So I see the new ball on their website is the Disel- mid performance and the re release of the Vibe(blue and cherry)lower performance.
Is bowling ball companies running out of ideas or is this what the masses want?

For the Vibe I guess the remix didn't work.

Not the same balls just a familiar name...just like Ford did with the Taurus...consumers buy familiar products

Eh, not impressed. Don't like the cover on the Diesel, hopefully its better than the Rebel Solid did not like that ball.

Not much wow factor that's for sure..

I was really expecting to see a solid Phobia...  I definitely agree with familiarity selling though. 

Phobia Solid is on the approved list, it was mentioned there will be more announcements at the end of the month.

I agree on not being wowed because of the cover on the Diesel. I havent been a huge fan of the NBT mixes

So... the Vibes are their light oil releases? Bleh. You can't just say something should be used for lighter oil and expect it to work out that way. It actually needs to be manufactured to do so. There probably won't be any "true" weak resin balls made anymore and I don't try and pound the same line when it's too dry though so whatever.

both Vibes have the CT covers, those were weaker than the recent Viral releases with the Violent Flip covers

No matter what the core name is or looks like if "new" or "old" the numbers always fit the usbc guidelines for specs. There is no new ball shape or reaction on the lanes we haven't seen before. It's just marketing.  You have been buying the same stuff for years. 

It's just nice when they can actually make the colors and logos look good… ..that seems to be harder for them to do these days.  Liked both Rebels and Sideswipes. In terms of looks and names the replacements are a bit of a let down.

Yeah thats how I feel, Juke looks atrocious and EBI has went with a thinner scribing for labels which also doesn't help the look either.

I have the new Blue Vibe, its super clean up front and definitely needs to see friction downlane. Very controllable downlane.
I have a fairly strong pin-pap layout on it as well.
I sure wish I had been able to use this piece last weekend during the last few games of the tournament I was at, the heads were totally fried.....
its much weaker than the OG blue Vibe I feel in love with back in the day

> There probably won't be any "true" weak resin balls made anymore and I don't try and pound the same line when it's too dry though so whatever.

Well there is the Blue Hammer (at least for now) and its more a weak resin than the true urethane it claims to be.  I wonder how it compares to both the new vibes.  I am guessing it goes longer than either and is a beat weaker than both which is exactly what I was looking for when I bought it.  It shares a similar core it looks to both of them (new vibes look even closer to Burgundy core).  The new vibes doesn't scratch any itch I need but with surface changes the entire current Hammer 4 ball Lower mid performance could complete a fairly decent league arsenal for a very affordable price imho.  Would definitely own most house shots.