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Gazoo

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Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« on: August 01, 2008, 01:16:57 PM »
For me it was the Ebonite Thunderbolt. Those glory days.(to much Bourbon) This is beginning to sound like Al Bundy and "Polk High"

Edited on 8/1/2008 9:19 PM
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JessN16

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #106 on: August 04, 2008, 03:11:00 AM »
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Jess,

Sorry bout that...  I was in a contrarian mood...  I was punch drunk with confidence...

I agree about the proving the negative bad show on my part.

Purple Urethane beast will out...
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No worries. I just find myself in these discussions enough around the bowling center that I have to ask for verification.

For instance, on two separate occasions, I've had conversations with people who swore the both the burgundy Hammer and the gold Angle were reactive -- I'm assuming because the balls hooked so much for them that they just assumed such. Me and the pro shop guy one night almost got invited to the parking lot over the burgundy Hammer incident from a guy who would not believe it wasn't a reactive ball.

There's also the misconception that the Ebonite Optyx Formula One ball isn't reactive because it has a clear shell. And I'd wager at least a quarter of the people I know who throw Hammer don't know it's no longer a Faball company.

Jess
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1MechEng

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #107 on: August 04, 2008, 07:50:21 AM »
Never had a Beast. Won't get into that argument.  

Only had 2 non-reactive resin balls ... the AMF Black Angle, and a plastic Galaxie 300 that I used as a youth. Both were good balls, but nothing performance-wise compared to the modern coverstocks of the balls of the early 90's onward.
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Crankenstein300

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #108 on: August 04, 2008, 10:37:43 AM »
OK, finally got the Beast ads scanned in. You can see the slight difference in logo between the two.

Beast urethane: http://www.grrtech.net/brians/beasturethane.jpg
Beast Flexcel: http://www.grrtech.net/brians/beastflexcel.jpg
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KDawg77

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #109 on: August 04, 2008, 10:40:37 AM »
Of all I've thrown, I've loved three:

Blue Hammer
Ultimate Weapon
U2
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BowlingWolf

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #110 on: August 04, 2008, 10:46:35 AM »
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OK, finally got the Beast ads scanned in. You can see the slight difference in logo between the two.

Beast urethane: http://www.grrtech.net/brians/beasturethane.jpg
Beast Flexcel: http://www.grrtech.net/brians/beastflexcel.jpg


Excellent work.

Glad to see you have those ads, which prove what many of us remember:

The original Beast was urethane.
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JMORRIS

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #111 on: August 04, 2008, 11:00:42 AM »
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CoachLefty

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #112 on: August 04, 2008, 12:37:20 PM »
gotta go with the ebo blue crush, wish i could get one of those NIB.
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nd300

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #113 on: August 04, 2008, 12:56:02 PM »
1.Gold Angle----first 700 and first 300.
2.Dull Blue Hammer---great oiler for the day.My "go to" ball for the carrydown in tournaments.
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janderson

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #114 on: August 04, 2008, 01:06:15 PM »
Caramel white dot ala Carmine Salvino
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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #115 on: August 04, 2008, 01:06:40 PM »
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gotta go with the ebo blue crush, wish i could get one of those NIB.
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That was a good ball.  Agreed
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EL

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #116 on: August 04, 2008, 02:26:48 PM »
Geez all this debate on the Columbia Beast. Wished I was asked sooner coming from the old days. There were 2 purple Beast before all the other Beast were released. Like many have said the first was urethane (which I believe had a dull finished) then the resin "The Beast" was released. It also was purple in color but if I remember correctly had a little shine to it. I had the Bonanza X (blem) of the Beast and it was my best money ball ever.

Back to the topic...
Blue Hammer
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sevenpin63

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #117 on: August 04, 2008, 03:28:30 PM »
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OK, finally got the Beast ads scanned in. You can see the slight difference in logo between the two.

Beast urethane: http://www.grrtech.net/brians/beasturethane.jpg
Beast Flexcel: http://www.grrtech.net/brians/beastflexcel.jpg


  Yes Great Work, I would never know were to find anything like that.
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rackattack

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #118 on: August 04, 2008, 03:42:22 PM »
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I am currently using a Columbia Stingray I bought to years ago

Forgot about the Stingray.
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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #119 on: August 04, 2008, 04:41:38 PM »
I thought Reactive Resin was used since the begining of bowling?

What is urethane? I have never heard of it.

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JessN16

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Re: Best ball you ever thru pre-reactive resin(Sorry young guns)
« Reply #120 on: August 04, 2008, 11:17:42 PM »
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OK, finally got the Beast ads scanned in. You can see the slight difference in logo between the two.

Beast urethane: http://www.grrtech.net/brians/beasturethane.jpg
Beast Flexcel: http://www.grrtech.net/brians/beastflexcel.jpg


That's a good find there. Seems we have our answer. See if you can find a way to send that to Bowling Ball Reviews and the USBC so they can update their records.

Jess
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