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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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Brickguy221

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2010, 12:06:13 PM »
Surprises..... Lane 1 Blue Death & Red Death

Disappointment.... Lane 1 Dynamo & Lane 1 XP.... Storm Rapid Fire
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Xcessive_Evil

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2010, 12:11:44 PM »
Biggest surprise-Reign

Biggest disappointment-930T
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The Stroke

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2010, 12:12:11 PM »
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Disappointment.... Lane 1 Dynamo



WHAT?!?!?!!?  Ball of the year, was it not?
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LaneHammer20

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2010, 12:40:25 PM »
Biggest surprise non LM/L cuz nothing has rolled bad yet from them.

AMF Sideways- we got off to a bad start, my throw changed a little and now it is a monster on alot of conditions.

Clutch- another great ball for the price when volume is out.

Biggest dissapointment.

Vitrual gravity- had high hopes and it failed me big time, over under non stop. All kinds of surface adjustments to no prevail. Just a waster of $200

Bounty hunter- Almost the same as the Virtual- only is was much more predicatable but was still a head sctatcher. Always seemed like there wasn't enough oil.




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Sean12x

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2010, 01:05:03 PM »
Surprise is how good the onyx vibe is and that the mission has caught my eye ill have to drill one soon. No disappointments every ball works if you match the surface and drilling to the lanes and your style.
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SleepOnIce

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2010, 01:09:47 PM »
Surprised - Jigsaw. I bought one and figured I would never be able to throw it, instead I've been able to use it often because of how controllable it is off of the dry.

Disappointed - Street Rod Pearl, could never find a shot to throw this ball on. Too much for drier lanes, not enough on medium lanes, had the same look with my Bash on conditions where it was usable.
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hufft

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2010, 01:14:54 PM »
surprise. invasion.  a lot dont like it but for me it is unreal.

diappointment.  hyroad.  way too conditional.  with any carry down in nothing more than a strait ball, but great when its dry
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Artimust

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #23 on: April 13, 2010, 02:00:36 PM »
Surprise:  Roto Grip Mutant Cell.  I took it up to 4000 before even rolling it the very first time, and as long as there is oil, it's a hard hitting monster.  But once the oil goes, the ball goes back in the bag.

Disappointment:  AMF Sideways.  I just can't figure out this ball.  Over/Under, weak hits.  It's still OOB, so maybe I'll play with the cover a bit.

Still going strong:  Sorry, just throwing this in.
                     Banger Hole Pounder Pearl.  I been throwing this on the third game and on drier conditions, and with some fresh Bean's Sauce, this bugger still pounds the hole!
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Southern_Info

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #24 on: April 13, 2010, 02:20:05 PM »
Surprise: Columbia 300 Pure Swing and Ebonite Mission

Disappointment: Hammer Hot Sauce
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cheech

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #25 on: April 13, 2010, 02:31:16 PM »
surprise: freeze and how smooth it is

disappointment: the full swing didnt sell as well as i thought
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defwu3

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #26 on: April 13, 2010, 02:33:49 PM »
surprise- chainsaw massacre, my first lane 1 and its pretty damn good!

disappointment- raw hammer jacked, i cannot for the life of me figure this thing out.
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Matt Fortney

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #27 on: April 13, 2010, 03:02:19 PM »
Can't say that I've really been surprised with anything...as I probably (like most) expect too much out of everything that I get...I really like the QZ1 and Jigsaw though...

Dissapointment- The Siege.
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JJM

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #28 on: April 13, 2010, 03:07:54 PM »
Surprise - Lane #1 G-force Evolution

Disappointment - Lane Masters Sting
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Psycho

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #29 on: April 13, 2010, 03:10:41 PM »
Surprised - Lane #1 uses the same dead out of date technology & people still buy them.

Disappointment - Brunsnick doesn't bowl with them against walls anymore.
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dark_rising76

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Re: Regardless of Brand Loyalty - What ball has Surprised / Disappointed you this year?
« Reply #30 on: April 13, 2010, 03:55:15 PM »
Surprise- Ebonite Mission and Evolve. I was probably more inpressed with the Evolve but they were both great pieces by Ebonite and met my expectations and more.

Disappointment- Motiv GT-1. It started off as a decent ball but too straight and smooth for my liking. It's a strong ball but not very good recovery on the backend.
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