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lenstanles703

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New Breed !!!
« on: November 20, 2008, 11:31:32 PM »
Did you get the email? Time to order the NEW BREED. Shipped to arrive Dec. 1st.
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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2008, 05:06:39 AM »
Drrev2000, I agree with you....believe me.

I guess my point was that for the most part, a core is a core and unless there is a specific patent on it for some reason....I would think everyone 'borrows' a little from someone else over time, that's all.


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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2008, 05:39:12 AM »
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Performance always supercedes appearance......in bowling equipment.


That's the bottom line! I could care less if they put Spyro on the friggin' thing, it's a Visionary ball and I have no doubts it will roll, hit and carry as all Visionary balls do. If I didn't already have 6 awesome Visionary balls in my current arsenal (that I'm perfectly happy with right now), I'd have one of these weapons in my bag. I'm sure the forthcoming reviews will prove me right.


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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2008, 05:06:50 AM »
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That's the bottom line! I could care less if they put Spyro on the friggin' thing, it's a Visionary ball and I have no doubts it will roll, hit and carry as all Visionary balls do. If I didn't already have 6 awesome Visionary balls in my current arsenal (that I'm perfectly happy with right now, though I'd really like to add another 3 to it!!), I'd have one of these weapons in my bag. I'm sure the forthcoming reviews will prove me right.

 


Fixed the above for true feelings.....though supressed!!!!  
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lenstanles703

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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2008, 08:25:04 AM »
Got the New Breed pearl Saturday,will try to get it to my pro shop today so I can try it this week.
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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2008, 08:49:56 PM »
Guys,

Its funny that the core does look like the old hammer line up, but its even more funny that visionary is located here in St. Louis, at the old faball plant!!!! Now that is a double coincidence huh?

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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2008, 10:32:18 PM »
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Guys,

Its funny that the core does look like the old hammer line up, but its even more funny that visionary is located here in St. Louis, at the old faball plant!!!! Now that is a double coincidence huh?  


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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #22 on: December 03, 2008, 07:03:08 AM »
OH Boy. Must be a newbie !

Visionary Was FABALL
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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #23 on: December 03, 2008, 08:08:33 AM »
yep,

I did not know visionary was faball!!! Eating my slice of humble pie as we speak... I now have to get a new breed!

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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #24 on: December 03, 2008, 08:33:50 AM »
Sorry tizzle we as a group should have asked.

FYI.....when you look at the engravings of Visionary equipment you'll notice the resemblance to the old Faball engravings.  That's the dead give away.
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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2008, 08:47:27 AM »
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yep,

I did not know visionary was faball!!! Eating my slice of humble pie as we speak... I now have to get a new breed!



  Tizzle,

  Here is a story directly from Jason as to how this all came about.  It was from a thread quite a while back, but I saved a copy for myself because it was interesting.

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When my father decided that he wanted to make bowling balls, he found a gentleman in Ohio that had all of the equipment, and had been making polyester bowling balls on a very small scale. This man was John Fabanich.


  John Fabanich had stopped producing bowling balls, and was going to close the company, so my father and a gentleman named Earl Widman, bought the equipment and molds, and moved everything to St. Louis. As part of an agreement they made, they continued to call the company Faball. A couple years later, my father developed a thick shelled urethane ball called the Black Hammer.


  After several years, Faball Enterprises was one of the largest bowling ball manufacturers in the world. When the quantity of balls needed surpassed the amount that they could make in St. Louis, they licensed the production rights out to a facility in Utah, and one in Baltimore MD. At that point, there were 3 facilities manufacturing Hammers to keep up with demand. Eventually, the Baltimore facility took over the entire production, and produced the balls for us up until 2002 when we sold the brand to Ebonite.
 

 Hope this clears some things up,
 Jason Wonders
 Visionary Bowling Products


  Sometimes I wonder if that "facility" in Utah was HSP, which eventually turned out to be STORM?

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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #26 on: December 05, 2008, 07:09:35 AM »
Thanks for this bit of history.  I began bowling after Faball/Hammer became an Ebonite brand and did not know any of the connections.
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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #27 on: December 05, 2008, 09:49:54 AM »
Got my New Breed Solid just need to get it punched up. Not a bad looking color combo. Here is the link of mine.
http://s413.photobucket.com/albums/pp214/jwdjstorm/VBP%20Bowling%20Balls/

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Re: New Breed !!!
« Reply #28 on: December 14, 2008, 09:40:54 PM »
Finally got to use the pearl in league. Much stronger backend than the SS Ogre I normally use. 199,225,253-677. Took 3/4 of the first game to get the shot had to move feet 5 boards right from practice,and shot 3 boards right. Stood on 20 rolled over 9 at dots. Ball got easy length in front and started its move late mid lane. Our house shot is very tight have to play outside. Great ball my new go to.
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