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Nodsleinad

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Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« on: April 13, 2010, 02:26:30 AM »
Surprises
Break Out - Gr8 rolling solid

Disappointment
Bounty Hunter and Bounty Hunter Pearl - Never really matched up well at all.

Onyx Vibe - Over or under all day long and I love the Blue Vibe.

Cell Pearl - Add that one to the list, thanks for the reminder Goalieman59

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Coolerman

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2010, 10:32:38 AM »
Hammer's "Jigsaw Corner".Too much ball for my game.But that doesn't mean it's not
perfect for others.
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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2010, 10:34:59 AM »
I am not a Big B only person, but

Surprise: Twisted Fury

Disappointment: Rattler
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The Stroke

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2010, 10:35:23 AM »
Surprise:
C-system 3.5 - Bringing backend back to brunswick.

Dissapointment:
Curve - I needed to remove the 5 extra boards because of the dynamo from my lanes.
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goalieman59

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2010, 10:42:23 AM »
Surprise-tropical Heat (Black and Silver)

Disappointment-Cell Pearl
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n00dlejester

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2010, 10:49:02 AM »
Surprise:  Ebonite Mission.  I never threw Ebonite, and I'm glad I decided to toss this bad boy.

Disappointment:  Never threw it, but I don't think I want to:  Invasion.  It just looks like a blah ball for everyone who rolls it.
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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2010, 10:57:53 AM »
Biggest surprise-  I'll include two that I feel are equally impressive.  The 505C from Track has made me a ton of money over the past year, and the Amf Mega Recovery- This is the best ball I have thrown on oil since the Columbia Ressurgence.

Biggest Dissapointment- 930T- I loved the 505C and thought the 930T would provide similar motion on heavier oil.  Ball was allergic to oil and screamed off the dry.  Over/under city.


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NY Mike

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2010, 11:03:16 AM »
No surprises, one disappointment - Columbia Bedlam.  First time back to Columbia since the Bleeder days, Bedlam did not live up to the hype.  Jury is
still out on the Freeze, thinking of returning to Roto, as it has always been a good fit with my game.
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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2010, 11:16:13 AM »
Biggest surprise has been the Big B C-System balls.

Biggest disappointment has been Lane1 THS.
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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2010, 11:25:33 AM »
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Surprise:  Nothing on here surprises me anymore.  Disappointment:  That you f^cks *still* don't care about improving your shotmaking
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Disappointment - you're still here
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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2010, 11:35:41 AM »
I scored an Original Inferno on e-Bay.  Had heard tons of hype about how good this ball is.  Drilled it and it didn't work for me at all.  Tried various surfaces, probably rolled 10 games with it and sold it as is for $70.  --  JohnP
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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2010, 11:38:31 AM »
If anyone has a "disappointing" Cell Pearl they would like to give away, I would be more than happy to take it off your hands, it's my favorite ball!

Surprises: C-System 3.5, Freeze

Disappointments: Jigsaw Corner, Seige
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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2010, 11:56:37 AM »
Surpise: The Mission. Nice to see Ebonite getting back to bowling balls with covers that last.

Disappointment: The Invasion. I was expecting the ball to end all balls in terms of hook on sports shots, but I just never saw the hook everyone was expecting. Ended up with the Reign of Fire and that turned out to be a very good move.

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Jesse James

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2010, 12:01:36 PM »
surprises: AZO- Pure Tactics,the Nomad Solid, Black Widow Venom

Disappointments: Jigsaw Corner, Invasion, Seige

Likewise....if any of you disappointed Cell Pearl users are looking to sell one or even give one away, I'd be only too happy to accommodate you!
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HAMMERDOWN103

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2010, 12:03:23 PM »
Surprise:
Though i am two handed, my biggest surprise has been the Jigsaw Corner. I have it drilled pin up and polished the oob surface. I thought the ball was just a sanded ball and therefore wow it hooks. But even polished this ball picks up a heavy midlane roll and just flat out hooks on the backend.

Disappointment:
Nothing, i'm throwing all HAMMERS!!!
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