Takabisha record-breaking 121°, beyond-vertical drop. Once the car is released from the top of the hill, it hurtles back down towards the ground and enters a dive loop, an inline loop and finally the seventh inversion, an immelmann loop. The whole ride is over within 2 minutes. When "Takabisha" opened on 16 July 2011 it gained the Guinness World Record for the steepest roller coaster made from steel. It officially took the world record from Fraispertuis City's "Timber Drop" S&S Worldwide El Loco roller coaster, which had gained the record only two weeks earlier. "Timber Drop"'s record was set at 113.1°
Dragon Steel want to start with the "Dragons of the Lost Sea" and libraries should plan to purchase the whole series". The Voice of Youth Advocates described it as "a fable which is readable, especially for middle and junior high students, on two levels: first, as enjoyable reading and, second, as an allegory of perseverance and loyalty". Booklist commented that "morality is sometimes heavy-handed...But the outlaw dragon and her orphaned human companions are strong and touching in their search for a home". "Dragon Steel" was listed as one of the Child Study Association of America's Children's Books of the Year for 1986.