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3835

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Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« on: May 30, 2019, 12:12:32 PM »
Already on the Hammer website. As a loyal Hammer guy, I am quite frankly uninspired by these. The Sauce, essentially a retread from 15 years ago with a new cover, a new color on the existing Vibe line, and a new plastic ball (the Tough is plastic).

Oh well. I stockpiled Scandals and will continue to drill them. Statement solid is still rolling very well also.

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2019, 12:24:27 PM »
Quote from: 3835 on May 30, 2019, 12:12:32 PM
Already on the Hammer website. As a loyal Hammer guy, I am quite frankly uninspired by these. The Sauce, essentially a retread from 15 years ago with a new cover, a new color on the existing Vibe line, and a new plastic ball (the Tough is plastic).

Oh well. I stockpiled Scandals and will continue to drill them. Statement solid is still rolling very well also.

Still wish they would have brought the Peppermint Vibe here from overseas, but I guess they don't want to cannibalize what little Onyx Vibe sales they must be having right about now..

Summer releases have always been a bit meh anyway, especially with BowlExpo coming up. We'll see what happens, as I'm still aiming for Statement Solid, Web Tour, BWP, and BWBG.

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2019, 01:13:48 PM »
The Tough says it's "Polythane" just like the newest Motiv Sniper series. Whatever that actually is. Tougher polyester formula? Really hard urethane?
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JamminJD

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2019, 02:38:28 PM »
Quote from: 3835 on May 30, 2019, 12:12:32 PM
Already on the Hammer website. As a loyal Hammer guy, I am quite frankly uninspired by these. The Sauce, essentially a retread from 15 years ago with a new cover, a new color on the existing Vibe line, and a new plastic ball (the Tough is plastic).

Oh well. I stockpiled Scandals and will continue to drill them. Statement solid is still rolling very well also.



The Orange Vibe replaces the Blue and is a Solid so it should be a little earlier and maybe even stronger. The Tough is not plastic per Hammer it is something else. Who knows it could just be marketing. My understanding is their will be a lot of Symetricals coming from EBI...
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SVstar34

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2019, 02:43:39 PM »
Ebonite put up their new colors for the Destiny Solid and Pearl.
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JamminJD

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2019, 02:45:27 PM »
Quote from: SVstar34 on May 30, 2019, 02:43:39 PM
Ebonite put up their new colors for the Destiny Solid and Pearl.

Yep seen that. They will get slammed for the color of the solid Destiny for sure...
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SVstar34

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2019, 02:48:35 PM »
Quote from: JamminJD on May 30, 2019, 02:45:27 PM
Quote from: SVstar34 on May 30, 2019, 02:43:39 PM
Ebonite put up their new colors for the Destiny Solid and Pearl.

Yep seen that. They will get slammed for the color of the solid Destiny for sure...

I laughed when I first saw it on the approved list. I'm definitely curious to see what Track is bringing. The Kinetics have been in for awhile now
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JamminJD

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2019, 02:51:57 PM »
Quote from: SVstar34 on May 30, 2019, 02:48:35 PM
Quote from: JamminJD on May 30, 2019, 02:45:27 PM
Quote from: SVstar34 on May 30, 2019, 02:43:39 PM
Ebonite put up their new colors for the Destiny Solid and Pearl.

Yep seen that. They will get slammed for the color of the solid Destiny for sure...

I laughed when I first saw it on the approved list. I'm definitely curious to see what Track is bringing. The Kinetics have been in for awhile now

Yep me too. I have been pumping my EBI contact hard but he will not tell me. Only that Symetricals are going to be the rage for EBI. The Destiny is a good ball but Storm/RG guys are going to have a little fun with the new Destiny..
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DrBob806

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2019, 09:23:14 PM »
I don't get why Hammer has so many new releases this year. Seems they're going way overboard, and I've been a huge fan.
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JamminJD

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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2019, 09:28:56 PM »
Quote from: DrBob806 on May 30, 2019, 09:23:14 PM
I don't get why Hammer has so many new releases this year. Seems they're going way overboard, and I've been a huge fan.
Understand, sometimes it seems companies release a lot. But I think they will be on par with normal with maybe a couple more than the last couple of years..

The thing to remember is Hammer is EBI cash cow, been the number one seller of the 4 brands for a while. So they have to ride it while its hot.
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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2019, 10:30:12 PM »
The marketing for C300 and Track has been lets say not great in recent history.  Little better lately seems like.
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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2019, 10:33:05 PM »
Quote from: BowlingForDonuts on May 30, 2019, 10:30:12 PM
The marketing for C300 and Track has been lets say not ideal in recent history.

Yep agreed. I think Ebonite is bad considering they are the parent company. Has been a little better lately, but not much respect for the parent brand...
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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2019, 07:37:23 AM »
Of course Track will never really be Track without Phil.

More to the point though it seems inexcusable for C300 to not have any U-Dots (or urethane period) now that urethane is a big thing again.
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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2019, 08:19:27 AM »
Quote from: JamminJD on May 30, 2019, 09:28:56 PM
Quote from: DrBob806 on May 30, 2019, 09:23:14 PM
I don't get why Hammer has so many new releases this year. Seems they're going way overboard, and I've been a huge fan.
Understand, sometimes it seems companies release a lot. But I think they will be on par with normal with maybe a couple more than the last couple of years..

The thing to remember is Hammer is EBI cash cow, been the number one seller of the 4 brands for a while. So they have to ride it while its hot.

While I can't disagree with that take, part of the reason I have liked Hammer is that they seemed to keep it simple. It's like they're copying Storm now, with a ball-of-the-month.
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Re: Sauce - Orange Vibe - Tough - New Hammer releases
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2019, 10:05:01 AM »
"The Orange Vibe replaces the Blue and is a Solid so it should be a little earlier and maybe even stronger. "

Exactly what I have seen from this piece so far
I like the blue and orange as 2 balls in my bag vs the blue/black.

I didn't have the Sauce previously and frankly was expecting another strong midlane piece that would lose energy and roll out.
That was not the case as I saw midlane motion and enough energy to continue quite well through the pins.
I will be curious to see how it compares to the Web in terms of where the midlane motion is.
But I like what I see so far
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