Magnum Physics Project

Ensign Smith

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:41 PM

Why not? It's perfect PR material -- "Cedar Point's fans love Magnum so much, one of them built an exact replica of one of the trains from cardboard -- just in time for Maggie's 30th anniversary!" It practically writes itself.


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Corkscrew Headache

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:44 PM

Don't ya mean 20th? ;)

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pointperson

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:22 PM
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I thought it was a joke! I thought maybe he was making a joke that it would take 10yrs. to be showcased on On-Point! : - )


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Corkscrew Headache

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:31 PM

oh i see! haha my fault!


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pointperson

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:14 PM
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I don't know you could be right! Ensign Smith will you clarify?


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OKSIRYDOC

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:10 PM
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Maybe he went ten years into the future, and made the joke.

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Ensign Smith

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:36 PM

Well, I am Ensign Smith, after all . . .

Nah, I just had my head up my a##. I meant 20th.


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Corkscrew Headache

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:39 AM

Haha I was right :pAnyway, I commented on the last blog and told Tony and Tyler the whole thing, but seeing that Tony is on pointbuzz, he probably already knows about it, but I told them to e-mail me if they would be nice enough to feature it on Onpoint. I might even get some extra credit out of it, who knows? haha


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ridingon1771

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:39 AM

dude that's sweet. it came out REALLY good. :)


So stoked for 2010 :]

-Lizzy

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Corkscrew Headache

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:11 AM

Well I just got home from the race, no pictures yet. We made it half way down the pool, attempted to turn around, and flipped the boat over :( But we won best looking! 95% overall.


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e x i t english

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:23 AM
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Told ya it was one hell of a boxy boat! :)

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CP fanatic 2400

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:50 PM

I have to say congratulations getting it to float and across the pool, and great work on keeping the look of the train as realistic as possible. :) Too bad Maggie had a rough turn around. And I hope you didn't destroy it like some of the teams in the video...


R.I.P. Mr. Scott

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Ensign Smith

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:53 PM

Looks like you both got the "ejector" seat. :)


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Maverickfanatic07

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:00 PM

That is amazing. Well done all around. The car looked perfect. I just hope to never see a real Maggie car out in the bay upside down like that!

Ryan


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Corkscrew Headache

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:16 PM

thanks everyone! It was a lot of fun! That flip was epic and hilarious at the same time. The only sad part was that we did destroy it. It was so heavy and hard to get out of the water, so it basically bobbed in the water for a good five minutes. The water was absorbed into the cardboard and the whole thing just fell apart as we lifted it out:(. We have tons of pictures and a "best looking boat" certificate to remember her by. haha :)


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Your mom is to fat to ride TTD.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:45 PM
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See, Magnum is sinking after all!


Let's Get Weird.

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CP rush

Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:16 AM
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^^Wow man, that is rough. I'd be so upset if I put all that work into it and saw it get ruined.


First rollback=opening weekend '09

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Corkscrew Headache

Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:16 AM

^^Hey! I had this argument all day today and last night! We flipped, we didn't sink ;)

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Force00

Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:17 PM
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Looks like it was fun. Great job on the boat it looked great, and nice flip there ;) got some airtime. :)


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