September 15, 20168 yr comment_241395 What makes it sadder is that of the 5 items I've seen listed so far they are all listed by the same person. So someone with a lot of money has bought a load of the props and is just selling them on for profit. At least some money from the original sales went to the charities! Though they claim a portion of the money you pay for the ebay items goes to charity as well I find it difficult to believe that this is true and is rather just an attempt to make back the money they've spent and more! I hope most of the props went to people who cared about them rather than people just wanting to make money! Any of you lot get any?
September 16, 20168 yr comment_241401 I doubt anyone on here bothered because no one with disposable income cared about the closure... In terms of people selling park merch online, it never tends to get too over the actual price at retail (apart from maps, I've seen people pay £10 for a Thorpe map!), and Merlin have a history of taking down a few sales on eBay (though granted that is stuff not available to the public, like the Nemesis audio that was sold off and then had to be returned)... It's an interesting conundrum really, profiteering off a 'charity' auction...
September 16, 20168 yr comment_241409 Out of interest, does anyone on here have any of the Prof Burp's props that were sold in 2005? From what I gather the Gas room Burp, lots of bottles big & small, a Boffin and various misc parts were sold, oddly a load of well-known props were just binned too. The Finale Burp was kept by the park but later thrown out.
September 16, 20168 yr comment_241411 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-Large-Sign-From-The-Bubbleworks-Ride-Chessington-Fairground-Item-Prop-/262625814704?hash=item3d25b7e8b0:g:MiIAAOSwzaJX2YVg Bargain
September 16, 20168 yr comment_241412 4 hours ago, Archive said: Out of interest, does anyone on here have any of the Prof Burp's props that were sold in 2005? From what I gather the Gas room Burp, lots of bottles big & small, a Boffin and various misc parts were sold, oddly a load of well-known props were just binned too. The Finale Burp was kept by the park but later thrown out. I have one of the original Hic-Cups
September 16, 20168 yr comment_241418 Hopefully I will be picking up the bath tub from the first scene and the big yellow poster from the queue line with the duck with cucumbers over the eyes on Sunday. Going to have to hire a van for them. I plan on keeping these not ebaying them. Mind you the wife isn't best pleased. What are you going to do with the bath tub she asks?! ?
September 16, 20168 yr comment_241420 Could you send a video of yourself smashing up both please? Kthnx
September 27, 20168 yr comment_242017 Spotted in the car park yesterday, and has been there for a few days It has begun.
September 28, 20168 yr comment_242116 Let us all hope & pray that this will be just as successful as Tomb Blaster's extremely impressive & vastly improved upon cutting edge 'refurb' was. Yes, I am being sarcastic.
October 17, 20168 yr comment_243193 So this appeared on Chessington's Facebook recently... Quote Morning Adventurers, we have some exciting news to share with you: a new creature is coming to Chessington for 2017. Follow the clues this week to guess what this creature may be. We will be announcing on Friday, so let us know if you think you’ve guessed it! #anewcreatureiscoming#Chessingtonsnewarrival Little do Chessington know, roughly 95.9% of people already know the identity of this "new creature"...
October 17, 20168 yr comment_243198 You sure they aren't talking about a new actual Animal for the Zoo?
October 17, 20168 yr comment_243199 1 minute ago, JamminGamer said: You sure they aren't talking about a new actual Animal for the Zoo? I'll be damned if they are to be honest. I still think it's fairly obvious what they're hinting though.
October 18, 20168 yr comment_243208 25 minutes ago, JamminGamer said: I take it back....... "A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?" "A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know? He has knobbly knees, and turned-out toes, And a poisonous wart at the end of his nose." I'd love if Chessington were pulling our leg. Sending us down the path of the Gruffalo and it ends up being something completely different
October 18, 20168 yr comment_243218 Seriously annoyed by this. I didnt mind about Bubbleworks - but the Grufallo. Nobody wanted the Grufallo! We should boycott the ride. Get #GrufalloRideBoycott trending on Twitter.
October 18, 20168 yr comment_243219 4 minutes ago, ChessingtonSam said: Seriously annoyed by this. I didnt mind about Bubbleworks - but the Grufallo. Nobody wanted the Grufallo! We should boycott the ride. Get #GrufalloRideBoycott trending on Twitter. You must be new to Merlin investments. Welcome to the first of many disappointments.
October 18, 20168 yr comment_243221 21 minutes ago, Project LC said: You must be new to Merlin investments. Welcome to the first of many disappointments.
October 18, 20168 yr comment_243223 28 minutes ago, ChessingtonSam said: Seriously annoyed by this. I didnt mind about Bubbleworks - but the Grufallo. Nobody wanted the Grufallo! We should boycott the ride. Get #GrufalloRideBoycott trending on Twitter. Well just be grateful the IP is good.. Unlike..
October 18, 20168 yr comment_243224 THAT's the way they're going to announce it? Facebook animal clues? God sake
October 18, 20168 yr comment_243226 11 minutes ago, Archive said: THAT's the way they're going to announce it? Facebook animal clues? God sake And that's only the beginning of me turning away from Chessington really. The rest of the way will be made up from Chessington turning what was once a world-famous dark ride into a flipping kids ride!!
October 18, 20168 yr comment_243227 Its interesting because Chessingtons target demographic shouldn't even be on Twitter
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