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Equipment Boards => Brunswick => Topic started by: dougb on September 15, 2013, 11:57:32 PM
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What can you guys tell me about the Infernos in relation to other Brunswick equipment, old and new?
It's funny, because I own (or have owned) most of the old school classic Big B balls, including Rhino Pros (Gold and Teal), Zones (Danger, Sapphire solid, Combat Zone solid and pearl), and Quantums (Raven, Jade, Imperial, Forest Green, Violet Hook), but I've never owned any of the Infernos. I'm not sure why.
On the newer Brunswick stuff, I own (or have owned) an Aura, Meanstreak Brawler, Meanstreak, Strike King Black Pearl, Versa Max, Massive Damage, and Damage. But none of the snake series.
So today I scored a single drill Scorchin' Inferno and a single drill Anaconda for $1 each. I take them home, sand them down, give them a hot water bath, and resurface them each to 2000 abralon. Both balls look brand new! Span and pitches on both balls are close enough for me to try them and they have the IT.
So how do these balls compare to the other stuff? I absolutely loved the Activator Plus coverstock on my Massive Damage -- a highly under-rated ball IMO -- so I'm excited to try the Anaconda. I know the original Inferno series were highly popular back in the day.
Looking forward to hearing your comments, thanks.
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The Anaconda will mirror the reaction of the Absolute Inferno, while the Scorchin' Inferno will give you a variety of looks depending on your surface prep. Back in 2006 I had two 300 games with the Scorchin' at around 500/Rough Buff.
I have one customer who uses his Anaconda as his first-out-of-the-bag ball to this day. Typically, this one will be a little more "smooth arc" shape than the Massive.
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Had three 289 games with the Scorchin' just could not get pass the first 10.
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Order of most to least aggressive I believe is:
Scorching--Total--Ultimate--Absolute--Raging--Radical Inferno--Original Inferno--Smoking Inferno--Intense Inferno-Blazing Inferno-White Pin Smoking Inferno-"Hard" Blazing Inferno
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I have a single drill Original Inferno I'll give away to someone for dirt cheap + shipping. Just make me an offer and the ball is yours
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The Radical and Intense Infernos are fine balls.
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Thanks for all the replies. Funny how you don't see the fervor around these balls as you do around some of the other old Brunswick stuff.
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Thanks for all the replies. Funny how you don't see the fervor around these balls as you do around some of the other old Brunswick stuff.
I would say because a lot of the people who were "brunswick nation" (check the archives on here between 2002-2005) have left the game ten years later.
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Thanks for all the replies. Funny how you don't see the fervor around these balls as you do around some of the other old Brunswick stuff.
I would say because a lot of the people who were "brunswick nation" (check the archives on here between 2002-2005) have left the game ten years later.
I will check the archives, and I did read the reviews. The Rhino Pros still fetch good money and adoration along with Danger Zones and some others from that era.
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Couple of Radical Infernos 15lbs just sold on ebay for $129-135 plus $30 shipping.
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Any ball with activator or activator plus coverstock is worth having. The Elite Torrid and the Affair look a lot like Inferno cores.
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I have a single drill Original Inferno I'll give away to someone for dirt cheap + shipping. Just make me an offer and the ball is yours
what weight?
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I have an overseas release of the Inferno NIB 15 in my closet. Thank you BB.com
http://www.coba.co.jp/www/catalog/pleiades.pdf
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So, depending on what an old ball can get on ebay determines whether or not a line of balls was good or not?
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Maybe. People and nostalgia can determine $$$ more then anything.
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I have an overseas release of the Inferno NIB 15 in my closet. Thank you BB.com
http://www.coba.co.jp/www/catalog/pleiades.pdf
Had one... pretty sure it was Activator + though... *shrug*
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Original Inferno was the introduction of the Activator cover stock. Combined with the rough buff surface prep, it represented the most aggressive pearl on the market, and matched up well with a lot of different styles. Many of the subsequent infernos did not have the great core shell matchups as the original, and were of limited popularity until the Absolute came out. It was also a strong and very versatile pearl for many bowlers. Best of the bunch for me was not an inferno at all, but the Vapor Zone. It had the activator+ shell from the Absolute wrapped around a low rg asymmetric core.
Brunswick totally lost its way when it went from the Infernos to the Fury line, and much of what followed for a several years. I know staffers that were still throwing Vapor Zones 3 years ago. One exception was the Pearl Fury, which I will bet was a remake of the Vapor Zone, although nobody at Brunswick would ever admit it.
Bottom line, the activator shells coupled with low rg cores have become almost classics comparable tot he early Zones.
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The Intense Inferno is one of my favorite balls.
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My fave is the white pin Smokin' Inferno. Sadly last week one of the three I own bit the dust and cracked all the way around. . . :(