloody similar to megafobia, and I don't see anyone marking that down. Grand National was based heavily on Racing Cyclone (or whatever the hell it was called...), I don't see anyone marking it down for it. To be fair to B&M, people do mark down the Batman clones.
So variety is settled; vekoma may not have that much en compare to B&M, but it damn well is there.
Moving onto a point Rob didn't make, but plenty of people did, what the hell is up with people who think SLCs are rough? I mean come on, don't be such pussies, the ones I have ridden haven't been rough at all! And even if they are rough, it's not vekoma's fault that parks are bollocks at maintaning. Let's take Vampire at walibi belgium; I thought it was going to hurt like hell (for some reason), but I just adapted the "Use the restraint as a pillow" tactic, and it was smooth as glass - the only thing that could possibly be considered rough is the laterals. And if laterals are rough now, then god help the coasters of the future.
*Scans through other points made in topic*
Hmm, you people seem to be under the impression that B&M are more forcefull than vekoma? Excluding nemesis, which has ONE intense part, I've never ridden a B&M that even puts a scratch on vekoma intensity wise.
Also, Hyde, I'd hardly call the inversions on B&M better to be honest, the Roll Over is the best inversion I've ever felt on an inverted coaster. Oh, and what's that I hear my brain saying to me? It's more intense than any B&M Inversion? yeah, true :-D.
Though, after that huge post sticking up for that vekoma, I do actually prefer B&M, but only becuase of great bear and alpengeist - if it wasn't for those two, I'd way prefer the SLCs.