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Post by pyrot on Aug 15, 2020 3:47:54 GMT -5
Hey all. So I'm sitting here working night shifts, keeping awake on youtube, and these come up in my "suggested video's" so of course I had to watch!!!!! LOL youtu.be/ILsgyXP_020youtu.be/FVvowMP-FY4Now I know full well, these aren't available in Canada, and most likely never will due to their size, but just for discussion sake, what do you all think? Personally, I think they are simply a "show in a box" and are an insult to true pyrotechnicians! I liken them to "auto-tune" for singers. There is no artistic planning or creativity at all for the designer, and for that matter even the tech's setting up the show! (yes pretty much every show I have worked on required at least some either last minute design changes to suit the site or conditions, or were "on the fly" shows, where we were given a bunch of product and racks, and told to make a show. With products like these, now anyone and everyone can just grab a box, set it up, light it off, and call themselves a pyrotechnician. That's my opinion. what's yours?
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Post by londonfan on Aug 15, 2020 9:03:43 GMT -5
I just searched around looking for information about these 2 cakes. There is not a lot of info out there, that I had the patience (or maybe the ability) to find. They are "listed" as a show in a box, and I can definitely see them as an insult to a true professional who takes pride in their art. It's really hard to find pricing. Tears from Heaven was around $150 and I couldn't find a price for Tears of Hell. I also couldn't get a location on the seller of Tears from Heaven to figure an exchange to Canadian dollars.
As a 1.4G Canada day warrior, I can see an appeal to something this big and varied. I love to find cakes that have a variety of effects and last a long time. Bandito has been a favourite of mine for years. I have often thought about fanning 3 of them. If a single ignition point cake that held 250 plus shots of various effects and angles were ever to be legal in Canada to a 1.4G consumer, I can't see too many being sold, due to the price, but I would be interested. If it were cool enough I could even see 2 being fired together as a finale.
But I sure wouldn't call myself a Pyrotechnician.* Just someone who gets as much thrill watching the fireworks as he gets from planning and then lighting them. Something like this does give you time to watch, if you're not worried about what's happening on the ground. (I would have to look down every once in a while)
*Even as an amateur, I spend countless hours every year watching videos to choose just the right cakes, candles, and single shots, and planning the fire order, but I would never want to insult the professionals by usurping the Pyrotechnician title. A title must be earned!
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Post by pyrot on Aug 16, 2020 23:45:55 GMT -5
*Even as an amateur, I spend countless hours every year watching videos to choose just the right cakes, candles, and single shots, and planning the fire order, but I would never want to insult the professionals by usurping the Pyrotechnician title. A title must be earned! By doing just that, you are well on your way, if not already a true pyrotechnician !!!!!
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Post by Grisom on Sept 3, 2020 10:49:00 GMT -5
Now I know full well, these aren't available in Canada, and most likely never will due to their size, but just for discussion sake, what do you all think? Personally, I think they are simply a "show in a box" and are an insult to true pyrotechnicians! I liken them to "auto-tune" for singers. There is no artistic planning or creativity at all for the designer, and for that matter even the tech's setting up the show! (yes pretty much every show I have worked on required at least some either last minute design changes to suit the site or conditions, or were "on the fly" shows, where we were given a bunch of product and racks, and told to make a show. With products like these, now anyone and everyone can just grab a box, set it up, light it off, and call themselves a pyrotechnician. That's my opinion. what's yours? Totally agree - an insult to the real professionals. It is like buying a cake mix and making a cake and calling yourself a pastry chef. No how no way .
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