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Walthers now has the new Wave swinger listed for $279.99, November 30 availability, "limited run".
That's cool to see it's back and with the traditional look. Now if they would do a traditional Pirat.
List price $199 Euro's or about $225 US.
Originally Posted by: Ted 

I think I should buy a lottery ticket today! I called it 8 mos ago, looks like the wave swinger is coming back! New decoration and upgrades. Says it will be available in November!



November of 2020?? With the way they pop out rides....
Originally Posted by: skydiver77 

The Wave Swinger from Faller is cool, the looks of it, but like their Chair o Plane, it's just too fast to look authentic. That's one reason why i'll never get it. I wonder if there's a way to slow it down to where it looks more true to the real Wave Swinger when in action? Be nice if Faller came out with an Enterprise, but have it to where a mechanism controls each car to swing out, giving it a true look to the one in real life when gravity takes over the cars for when they're about to go upside down. Just like Don Cummons, he knew what he was doing when he made the Flying Bobs & Music Fest, he didn't have the cars / tubs go so fast as to actually " fly " over the hills & look like a blur, not letting people know what they were looking at, seeing the details of the tubs. The ride goes fast just enough to look good and true to a real Bobs or Fest, not to have it go so fast as to where one can't recognize what's going around, unlike Faller's Wave Swinger & Chair o Plane. Don's Scat is the same way, it is a medium to slow speed, just as it should be, not to where the ride becomes a blur, like I've seen a few ride models out there do, with a motor pushing the ride itself too fast.



All you got to do is get a slower motor or gear that one down that's on the Chair o Plane. That's what I did with mine and it runs like a kiddie ride should, nice and slow....
I think I should buy a lottery ticket today! I called it 8 mos ago, looks like the wave swinger is coming back! New decoration and upgrades. Says it will be available in November!
the dc motor is it rumor or real i need like 5 of them and one i need to have a long shaft for the rainbow.
Another thing I REALLY want from Faller and I don't think it would be too difficult for them, is a traditionally themed Pirat. Or just a scenery kit for the existing ride. How hard could that be?
The Wave Swinger from Faller is cool, the looks of it, but like their Chair o Plane, it's just too fast to look authentic. That's one reason why i'll never get it. I wonder if there's a way to slow it down to where it looks more true to the real Wave Swinger when in action? Be nice if Faller came out with an Enterprise, but have it to where a mechanism controls each car to swing out, giving it a true look to the one in real life when gravity takes over the cars for when they're about to go upside down. Just like Don Cummons, he knew what he was doing when he made the Flying Bobs & Music Fest, he didn't have the cars / tubs go so fast as to actually " fly " over the hills & look like a blur, not letting people know what they were looking at, seeing the details of the tubs. The ride goes fast just enough to look good and true to a real Bobs or Fest, not to have it go so fast as to where one can't recognize what's going around, unlike Faller's Wave Swinger & Chair o Plane. Don's Scat is the same way, it is a medium to slow speed, just as it should be, not to where the ride becomes a blur, like I've seen a few ride models out there do, with a motor pushing the ride itself too fast.
It would make sense to put the Wave Swinger out again at some point. I couldn't understand why they retired it anyway, it was only around a few years. Hopefully they use the more traditional themeing like mentioned above, maybe make it with some sort of lighting too.