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'TATSU' the Japanesque dragon coaster

Postby Taro Toporific » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:43 pm

[floatr]Image[/floatr][INDENT][SIZE="3"]Fastest Coaster on Earth: TATSU[/SIZE]
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TATSU makes a dramatic change to the Park’s skyline situated high atop the mountain at Samurai Summit – where time-honored customs of the Far East welcome the newest species into Six Flags’ supreme coaster dynasty. The myth and legend of the great Japanese dragon TATSU come to life when fearless riders board its wings and fly at the speed of fear![/INDENT]

Hmmm, let's see now...
"TATSU" may mean dragon in Japanese but the coaster is in faux Chinese colors and architectural styles, meh.:|
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Postby otakuden » Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:26 pm

meh. it's in LA so i won't be going anyway :-P
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Postby Greji » Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:04 pm

otakuden wrote:meh. it's in LA so i won't be going anyway :-P


That means it'll probably soon be in Urayasu! But it does look like one of Brucie's bloody mates. That's all we need! Another drunken dragon!
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Postby Charles » Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:04 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:Hmmm, let's see now...
"TATSU" may mean dragon in Japanese but the coaster is in faux Chinese colors and architectural styles, meh.:|

I always wondered about "Chinese colors." I remember long ago when I was a beginning student, I showed my Japanese TA a piece of software I'd gone to some trouble and expense to import from Japan. It was a pen-input software for the Mac, I showed it to him and he immediately said it wasn't from Japan, it was written in China, he could tell because of the color scheme.
I asked him what he meant, and what are Chinese colors, and he couldn't explain it. I still have no idea what he meant, although if I had to guess, based on my own experiences, this roof should not be red, if it was Japanese, it would be bright blue.

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Postby Taro Toporific » Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:27 pm

Charles wrote:[floatr]Image[/floatr]]I always wondered about "Chinese colors."...based on my own experiences, this roof should not be red, if it was Japanese, it would be bright blue.

Bright roofs are certainly popular here in Japan but blue roofs are nearly required in Korea (at one time blue roofs were for nobility only).
As far as wrong (Chinese) colors on Japanese packaging, it was a constant problem in the joint ventures I worked on for Hitachi. The Chinese colors are red-vs-gold-vs-blue. When Japanese use red on buildings, it is looks like scorched urushi/lacquer red.
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Postby Charles » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:30 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:Bright roofs are certainly popular here in Japan but blue roofs are nearly required in Korea (at one time blue roofs were for nobility only).
As far as wrong (Chinese) colors on Japanese packaging, it was a constant problem in the joint ventures I worked on for Hitachi. The Chinese colors are red-vs-gold-vs-blue. When Japanese use red on buildings, it is looks like scorched urushi/lacquer red.

Well that's the first plausible theory I've heard about why roofs are blue. I asked around and nobody could even guess at a theory. My own guess is that the blue was supposed to match the sky, so buildings would be less obtrusive when viewed from the ground. But the typical blue roof is too dark, so that wouldn't explain it either.

I'm not surprised that color schemes could be a problem with product packaging. My Japanese friend immediately disliked the software I showed him, just because of the color scheme. I only vaguely recall the colors, but IIRC it was a pale red, yellow, and green. I asked him what would be an appropriate Japanese color scheme, he couldn't explain it, but he said he could recognize it when he saw it. Sheesh.
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Postby 72hw » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:41 am

Yeah - the concept and decoration leave much to be desired, but what a ride!

Higly recomended for coaster junkies like myself!
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Postby sillygirl » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:31 pm

gboothe wrote:That means it'll probably soon be in Urayasu! But it does look like one of Brucie's bloody mates. That's all we need! Another drunken dragon!
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Bruce denies any knowledge of this american imposter....
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Postby Greji » Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:44 pm

sillygirl wrote:Bruce denies any knowledge of this american imposter....


Ah come on there. It is well known that all the Yank dragons are upright church going lizards. It's them English sots that be facing the Isle of Man and Erin that need to be watched.
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Postby TobidashiChui » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:21 am

This looks identical to "Superman the Ride" from Great America in Gurnee, IL US
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Postby (1VB)freels » Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:22 am

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&p=Tatsu+Roller+Coaster&b=0&oid=472d737cb7e2a769&rurl=coasterrealm.com&vdone=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Fvideo%2Fsearch%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3DTatsu%2BRoller%2BCoaster&vback=Results

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