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Wallshot

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My Arsenal/Addiction
« on: July 23, 2006, 04:17:45 PM »
I just reorganized my arsenal and thought some of you might be interested in the results:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9214/img4902bj8.jpg

Now let's talk about equipment addiction, ok?

 

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2006, 12:19:35 AM »
HAHAHA that's AWESOME!  I wish I had kept all my stuff, and not sold it now.

I wonder if I could come up with a list of what I've had....hmmmmm.

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2006, 12:30:20 AM »
Now you need to post a KEY, so we can tell what all the balls are, kinda like the ones that come in the boxes of candy


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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2006, 12:36:23 AM »
lol..

how many are there? im too lazy to count right now.
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Track Mean Machine (Heavy)
Lane #1 Dirty Bomb (Med-Heavy)
Dyno-Thane Vendetta Particle Pearl (Med-Heavy)
Track Machine (Medium)
Brunswick Original Inferno (Light-Med)
Track Desert Heat (Light)
Brunswick Ambush (Spare)

I throw it all, just give me a ball, I'll throw it. =]
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The Bowler's Shop, Anderson IN
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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2006, 12:40:08 AM »

Xfest

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2006, 12:44:14 AM »
74 counting that one right next to the black one, theres a half one.

im surprised you dont have any on the top. lol
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Track Mean Machine (Heavy)
Lane #1 Dirty Bomb (Med-Heavy)
Dyno-Thane Vendetta Particle Pearl (Med-Heavy)
Track Machine (Medium)
Brunswick Original Inferno (Light-Med)
Track Desert Heat (Light)
Brunswick Ambush (Spare)

I throw it all, just give me a ball, I'll throw it. =]
- Kenny "The Kid" Skidmore
The Bowler's Shop, Anderson IN
      "Now that's MONEYYY!"

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2006, 12:46:38 AM »
you want to sell that shock and awe?

or storm x-factor ace?
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Track Mean Machine (Heavy)
Lane #1 Dirty Bomb (Med-Heavy)
Dyno-Thane Vendetta Particle Pearl (Med-Heavy)
Track Machine (Medium)
Brunswick Original Inferno (Light-Med)
Track Desert Heat (Light)
Brunswick Ambush (Spare)

I throw it all, just give me a ball, I'll throw it. =]
- Kenny "The Kid" Skidmore
The Bowler's Shop, Anderson IN
      "Now that's MONEYYY!"

Wallshot

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2006, 12:46:48 AM »
The sad fact is I sold at least 25 balls on Ebay last Winter.

From top left to right the manufacturers are: Brunswick, Storm, Visionary, Morich, Hammer and Track.

The Brunswicks are from top left to right: Groove Dry/R, ZC Red Pin, Smokin', Blazing Inferno, Rampage x 2, Ambush x 3, ZC Black pin (same as green), Vapor Zone x 2, Nemesis, Strike Zone, Impulse Zone, Danger Zone x 2, Shock Zone Pro.

On the floor are balls that most likely will hit Ebay soon: Warp Zone, Raging Inferno, Command Zone, Control Zone, Intense Inferno and another Blazing. There's also another VZ that I've used this summer for the 2 ball challenge and despite redrilling it 4 times with 4 different layouts it does virtually NOTHING!!!! I love my other 2 VZ's but this one must of been a dud.

Edited on 7/24/2006 10:49 AM

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2006, 12:52:25 AM »
Actually there is a total of 84, an undrilled Storm Diablo and 9 others in the other corner.

I was going to place some on top and initially did but these are all brand new bookcases and the instructions said "no load" on the top shelf so I took 'em down.

By the way, these bookcases were only $29 each and true to the hype on the carton they really did install "in minutes". The cool thing was that the backing is pre-installed and the sides simply click into the shelves that have preinstalled tabs. I would estimate each one took about 6 or 7 minutes to fully assemble.

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2006, 12:56:10 AM »
Hope you don't live in earthquake prone areas!
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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2006, 01:08:14 AM »
quote:
Hope you don't live in earthquake prone areas!
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if that were the case, it would be every ball for its self.

just imagine if a earthquake hit, it would sound like the wall of china coming down..
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Track Mean Machine (Heavy)
Lane #1 Dirty Bomb (Med-Heavy)
Dyno-Thane Vendetta Particle Pearl (Med-Heavy)
Track Machine (Medium)
Brunswick Original Inferno (Light-Med)
Track Desert Heat (Light)
Brunswick Ambush (Spare)

I throw it all, just give me a ball, I'll throw it. =]
- Kenny "The Kid" Skidmore
The Bowler's Shop, Anderson IN
      "Now that's MONEYYY!"

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2006, 01:12:10 AM »
Or worse.... a tornado.
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Nick Smith ... A.K.A. Les Badderâ„¢
Brunswick -=- PBA 03-06
http://www.BrunsNick.com
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Nick Smith
Digital Media Manager - Brunswick Bowling
http://www.brunswickbowling.com
http://www.youtube.com/c/brunsnick

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2006, 01:24:07 AM »
quote:
you want to sell that shock and awe?

or storm x-factor ace?
--------------------
Track Mean Machine (Heavy)
Lane #1 Dirty Bomb (Med-Heavy)
Dyno-Thane Vendetta Particle Pearl (Med-Heavy)
Track Machine (Medium)
Brunswick Original Inferno (Light-Med)
Track Desert Heat (Light)
Brunswick Ambush (Spare)

I throw it all, just give me a ball, I'll throw it. =]



word.
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Track Mean Machine (Heavy)
Lane #1 Dirty Bomb (Med-Heavy)
Dyno-Thane Vendetta Particle Pearl (Med-Heavy)
Track Machine (Medium)
Brunswick Original Inferno (Light-Med)
Track Desert Heat (Light)
Brunswick Ambush (Spare)

I throw it all, just give me a ball, I'll throw it. =]
- Kenny "The Kid" Skidmore
The Bowler's Shop, Anderson IN
      "Now that's MONEYYY!"

Wallshot

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Re: My Arsenal/Addiction
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2006, 11:13:30 AM »
Hi Machine 101. The X-Factor Ace is certainly for sale but it has been plugged and redrilled. As well, it's a short pin. I personally probably only threw 5 games with it and didn't like the reaction. It also has been "Rasmusized" a term I coined after a local driller in town that has 12 inch drill bits. When I was struggling a couple seasons ago with a recurring hand injury I discovered that 14 pounds 9 ounces was my optimum weight, anything heavier and my hand would give out (long story as to why). Since it was very difficult to find new equipment that had a gross weight of 15 pounds (whuch after drilling the thumb and fingers deep and with an X-hole the weight could be brought down to 14.9)my driller suggested I go see Dave R. since when he bowled on tour he decided to drop down from 16 to 15 pounds, bought a bunch of 12 inch drill bits and simply drilled these huge X-holes to get the weight down instead of investing in all new equipment.

So, the X-Factor Ace has an X-hole that is 1 1/4 inch in diameter and so deep that if you dropped a pen in it it would disappear.

The funny thing is by drilling such a massive x-hole you create a very strong mass bias. On some balls (like my XXX Factor) the reaction was incredible while on some others it would mellow the reaction more than I liked. It was a bit of a crap shoot because you never knew once you started drilling into the weigh block how the dynamics might be affected.

With that said, I'm sure you can find better Aces out there for sale. As for the X-factor, sorry, I'm keeping it.