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erh300

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New Spare Ball?
« on: November 15, 2007, 01:42:05 AM »
Has anyone heard if Roto will be coming out with a new spare ball to replace the Spare Tire? As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't have to be clear. It just has to be purty.
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shelley

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Re: New Spare Ball?
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2007, 09:45:46 AM »
The Globe ball was pretty sweet but was an international release.  Supposedly it was coming to the US but I don't think anything ever came of that.

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mttmar1975

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Re: New Spare Ball?
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2007, 12:30:54 PM »
We don't have anything currently working so it may be a while.  I know its something that we are thinking about....any suggestions as to what we could put into a clear ball???? we are looking for something new!

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Fluff E Bunnie

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Re: New Spare Ball?
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2007, 12:41:50 PM »
How about a Roto Grip star?  That would look pretty sweet spinning down the lane.
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DP3

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Re: New Spare Ball?
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2007, 01:08:29 PM »
Cool looking non-clear spareballs work too.  Alot of my customers back down from a $130 spareball, although we did sell about 50-60 spare tires when they were out.

Shiny black solid with neon yellow Roto Logos everywhere, King of them all, www.Rotogrip.com, would be sweet.  

Then maybe some Neon derivatives.  I really would love to see a solid Sour Green Apple colored plastic.  Candy Apple Red, Joker Purple (like the shooter XL), Fire Engine Red Solid.   Bright solid colors with a ton of polish look great on the shelf.
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Fluff E Bunnie

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Re: New Spare Ball?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2007, 01:22:58 PM »
I would also prefer a non-clear spare ball because I am cheap

With the clear stuff, I like stuff that looks cool while it is spinning as opposed to another skull or head put in the ball.  The tire was pretty cool in that aspect.

The reason I was thinking Roto Star is because you could have this sweet looking 3D red star and depending on how you threw it it could look like a saw blade or a Krull glaive-ish type thing (sweet I finally mentioned Krull on BR.com).  It could also look like a ninja star for those who haven't seen Krull

Not to mention the branding of using the star as a cool looking object and company logo.  Would this sell?  I don't know.

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The Globe ball was pretty sweet but was an international release.

Wasn't 300 global doing one of these also?
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snowgimp

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Re: New Spare Ball?
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2007, 07:07:28 PM »
An engine block maybe?  
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TscottRG

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Re: New Spare Ball?
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2007, 08:43:18 PM »
lets make a plastic cover and use the colors of our fav RG balls... Battle, Odyssey, Saga, Quest.... or just a BRIGHT LIME GREEN cuz that would be cool
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GutterDawg

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Re: New Spare Ball?
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2007, 12:11:38 AM »
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lets make a plastic cover and use the colors of our fav RG balls... Battle, Odyssey, Saga, Quest.... or just a BRIGHT LIME GREEN cuz that would be cool


Along this line a plastic ball with the exact markings and coloration as a Battle would be sweet!  Just imagine how much it would get in the heads of your competition if you pulled it out on a dry lane just to pick up a 10 pin  They would go nuts trying to figure that out.
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