BallReviews
Equipment Boards => Brunswick => Topic started by: spencerwatts on August 25, 2014, 12:09:31 PM
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Source: Brunswick
http://youtu.be/bsfSw82KxqU
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I liked it better when it is called a Strike King.
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So you're saying this is a hybrid, but stronger version of a Strike King?
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I don't believe in hybrid or most other terms. Im saying from watching the video and looking at the chart if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck then it's cheaper to buy a Strike King.
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So if this is supposed to be a step down from the melee why is it the same price?
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If the "pearl" version of any ball is a step down from the original "solid" version why is it the same price?
Because people will pay it.
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So if this is supposed to be a step down from the melee why is it the same price?
they used to do a rebate (10 or 20 bucks) on balls...not anymore
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I think they cancelled the rebate program b/c SOOO many shops were not passing it along to customers as it was intended.
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Not passing a rebate along to a customer is a common, old practice in any retail business. This shouldn't surprise anyone. It's the business' way of making additional profit particularly to an uninformed public.
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Brunswick also made rebates available to the customer by mailing in their UPC off the box from purchase. I did that on my Wicked Siege.
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The Strike King and the Brute share absolutely nothing in common. The RG of the strike king weight block is a lot higher and the differential is not the same. The Brute also is only the second ball to use the new fortify base coverstock that was previously used on the Fortera Exile. While I haven't thrown the new Brute yet, if the tendencies of the cover hold true it will be much more like the Exile. The Exile is much stronger down lane than a Strike King.
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I'll be glad to show a Brute vs Strike King video to show how much different they are.
They really don't compare. Brute will fit above LT48 and below Melee Cross.
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Didn't know it was supposed to go underneath the melee....it all makes sense now!
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If the Brute uses the same base as the Exile, then it will not even be close to a Strike King. The Exile's cover is amazingly strong, especially downlane.
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I'd love to see the comparison. Since the Strike King was every bit the ball as the orginal Melee and Brunswick list the new Brute below both Melees I would say that is very deceptive. The Melee was a huge disapointment for the price. The LT48 was everything the Melee did not live up to.
Please do not argue that the Rg and Dif are nothing alike. I can read numbers and I can show you where that isn't a factor when comparing the Stike King side by side on the same layout as the Blue/Green Karma which are also very different in RG and Dif.
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Just a couple of things:
1) kidlost what do you believe in then? Let me guess, you believe in the soul, the c*&k, the p$#!y, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. You believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. You believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. You believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and you believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. Just had to be done :) .
2) While I think Tom Smallwood is a great bowler, and is much better then I will ever be, I don't understand his inclusion in these videos. His style is pretty unique and most bowlers watching this, buying these balls, will not get anywhere close the reaction he does. Nothing against Tom as a bowler, he is damn good, but just my opinion.
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Thanks j3
I dont believe in pearlized, solid, or hybrid coverstocks. I don't believe in a fraction of the marketing released on coverstocks. I dont believe in splitting hairs on Rg and Dif numbers.
I am on the phone so i cant copy and paste the rest covered in "Frizzle Fry" by Primus.
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I'll be glad to show a Brute vs Strike King video to show how much different they are.
They really don't compare. Brute will fit above LT48 and below Melee Cross.
Thanks Nick I was wondering how this compares to the LT48. That's another ball with an amazing amount of length and pop on the backend!
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I threw the Brute at a demo and it is sooo good. It is not as strong as melee cross but its stronger than the Lt-48(As said earlier). It also creates a shape that I have not been able to find in any other ball. It was fantastic. Definitely going to find a way into my bag.