Samurai - 'For Sale'?

[Martyn B]

http://www.ridetraders.com - Page 6 of the used products section, there's a Mondial Topscan, with 2 pictures, both of them look like Samurai (1 definitely is).

Obviously they could have just used the pictures for generic use, but I dunno...

 

[Lofty]

Out of curiosity, is the Thorpe version a travelling one or a static one?

The one for sale here is of the travelling variety it states!

 

[SaiyanHajime]

Yeah this isn't Samurai. I thought we already had this topic on CF, but apparently I read it on Mania.

 

[Martyn B]

I remember hearing that Samurai is a travelling model, as they dont do permanent model Topscan's?

I only heard it, I ain't sayings it 100% official, but that is what I heard not so long ago.

 

[SaiyanHajime]

You usually know your **** Martyn, so I don't doubt you. But I've heard plenty of people say this isn't Samurai in the listing. It's just that it's the most widely photographed individual.

 

[Nic]

I'd always assumed that it was a travelling one, even if it had been adapted slightly for permenant location. The ride plaform etc always looks to me like a travelling one. Like I say though, that's purely my own assumptions. No evidence involved at all.

 

[Mark]

^ I assumed the same. It looks pretty much exactly like the ones I have seen travelling except for the entrance and exit ramps to the platform (of course).

 

[TP Rich]

Yes the picture is of Samurai, but the height measurements are different. The one for sale is twenty metres tall, whereas I believe Samurai is just eighteen.

 

[Crazycoaster]

Surely all top scans are the same size?

 

[Coasterfreck]

Interesting if Samurai actually gets removed what could TP be planning.
I know there is ment to be 2 majour rides installed between 2010 to 2016 according to their Medium Team Development Plan (MTDP)

To be honest, I don't like Samurai so if it is up for sale I don't mind if it gets removed for something new

 

[TP Rich]

Surely all top scans are the same size?

I'd have thought so too, but I'm sure Samurai is 18m, whereas the one for sale is 20m.

 

[nadroJ]

I doubt they would remove Samurai though, it always seems to be an incredibly popular ride. That's just from what I see though, for all I know it could be really problematic or expensive to run or whatever.

Removing it wouldn't free up that much room either, surely?

 

[Martyn B]

I doubt its very much that they make 2 different size Topscans, especially with only a 2m difference.

 

[Mackem Lad]

It isn't Samurai, it's not a Space Model (space roller theme for off-the-shelf travelling models).