Working in a 125-year-old presents unique construction challenges. The partially listed building calls for sensitivity around those features of baroque heritage that give The Trocadero its character. In my desire to ‘do a proper job’ I almost bought a batch of small and low powered lasers before realising that these were the type you use for replacement parts for laser engraving machines… whilst these were a bargain offering, I considered that risking cauterising a gaggle of 7 year olds might make the laser maze a respected obstacle, some parents might not react well to the smell of burning hair or flesh of their offspring.Īs engineers we sometimes find that we live in a world of excess health and safety but this one might be worth bearing in mind. The Crystal Maze immersive experience occupies four floors of the London Trocadero entertainment complex, open since 1896. When picturing The Crystal Maze, OBrien is. It had a set as big as two football pitches, built inside a disused aircraft hangar, and consisted of four zones - Aztec, Medieval, Ocean and Futuristic.
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You can get small lasers off ebay quite cheaply but do be careful as you need to make sure you get the very low power lasers that you can see but will not do any harm (as long as you don’t look straight at the beams. Whoever thought of picking Rocky Horror writer Richard OBrien as host of this quirky game show is a TV genius. The Crystal Maze was the best UK game show of the 90s, regularly attracting between 4 and 6 million viewers. In the fourth series, Ocean replaced Industrial).
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Each week, six contestants would have to complete a series of challenges in four adventure zones (at first- Industrial, Futuristic, Aztec and Medieval. This was great fun and worked very well with a small smoke machine making the beams easy to see. British Game Show running from 1990 to 1995, initially hosted by Richard OBrien and later by Edward Tudor-Pole. For fun I built a laser trip wire / laser maze for part of my son’s 7th birthday party last year (and half way through a write up of the setup in the classic 90% done, 90% still to do fashion).