I throw Ebonite and Hammer balls. But any company that that takes away American jobs is dead to me. Screw Brunswick !!  They will not get one penny of my money.

Can't find a 15 pound purple hammer online anywhere now...  one on Amazon marked up 30 bucks and a few auctions on ebay that's it.

Edit:  Looks like I missed a site or two but they are definitely getting harder to find over the last 48 hours.

Can't find a 15 pound purple hammer online anywhere now...  one on Amazon marked up 30 bucks and a few auctions on ebay that's it.

Lefties everywhere are nervous…..

I believe some are confused on the Made in USA argument. Before this transaction, consumers had a choice of Motiv, Storm, Roto Grip, 900 Global, Hammer, Track, C300, Ebonite for USA brands and Brunswick, Radical, DV8, LaneMasters, Lord Field for non USA brands. Throw is a few private labels and those are our choices. So many choose the made in America option since we actually have a choice. Can you name a phone that is 100% made in the US? I can't, so we don't have a choice. So consumers are still trying to support Made in the USA while they have a choice. Very soon, Motiv, Storm/RG/900G, will be our only options for Made in the USA when it comes to a cheaply made bowling ball. So many will try to support that while we still have a choice.

Not sure where Waterboy has been looking.Bowlerx.com shows they have 15lb Purple hammers.

Quote from: Impending Doom on November 16, 2019, 09:47:03 PM

#900global

Come dip your toes in the water. I'll be your tour guide.

Thinking again about an After Dark Pearl if they're hardly going to oil the lanes outside 3rd arrow  Still wish I could walk into the local pro shop and say "Gimme one ADP, purple" though...

Show your interest! If there is interest, your PSO will stick it!

If Storm has Tropicals made by Brunswick do you only boycott the ball or the brand?

https://www.bowlersjournal.com/brunswick-ceo-corey-dykstra-on-ebonite-acquisition/

It is tough for the factory workers who are out of work no doubt. Unfortunately this isn't a made in USA issue it's a bowling popularity and economic issue.The bowling ball market has dropped 20+% while industry pressure to release ever growing number of new balls a year has increased.  So R&D and production costs go up and profitability goes down while the factories aren't operating at full capacity further increasing costs.

Bowling ball prices are relatively set, at all levels of the line the companies are within $10-$15 dollars of each other often at the exact same rate, to my mind there isn't a company that has tried to leverage lower costs to gain market share other than maybe brunswick going on closeout at a much higher rate. It's brutally competitive, how many new releases do people need.

While I get people are frustrated that the balls will be made in Mexico but Brunswick brought certain assets that they thought could add value which were the rights to the brand and some intellectual property. Maybe someone will buy some other select assets of Ebonite including the factory, but my guess is Ebonite had large liabilities that would have to be assumed if Brunswick were to buy the corporation. Why not just buy the aspects you want or have flexibility with rather then unprofitable assets and liabilities including potential debts or legals claims.