I just came across a decent sale price on the black alien and the fugitive, both of which have specs that work best for my low rate, slow speed left-hand style. I'm tempted to try one or both, but there seems to be extremely little activity in this forum, and not much information on anyone rolling Elite. If anyone has information on the black alien or the fugitive, I would love to hear about it since I'm thinking of picking one up very soon.

Thanks in advance

The Black Alien has landed and it's darker and meaner than ever! With a great backend and superior versatility, it will sure make your human friends jealous. Its no frills jet black finish tells the world you mean business. Why settle for Ordinary when you can be Extraordinary.

The Elite Black Alien is designed to compliment the massive hooking Elite Red Alien. We transferred the incredible hooking ability of the Red Alien down the lane for the Black Alien by tweaking the coverstock and increasing the strength of the core. This gives the bowler a ball that has a very similar overall hook as the Red Alien but a more angular path to the pocket.

If you are looking for a ball with extraordinary overall hook and big backend reaction, the Elite Black Alien fits the bill.

    Core: Capsule Core
    Coverstock: E73 Reactive
    Color: Black
    Ball Finish: 1000 Abralon
    RG: (16# 2.483) (15# 2.504) (14# 2.518)
    Diff: (16# 0.055) (15# 0.055) (14# 0.055)
    Hook Potential: High
    Lane Conditions: Heavy Oil

Dont really have any objective feedback, but have to ask, why elite? I've seen very few and those who used to throw them have kind of moved on.

I doubt the ball is a bad ball.  But from my experience, an Elite ball on sale is the normal price of a comparable ball from another mainstream company.  Better yet, comparable balls on sale at mainstream companies are cheaper.  Plus you have probably seen someone throw those balls.

I have nothing against Elite, but DO NOT use Elite reviews on Bowler's Paradise as an honest description of the balls performance.  I am 99.999% sure most (or all in some cases) Elite reviews are fake on Bowler's Paradise.

Probably good equipment, i'd say though that you could get something identical or very very similar in reaction with close to the same spec's that would be significantly cheaper. 

I have not seen a Black Alien first hand, but a couple of people I know have Red Aliens, same core but a stronger cover. The Red Alien is the biggest hooking ball I have seen first hand. Both guys love theirs, so if you can get the black for that price, you should grab it.

If the ball is at a good price, why not?

I appreciate all the comments and conversation. @Bat, I also appreciate the reference to the C System Maxxed. I used to roll Brunswick exclusively, but admittedly stopped when manufacturing moved to Mexico. Perhaps it's time to revisit that decision. I have one problem with the Maxxed as an option, but I will post that in the Brunswick section so as to not pollute this thread.
After hearing all the comments, I may still go for the elite and am very curious about it, but additional research and references have pointed out that there are other balls to try in 14 pound and low-Rg symmetrical, namely the ebonite pursuit S, the maxxed out, and the jet altitude, which looks very intriguing as well. Of course the ebonite and jet are at a way different price point, so I'm trying not to upsell myself....

Good conversation, good thoughts, thanks to all.