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J_Mac

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Phantom Cores
« on: December 01, 2004, 02:32:29 PM »
Looking at these cores on BBR.com I can't really see anything obvious that makes them asymmetrical.  What is missing in the drawings that would show us that they were, in fact, asymmetrical?
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J_Mac

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Re: Phantom Cores
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2004, 12:29:30 PM »
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michelle

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Re: Phantom Cores
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2004, 12:48:13 PM »
The Phantom's were twin-pin balls...they would only have been symetrical if sliced through one of the pins.

J_Mac

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Re: Phantom Cores
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2004, 12:58:31 PM »
There must not have be a really strong MB in them then...
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michelle

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Re: Phantom Cores
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2004, 01:32:46 PM »
I don't recall people talking about MB back then...the twin pin was sort of a radical thing in 1990 or 1991.  Exoctic drills were still relatively uncommon when the Phantom's came to the market.  

I remember some drillers not being real certain how best to lay them out and I was fortunate enough to be bowling in a house that was home to a Brunswick staffer that year who was also doing very well that season

J_Mac

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Re: Phantom Cores
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2004, 01:51:50 PM »
Right...  back then it was the PSA, not really the MB that was mentioned with these balls...
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DP3

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Re: Phantom Cores
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2004, 02:27:17 PM »
The PSA locator and mb markings go hand and hand.  I think what made these cores assymetrical is that there were raised rings on one side of the core(similar to what roto-grip did in their "Fuel" series balls).
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