I Built Kingda Ka! Out of K'nex! (Tallest Roller Coaster 2005-2024)

[@Harambe-on-discord]

LONG LIVE THE KING!!!

[@crazybird199]

LONG LIVE THE KING (I never rode it, I wish I could)

[@MrAdam4000]

@@crazybird199LONG LIVE THE KING (I was lucky enough to ride it and it’s really fun. Sad you missed it)

[@samuelmanley1]

LONG LIVE THE KING

[@skyechabot4260]

Honestly tragic news. I’m honored to say I’ve been on it before it was taken down

[@pepperfry1234-he9ly]

LONG LIVE THE KING

[@COOKIEBUNBUNCOOKIESWIRLY]

the thing that just makes me calm is seeing how fast the train shoots into the tophat and I see the structure wiggle a bit from the speed love seeing when people use KNEX to make roller coasters

[@thomaspower9351]

That looks amazing! Can't imagine the amount of effort that went into it

[@Foxtrotalex]

Man the pov is actually so close! Awesome job it looks so cool!

[@nthdesign]

Great Adventure is my home park, and I’ve had the privilege of riding Kingda Ka many times. It will be missed, and you have paid it a tremendous honor! I saw its blinking safety light hovering in the distance off I-195 just six days ago.

[@RyanPalombi]

Same here. RIP kingda ka

[@madisonmcq]

Long Live the King😢

[@Ebbelwoy]

What i love about this is how we can see the forces acting on the structure while the train is crossing the top section and the twist. It makes you really appreciate the work of the structural engineers

[@AltonDylan]

It's better than I thought it would be it looks really good

[@SAVEKINGDAKA]

That looks so good! Rip kingda ka 👑

[@frostydastonedman9744]

The final build was way taller than I expected, bravo

[@jonathanberendsen4292]

Awesome! Crazy to think this coaster is so big that scaffolding is needed, and that last turn has some nice laterals!

[@CoasterWriter]

Always impressed at how fast you build. Excited to (hopefully) order some new colors of tubing soon. And sorry about your GoPro!

[@TheKnexMaker]

Thank you! It always feels like it takes a long time to finish my projects. But I guess it's not too long. When are you back building again?

[@TimmahRap]

I remember building the 2m(ish) tall blaster coaster kit years ago - this is like the extreme version of that! Love it!

[@TheCoasterBloke]

Absolutely incredible build😍

[@Harv_0]

RIP Kingda Ka but at least we have this amazing recreation!

[@PotulnySłoń51]

Your neighbors are just wondering what you've come up with today

[@TheKnexMaker]

They love it

[@gabe-skates]

Nahjhhhh

[@thecoasterauthority]

it’s giving phineas and ferb 😂😂

[@wolfeman1727]

Incredible work, thank you for sharing your passion!

[@TheKnexMaker]

Thank you very much!

[@AndyKennedy]

Wow, VERY impressed at the height you managed to get it to let alone got it working! Nice work!

[@TheKnexMaker]

Thanks!

[@ajtopia]

So glad there was a pov in this vid!

[@DJStrobe]

This bought so many memories back. Thanks for making my Christmas

[@TheKnexMaker]

Happy holidays!

[@Ryrycrazycoasters]

Looks incredible 🔛🔝🔥🔥🔥

[@TrackSeekeerz]

1 year from now: I‘ve built a full functioning 1:1 VelociCoaster Knex replica in my backyard 😂 The dedication you put into this is amazing!!!! 🤩

[@nychispanicpapi]

So well done!❤

[@TheCoasterBloke]

This is what ive been waiting for!!! Wooooo 🎉🎉

[@seriomarkj]

Sick build man!

[@TheKnexMaker]

@@seriomarkj thank you 😊

[@TheKnexEnthusiast]

Wish I would've gotten a chance to ride it. Epic way to show your respect. Long live the king of coasters!

[@TheKnexMaker]

I wish I could have riden it 😕

[@BOBBIIBOII-80]

Damn thank god I been on it at least 3 times in my life! I can never forget!💯

[@Benimations-t6i]

This is amazing this is probably my favourite build you’ve made you really out done yourself I can only wonder what your neighbours see when it was fully towered up

[@TheKnexMaker]

@@Benimations-t6i few of them came out to see it 😂 they were shocked

[@Pabloiznotmyname]

Wow, it even derailed at the end, insane Six Flags Great Adventure realism 😂. Amazing work m8, seriously. I played with knex as a kid and never thought something like this would be possible. Sorry to hear you didn't get to ride it. I was super lucky to get on it the last weekend it was operating.. A fantastic experience for sure. The launch was the best part in my opinion so you could still experience that intamin hydraulic launch someday on a different ride :')

[@DripTiles]

The most beautiful tribute to the King of coasters. I never got the opportunity to ride this either and makes me so sad that I never will, I hope they replace it with something that honors kinda ka.

[@yiravarga]

Quality looks fantastic.

[@Thecoaster27]

LONG LIVE KINGDA KA OUR SAVIOUR

[@Millenniumforce]

Very cool!! I am building a replica of the Skyride to a T. We should all get together and build the whole entire Great Adventure on 1 acre of land. Could you imagine.

[@alancheatley4378]

Brilliant build, I managed to ride this and Top Thrill 😋

[@mds--]

This deserves more recognition

[@joshslater2426]

You should definitely keep the model intact to some capacity (albeit you might just want to store it in small chunks). Ka is one of the saddest a ride losses in the past few years, so good idea to immortalise it as a working model.

[@kram2]

Almost shows the scale of the thing better than the real thing Well done

[@susanbaker1523]

Hi awesome video that replica of Kingda Ka looks amazing the effort put in to build it am hoping one day to get some K'nex and make a replica of a few of the coasters here in the UK

[@CoasterObsessed]

You’ve gotta add breaks my guy 😂. All jokes aside this is insane!!!

[@Harambe-on-discord]

@CoasterObsessed HA! beat you to the comments section 😂 AND got Ryan to pin my comment haha, BEAT THAT _ _ _ (enter your name here i know Ryan’s name but not you lol)

[@TheKnexMaker]

Taking a small break over Christmas making some breaks and Station stuff

[@coastermadab]

Very professional Ryan.

[@KWHCoaster]

12:00 looks especially awesome at 1/4 playback speed. That must have been one heck of a bulk order from K'Nex! I have several Screamin' Serpent sets downstairs in the locker room. And a couple sets that I can recall the names of.

[@8Carl8]

Wow! This is incredible, amazing work, you must put so much time in!

[@TheKnexMaker]

Thank you! About 6 weeks

[@Clyde__Frog]

I hope we get some decent magnetic launch designs in the future. The catapult on the new USN carriers looks insane, maybe we could see somthing like that in the future.

[@TheKnexMaker]

@Clyde__Frog there are 2 people working on real magnetic launches, best know I'm paying them to make me a working one when they are done 😂

[@IM.Pyscho.YT9]

Ngl that twist is a neck breaker

[@bob-yq5bi]

Good job

[@sarah22299]

Make stealth or hyperia from thope park

[@GregTurismo]

This is dope. It goes over the top so fast that if this was the real coaster, riders would be thrown into the stratosphere 😂

[@Thijs5843Time]

Insane build, you have outdone yourself once again! (Whats the next project going to be? 👀)

[@quintopia]

this thing is just epic. your gopro might have come out better if you had been able to put the magnetic trim brake fins on the airtime hill 😂

[@MegaDorian21]

Trop beau

[@alexius_1]

Impressive!!

[@HiCaballo]

Belongs in a museum

[@Freddothefrog-123]

Just wondering do Knexmore ship to the Uk

[@TheKnexMaker]

yes! but shipping costs outside the US can vairy depending on country, so just check the shipping page before you checkout.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

This is insane

[@RossTurner94]

Ace! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@CandaceTillson]

Where do you buy k nex

[@BoBTehMaN1]

I would hate if the bots came and invaded this guys channel saying “Who loves KNex Maker?” Like NOOOOOOO

[@andrewbarrett42]

Brilliant,I,m from Blackpool and I have ridden Kingda many times,every time you are waiting for that launch I shat myself every time.What did your neighbours think?

[@liliallsop588]

Ngl that is way faster then the real thing I think the corkscrew on the way down will break a few necks 😂

[@Thefury325]

LONG LIVE THE KING!

[@strivemx]

Slingda Ka 🔥🔥

[@TransistorBased]

People still use knex? I remember briefly playing with that as a kid and it always felt like a bootleg of a bootleg. Though I guess the only things made out of it that ever looked decent were the roller coasters

[@TheKnexMaker]

@@TransistorBased they stopped and went bankrupt in 2008 with the crash, then basic fun a bigger toy corporation brought the brand, unfortunately they haven't invested in it in years, now the community just makes there own parts

[@PokeAsh-q9o]

I got to ride kingda ka this year on October 26

[@F1SimRacingHarro]

I wish I could of gone to America to ride it 😢

[@gunsmoke132]

You come to America and ride me 👁️🫦👁️

[@M477y25]

I’m 31 years old and this was my dream as a kid to re create Stealth out of the package set coaster I had (Ripping Rocket) and then the other bits of knex kits I had around. Unfortunately I just didn’t have enough to complete it. These coasters are impressive and shows your commitment to them! Especially your Hyperia build. Do you think it’s possible to make a launch coaster without the band method you have used? Maybe magnets or the battery powered boosters? Last suggestion- what about making a new coaster, your own design? But make it realistic- proper station, brake system, lift system? One that can continuously run with out human in put other than stop and go. Anyways, videos are fantastic Keep building because you are living my childhood dreams! Have a good Christmas, hope he brings you more knex!

[@TheKnexMaker]

Tha ks for the comment! I've made a string and band lau ch that's similar to hydrolic before but they lack the power that's needed for a 27ft build

[@StringofIies]

the Kingda Ka launch strip is significantly longer than the dragster launch strip. The reason why it’s longer is because Intamin wanted to hit the top speed long before the winch in the launch system. Cedar point didn’t want to part with iron dragon or Gemini so they gambled that the train would hit 120 just as it hit the winch. They gambled and they won. At great adventure, Ka was built over a much longer section and it hits 128 long before the winch. Hundreds of feet before the winch actually. To assure the launch system has more than enough time and space to hit 128. I feel you built this launch system a little too compact as if it was dragster. You wouldn’t have known that. The camel hill is proof of that. You had the shape correct the first time but when you made it the proper height, it lost the correct arc. You still did better than perhaps anyone else who ever attempted this with kinex.

[@jontaylor6068]

Challenge for you, do the Loch Ness Monster from Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Virginia

[@Botabox22]

Dude I needed to see this after well…. soon to watch this to get removed… ECJoe thanks man

[@Dersmedia22]

Need you to make an air powered launch to make it official now!

[@NoCommentarygamess]

WHAT CAMERA DOP U HAVE THE ONE THAT BROKE?

[@TheKnexMaker]

Gopro 12 black

[@NoCommentarygamess]

@@TheKnexMaker thank u

[@coaster.highlights]

RIP GoPro 😂😂😂😂😂, insane recreation

[@TheKnexMaker]

My poor gopro 😟

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Wait no station or cable launch?? You should put the time in for those details to make it perfect. It’s not to difficult to make.

[@zanedurant3429]

I’d like to see you attempt the iron gwazi from Busch Gardens

[@TheKnexMaker]

Maybe not iron gwazi because 2 other people are building it, but I'll do another rmc at some point

[@sspp3065]

Top Thrill Dragster is the same ride,Cedar Point Sandusky,Ohio so it looks like they have shut that down also.However they have built a new one Top Thrill 2 that is faster and taller set to open in 2025.Cedar point is the place to go.18 coasters and a massive waterpark separate admission for that set on lake erie one of the great lakes.

[@The_Nerdo]

It's not taller or faster but yea

[@craignewton2294]

Wow what way to end. That is huge Kingda ka love the video 🥰 keep up great work 😃👍🏻

[@TheKnexMaker]

Thank you 🤗

[@brianmorg]

The neighbors know what it’s like to live next to Phineas and Ferb.

[@coasterobssesedchloe]

how does one manage t- yk what im not gonna question it.

[@knexnhershey]

Mine whenever weather complies with me will only be 11ft tall. This dwarfs mine lol. Now I’m working on zumanjaro and the station

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

Why is your backyard so small and PAVED???!!! The shape must look good for the neighbors

[@TheKnexMaker]

Not "mine" it's council flats washing line area 😂

[@ThatEverydayEnthusiast]

@ What?

[@donfisherjr.2404]

Very cool build and video, but R.I.P. to your Go-Pro.

[@F1SimRacingHarro]

Is the train on the patreon yet

[@TheKnexMaker]

@RollercoasterHarro it should be! They are listed on the shop part of patreon

[@F1SimRacingHarro]

@@TheKnexMaker ok I’ll look

[@kathrynperkins1020]

Oh no, RIP to the go pro 😢

[@charlottelenman8522]

Yaaaaaaaayyyyyyy 🎉❤

[@TheKnexMaker]

@@charlottelenman8522 🥰

[@Mizai]

nicely built and sad for that camera

[@LoganStringer-s6j]

Do u live in the uk

[@TheKnexMaker]

Yh

[@LoganStringer-s6j]

@ huge fan of u

[@RadRift]

Don’t worry I haven’t rode it and if I got the chance I probably would’ve been too scared

[@scottweersing9794]

1:17 scale?? 456/27

[@PeddaVomMond]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@EthanMtchell]

dang dude rlly cool u should do a post of a height difference

[@henry-ravenswood]

Wow!!!!!

[@stowgood]

sorry about your gopro!

[@TheKnexMaker]

😢

[@gunsmoke132]

Looks great but the launch needs to be slower lol

[@TheKnexMaker]

It's hard to get it the right speed I got a lot of rolls backs

[@sp1194]

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@MACoasters]

Bro I’m so sad it was closed the day I was there in the summer

[@TheKnexMaker]

I never got to go to America

[@seppoost1900]

👍.

[@aidensenters5378]

12:05 I thank he forgot to scrap the camera in

[@TheKnexMaker]

Forgot to explain in the video but the train went so fast into the corner that the wheels ripped off from the train and went flying with the camera 😂

[@knexrecreations6875]

That's alot of 3d printing 😂😂

[@TheKnexMaker]

Just the train, but that took a week almost

[@knexrecreations6875]

@TheKnexMaker I love your printed ball joints I would love to do a full 3d printed train but My joints don't print smooth in the slightest

[@LochNessLegend]

I live three hours from it and I never got to ride it.

[@Train_sim_world_5_1951]

Red force the queen and stealth the prince

[@Greenmonkey552]

very col

[@thepolicyoftruth]

holy fucking shit