KIRMES & Park REVUE (English) Special: Rouen (Vorschau)

PORTRAIT
Norson Powers built
a total of three “Invader”
type constructions. This
picture from 1982 shows
one of these examples
Joint production from
Wools and KMG 1997:
Küchmeister’s “Techno Power”
(now Eckl). Below: “Crow’s “Extreme”
was a very modern looking ride, themed after the
‘80s arcade game Space Invaders with “Galaxian”
heads moulded onto metallic flake fibreglass.
A further three Orbiter-style rides were
built by the showman William Thurston in 1987-
88. Named ‘Megatron,’ these heavy-looking constructions
have, by a chance of fate, all ended
up operating recently in Ireland.
Woolls Remix
In 1996 Tivoli Engineering bought a licence from
KMG to manufacture a 24-seat version of the
Move-It, a smart move that would pave the way
for the next generation of the Orbiter. Assisted
by his sons Ian and Mathew, Richard Woolls
used the same style of suspended seat on
Küchenmeister’s (now Eckl’s)
Techno Power ride, delivered
new to Germany in 1997. As
well as the more open seating
style, the speed was increased
once again and, thanks to the
overhead restraints, the arms
holdings the cars were made to
double back on themselves
and rise to an angle well in excess
of the traditional 90-degrees.
This particular machine’s
large floor and backflash were
completed by KMG, although
this is where the formal relationship
between the Dutch
and British manufacturers ended.
At the Leeds Valentines Fair in
2008, Tivoli supplied a ride
called the ‘Extreme’ to the
North of England showman Bil-
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