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Equipment Boards => Storm => Topic started by: waterboy276 on October 18, 2017, 12:53:54 PM

Title: SON!Q
Post by: waterboy276 on October 18, 2017, 12:53:54 PM
Looks like a new ball coming.  Pic posted on Facebook by international brand bowling.  It's a US release

Anyone have more info?  Some comments said R2S pearl but no mention of core
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: Luke Morningwood on October 18, 2017, 01:11:12 PM
Not sure about the cover, it looks pearl/hybrid.  They strengthened the centripetal core and lowered the RG to 2.47.  More flare potential, more shape on the back end than IQ Tour.  It is the "green ball" from the Bowl Expo.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: AlonzoHarris on October 18, 2017, 01:16:43 PM
Not sure about the cover, it looks pearl/hybrid.  They strengthened the centripetal core and lowered the RG to 2.47.  More flare potential, more shape on the back end than IQ Tour.  It is the "green ball" from the Bowl Expo.

Finally we put a name to the "green ball."  Getting it lol.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: Luke Morningwood on October 18, 2017, 01:22:25 PM
Funny thing is, the "green ball" that is actually out now is the Intense, and from what I am hearing, it is looking pretty darn good. Hope to have mine on the lanes soon so I can see what it is all about for myself.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: suhoney24 on October 18, 2017, 06:58:40 PM
R2s pearl... Release date of December 15th....also releasing a hyroad Nano
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: BenDowns on October 18, 2017, 07:00:28 PM
Good color scheme
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: CoorZero on October 18, 2017, 09:20:55 PM
R2s pearl... Release date of December 15th....also releasing a hyroad Nano

So it's just another pearl !Q? Meh. Also, was I the only one pronouncing it in my head as Son !Q for a bit? I now assume it's supposed to be something like sonic...

Hy-Road Nano could be interesting. Or something really similar to the Show Off.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: leftybowler70 on October 19, 2017, 07:01:35 AM
Another IQ?  Time to break the bank.  ::)
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: Luke Rosdahl on October 19, 2017, 07:18:54 AM
STUPIDLY excited about this because it's not just another IQ, they updated the core.  Haven't seen the exact diff number yet, but it IS higher, and the RG is 2.47.  I'll have an info video out in the next couple days.  And it is pronounced Sonic. 
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: Luke Rosdahl on October 19, 2017, 07:24:46 AM
Or basically what the other Luke said.  I probably could have read this first. 

Not sure about the cover, it looks pearl/hybrid.  They strengthened the centripetal core and lowered the RG to 2.47.  More flare potential, more shape on the back end than IQ Tour.  It is the "green ball" from the Bowl Expo.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: CoorZero on October 19, 2017, 09:36:55 AM
I missed the part about core improvements. And about it being the "green ball" from Bowl Expo. Okay, now that's something. I'm hyped.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: Luke Rosdahl on October 19, 2017, 10:18:25 AM
This ain't your daddy's IQ.  2.47 RG .047 diff. 
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: avabob on October 19, 2017, 10:56:04 AM
Should be a good ball.  Interested how much different the look will be compared to the Marvel pearl re release on a lot of conditions
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: HackJandy on October 19, 2017, 11:05:40 AM
So basically a pearl or hybrid version of the original IQ with slightly lower RG?  Was the IQ Score and IQ 300 foreign releases only?  Never seen those before.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: SVstar34 on October 19, 2017, 11:08:46 AM
So basically a pearl or hybrid version of the original IQ with slightly lower RG?

R2S pearl 2.47 rg .047 diff in 15lbs. Essentially a higher diff IQ Tour Pearl
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: HackJandy on October 19, 2017, 11:10:14 AM
So basically a pearl or hybrid version of the original IQ with slightly lower RG?

R2S pearl 2.47 rg .047 diff in 15lbs. Essentially a higher diff IQ Tour Pearl

Ah gotcha none of that PFT stuff.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: AlonzoHarris on October 19, 2017, 11:40:37 AM
This ain't your daddy's IQ.  2.47 RG .047 diff. 
So basically a pearl or hybrid version of the original IQ with slightly lower RG?

R2S pearl 2.47 rg .047 diff in 15lbs. Essentially a higher diff IQ Tour Pearl

Even more excited now seeing the numbers. So we're talking a Marvel Pearl's younger brother. Weaker cover and less diff but slight tick down on RG. I'm ready for this one.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: Luke Morningwood on October 19, 2017, 12:40:56 PM
I think it is so funny (and I do this too) that we see a new set of releases, get pictures and core numbers, and for one ball we go "MEH", then we see new release #2 and next thing you know, its "I'VE GOT A WOODY!" and you decide right then and there that you have to own it.

I'm not sure I have ever seen this many releases in a row from anybody that generated this kind of near universal appeal from so many different people.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: morpheus on October 19, 2017, 01:26:56 PM
I like the R2S Pearl cover as much as the next guy...but I would have liked to see and updated cover on this core.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: AlonzoHarris on October 19, 2017, 02:24:36 PM
I like the R2S Pearl cover as much as the next guy...but I would have liked to see and updated cover on this core.

I think R2X would have put it too close to the Marvel Pearl. R3S might have been an interesting pairing.
Title: Re: SON!Q
Post by: Luke Rosdahl on October 19, 2017, 03:01:55 PM
That's what I thought, R3S looks really good on the Intense.  This ball should be somewhere between the Hyroad Pearl and Code Black in terms of reaction. 

I like the R2S Pearl cover as much as the next guy...but I would have liked to see and updated cover on this core.

I think R2X would have put it too close to the Marvel Pearl. R3S might have been an interesting pairing.