I remember being interested in the BrickCoaster when I first saw them in VA, but the cost per part was enough to make me not buy anything right away. And I lost interest in it once I saw the Cyclone parts:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nanocoasters/the-cyclone-lego-compatible-roller-coaster-constru
I haven’t actually watched this whole video yet but we talked to Burrows at length at the end of BFVA17, and there were a lot of people carrying Cyclone sets during public hours, so I didn’t have any reason to doubt him when he said they sold a lot of them that weekend.
For me, the Cyclone parts would be way more interesting even if the price ratio was about 1:1. But since the Brick Sleigher costs double what The Cyclone does (triple if you were a super early bird), I’m having a hard time seeing how BrickCoaster can compete. The main advantage of the Cyclone parts is versatility in track layout (which is less of a factor if you just buy the set and follow the instructions) and the main disadvantage is ease of use, Burrows told us a lot of testing went into getting the dinosaur coaster to work. As an AFOL I’d consider it worth it, but if I’m buying for kids, it might be different. It also might be enough to let them compete against any version Lego comes out with. If Lego comes out with a rollercoaster set, it sounds like bad bad news for BrickCoaster. I don’t see myself ever buying their parts.
Buying anything from The Cyclone people has been long delayed while I catch up on my eleventy-billion other Lego tasks first. I sort of like the idea of a Lego park with multiple rollercoasters #Benwillrideanything, I’ll add that to my long-term to-do list.