Collosus Clone?

[mouse]

I was just searching for pictures of Collosus @ Thorpe Park and I came across this:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RE ... OZ42V5vYhw
(sorry, you'll have to click on the link as I don't know how to put the picture up, I know, but give me a chance.)

The caption says 'China's Longest Roller Coaster'
By the looks of it it is a clone of Collosus at Thorpe Park, although it did say it was new, I would've known about it as i'm a big Thorpe Park fan.

I also think it may just be an edited picture of Collosus, mainy because the website it's on is the Picasa gallery.

What do you think? And if you know anything about it, please say!

:--D

 

[Ollie]

It's called the 10 Inversion Coaster and it's at Chimelong Paradise.
http://www.rcdb.com/3475.htm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RPcNwlcAoI[/youtube]

 

[mouse]

This is an exact clone of Collosus

 

[Ollie]

It is. It's built by the same company. There's loads of clones of rides all round the world so why do you seem surprised there's one of this?

And it's spelt Colossus BTW.

 

[mouse]

Just thought I would have known about this one

 

[Gavin]

^To be fair, just because you're a fan of Thorpe doesn't mean you'd know anything about this though. It's not as if Thorpe are going to advertise the fact that their "record breaking" coaster is one of a pair.

10 Inversion Coaster is a few years newer, and is quite a bit smoother (or at least it was a couple of years ago). Colossus looks nicer with all the plants and stuff, but it's much, much easier to get pictures of 10 Inversion as there's basically a flat path all the way around it.

 

[mouse]

^To be fair, just because you're a fan of Thorpe doesn't mean you'd know anything about this though.

Touché

 

[Xpress]

Bet you didn't know that this ride has been cloned 10 times either...

http://rcdb.com/5.htm?p=20

Also, there's the 8 inversion coaster which is identical to the above, just the last 2 inversions have been replaced by a helice.

http://rcdb.com/1145.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgAyuzrRACA

 

[Nic]

I thought there were 12? (so cloned 11 times) http://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&mo=8310

But anyway, he wouldn't know anything about that, because there's not one at Thorpe Park.

 

[Xpress]

^Actually, I think there's only 10 of them in existence, one was relocated twice.

 

[Jools]

The fact that it's smoother means it goes faster right, because from watching that video, that definatly goes faster!

^ and no, only two have been relocated so that means there are 12.

 

[Nic]

One has been relocated twice, but that still leaves 12 in operation. Once again... http://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&mo=8310

 

[Xpress]

Never mind, was thinking askew...

 

[yinyang]

Wasn't colossus sort of a clone of a rollercoaster in Brazil, just with two more inline twists added to the end?

 

[Nic]

^

Also, there's the 8 inversion coaster which is identical to the above, just the last 2 inversions have been replaced by a helice.

 

[Hixee]

Also, it's just got one helix. Only one.

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[Anonymous]

^^ yinyang is correct, Collosus is the one that is a modified version of Monte Makaya, not the other way around as Xpress wrote...

 

[Xpress]

^I didn't say MM was cloned, I said it's an identical model, just with one helice, helix, spinning circle of g-force death element, ect. ect. ect. and 2 less heartline rolls..