Ball NPS Score: Not Available
- Coverstock: F45 Reactive Resin (F10 least aggressive - F90 most aggressive)
- Ball Color:Purple/Blackl All colors do vary somewhat from the picture shown.
- Finish: 600 Grit Sandpaper with 2000 Grit Polish
- RG Average: 2.48 (Very Low) on a scale of 2.43-2.8 Very low-High Break Point
- RG Differential: 0.040 (Medium) on a scale of .000-.080 Low-High Flare
- Recommended Lane Conditions: Medium Oil
- A few tiny pit holes in the cover stock of the ball are normal
- Description: The Villain features a BASF F45 reactive coverstock and a powerful core designed to provide medium length and a smooth transition at the breakpoint. Persecute the pins today with the new Villain from AMF.

15 lbs Pin up @ 12 oclock cg in mid grip
Surface @ 2000 abralon with with PH Magic shine

Once I realized that the ball isn't going to play deep I really felt it come to life.  I found this ball to play the track area (with my surface) with unbelievable predictability.  On a THS it won't give that "Impress your girlfriend and buddies" coast to coast look, but if your hottie likes to see guys plug away with real good 200+ games here is your ball.  

I imagine that with a stonger layout and a touch more surface, deeper play would be possible.  I find that when the head oil goes and if I get to deep it just doen't have the snap to carry the corners out.  With the control that this ball offers carrydown isn't that big of an issue.  I just see the problems when I have to take it deep inside.  I also found that to hold true on the wood house that I bowled in last weekend.  Wood lanes and a light volume pattern...I added a bunch of polish and that kept just inside of the track area for a short time even with the extreme dry but when the little bit of head oil in that area went, the Villan went as well.

All in all a great ball for light to medium house shots and a must for Sport conditions.  The price point is all be giving it away for the amount of control this ball offers.  It doesn't get any easier than this one.
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Lane Conditions: Medium Oil
Typical Conditions: House Shot
Type of Lane: All Synthetic
What part of the lane did you play? Second Arrow
Did the ball track out? Normal
Weight of bowling ball: 14
Surface of bowling ball: Factory/Box
Likes: The color scheme and the simple, "old-school" design
Dislikes: A little squirty in OOB finish

Just dropped down to 14lbs and, since nobody here is throwing ANYTHING A.M.F., I decided to give one a try. Our house runs a medium oil condition, but it dries up pretty quick, and I needed something that had a good cover/weightblock without being SO picky as some of the high performance stuff is, so the Villain was the subject of interest.

After a bit of consultation with my driller, we decided on a pin down 4X2 with a low x-hole. Ball was left in OOB finish.

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The first game, when the oil was fresh, this ball was MONEY playing up the boards with a small headbelly out, bumping the dry and rolling like a deathtrain into the pocket. It's only 14lbs, but I was throwing pins up and over the sidewalls, into the adjoining lane! Then, along came transition

When the heads started to read early, the ball wanted to react to the early friction too much, but when I moved in far enough to find the new oil line, the OOB surface ust wouldn't let it read enough to really get into that good roll, and I started popping quite a few wrap tens. If I held it tight, I wrapped tens and, if I sent it out, it read the dry too early and went through the nose.

The f-45 cover stock is deceptively strong, especially when you give it some early friction. The ball has a GREAT roll and track through the pins, but I think I am going to need a bit more surface and play it a bit further into the oil line before it truly shines through.

I'm not through yet. A few surface adjustments and I'll be back to let you know how things turn out. All in all, this seems to be a surprisngly decent ball and hits a ton, especially for a 14lb ball.

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