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So nominate your favourite:

B&M:
Inverted
Floorless
Dive Machine
Sit-down (Includes Speed coasters)
Stand-up
Flying

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My Nominations:

Inverted: Batman: The Ride
Floorless: Medusa
Dive Machine: SheiKra
Sit-down: Dragon Kahn
Stand-up: Mantis
Flying: Air
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inverted: nemesis
floorless: kraken
dive machine: sheikra
sit down: Kumba
stand up: mantis
flyer: superman
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Inverted: Nemesis (Alton Towers)
Floorless: Superman Ride of Steel (WBMW Madrid)
Dive Machine: SheiKra (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)
Sit-down (Includes Speed coasters): Dragon Kahn (Port Aventura)
Stand-up: Mantis (Cedar Point)
Flying: Superman (don't know :P)

EDIT: Kaycee having a 'blonde' moment...:lol:

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B&M:
Inverted - nemesis or Alpengeist
Floorless - Hydra: The revenge
Dive Machine - ShieKra
Sit-down (Includes Speed coasters) - Nitro
Stand-up - Chang or Riddlers revenge
Flying - Superman: UF
Sit-down (Includes Speed coasters): Millennium Force (Cedar Point)
Kaycee, B&M :wink:
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Well i'm only nominating coasters which i've been on so...

Inverted - Montu
Floorless - Daemonen (Tivoli Gardens)
Dive Machine - Oblivon , Shiekra would almost certainly win if i rode it, but i;ve heard recent B&M's are forceless.
Sit Down - Sorry to say this but counting Sit Down's along with Speed Coasters is rather stupid, you may as well put them will floorless's as sit downs are almost indentical except for the front of the train. Weird thing is the Dive Machine gets it's own catergory, Anyway as Kumba has already been nomianted I will go for "The Hulk"
Stand Up - Haven't ridden one but it would almost certainly be The Riddlers Revenge.
Flyer - Air, - S:UF i've heard is crap, Air ain't great either though.
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Inverted: Nemesis - Alton Towers (Amazing ride!, amazing themeing!)
Floorless: Scream! - SFMM (Looks incredable, shame about the setting)
Dive Machine: SheiKra (Even though it isn't as groundbreaking and impressive as Oblivion was)
Sit-down: Dragone Kahn (One of the world's best rides!)
Stand-up: Riddler's Revenge (Tallest, Fastest, Longest stand-up. Looks amazing!)
Flying: Air (Best ride expierience ever! Rated better than Superman!)


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Inverted: Nemesis
Floorless: Daemonen [sp?]
Dive Machine: SheiKra - Has everything oblivion has, and more.
Sit-down: Dragon Khan (my first ever big rollercoaster)
Stand-up: Riddlers Revenge.
Flying: Air
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Inverted: Montu
Floorless: Kraken
Dive Machine: Oblivion
Sit-down: Hulk
Stand Up: Riddlers Revenge
Flying: Air
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Inverted: Alpengeist
Floorless: Kraken
Dive Machine: Sheikra
Sit Down: Hulk
Stand Up: Riddler's Revenge
Flying: Air (although rumours of a dueling flyer at Cedar Point sound good)
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Inverted: Montu (Busch Gardens Tampa )

Floorless: Kraken (Seaworld Orlando)

Dive Machine: Oblivion (Alton Towers) Havent ridden Sheikra

Sit Down: Kumba (Busch Gardens Tampa)

Stand Up: Riddler's Revenge (looks amazing)

Flying: Air (Alton Towers) loved every second of it,and It's the only one ive been on
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Inverted: Duelling Dragons (fire to be specific)
Florless: Kraken
DM G5 (Its essentially an oblivion clone but its quite a bot bigger)
Sit Down: Silver Star (Europa Park)
Stand Up: Shockwave (B&M designed this under Intamin then left before it was built, hence it being registered as an Intamin coaster
Flying: Airs been the only one ive ridden.
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Inverted: Katun (Mirabilandia)
Floorless: Superman: RoS (WBMWM)
DM: SheiKra (BGTB)
Sit Down: Dragon Khan (PortAventura)
Stand Up: Riddler's Revenge (SFMM)
Flying: Superman: Ultimate Clone (nooo... just kiddin'... Ultimate Flight) at any SF Park.
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Inverted: Dueling Dragons (if had to choose, may have to be fire)
Floorless: Kraken
Dive Machine: Oblivion
Sit-down (Includes Speed coasters): Hulk ioa :D
Stand-up: Riddler's Revenge
Flying: Air

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Inverted: Nemesis Alton Towers
Floorless: Kraken The Internet
Dive Machine: Oblivion Alton Towers
Sit-down (Includes Speed coasters) Kumba (Busch Gardens Tampa) The internet
Stand-up: Shockwave Drayton Manor
Flying: Air Alton Towers


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Air ius the best B&M so don't go looking for any other nominees
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can someone please tell me what a B&M coaster means please i get confused with all the abreviatioins of words or stuff thankyou!! :lol:
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Bolliger and mabillard. They made coasters such as Oblivion,Nemesis and Air. Maybe you should of used Quick questions topic for this?

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B&M is the manufacturers name, short for Bolliger & Mabillard.
Examples include: Oblivion, AIR, nemesis just to name a few!!!!
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Moved from AT General...

Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard are Swiss manufacturers who are arguably the best coaster makers in the industry. They are instantly recognisable by their large box-spined track.
They used to be part of another manufacturing company called Giovanola who formed part of Intamin AG.
Initially known for their stand-ups, their first coaster was Iron Wolf (can't remember where it's to), but that's the one featured in the film 'Richie Rich'.
They invented the inverted coaster, which was a development of the suspended swinging coaster, but the inverted trains were able to travel through inversions, which the suspended swinging ones couldn't.

Here's their website.

I love B&M. :D And no, this post isn't regurgitated. :P

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[quote=""Kaycee-TTF""]
I love B&M. :D
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Ah but do you have a letter written to you signed by them both and a lovely product catalogue??

I did... but I lost them. And it was from back in 1997
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