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(...) How was this innovative? It's their second coaster! The only innovative thing I saw about it was that the MSRP was a lot less (and it had differently abled (they had no feet) passengers on a coaster train instead of a 4 wheeled cart. (I (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) But it's the *first* time they've released their second coaster. Dave! (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) First? Heck! It's the ONLY time they'll EVER release their second coaster! It's a once-in-a-lifetime event! DaveE (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Because instead of bending rigid rods and connectors to make curved things, they provided flexible rods that would conform to a curve. :-) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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when was the first one released? The rankings don't claim "22 percent increase in innovation." I think they are talking about big sellers from 2001. Maybe that was the only adjective that the person could think of. (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) We've had a partially built one on our kitchen floor for months and the copyright date on the box is 1994. (Model 63030). Seems like there have been more than two of them. Maggie C. (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe. :-) And people ask why the media isn't held in high regard. (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's what I thought about Kiss breaking up... Didn't LEGO recently release the Metroliner for the second time? ROSCO (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, there's just the two. The original is more like a "wooden" coaster, and the newer one is like a "steel" coaster. In the new one the cars clip around the track and the friction is a *lot* lower. I wouldn't call it innovative, but it's (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think this conversation need to move to .o-t.clone-brands. Jude (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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