it must've been about the longest lived azure out there, but it finally broke what does hammer have to replace it?

Big Blue solid is probably the closest you'll get to the Azure or any of those VERY early rolling ancient Brunswick particle balls. In truth there is nothing quite like them in existence any more, unless you sanded any of the current earliest rolling particle balls; even then it's not likely to be the same.

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