I guess they realized their mistake when the Motiv Purple Tank came out. #motivnation

No. This has been in the works since Brunswick bought EBI

I will admit the purple ball jab Motiv put up on social media sites the other day was funny

Yep, just saw it online. Now, the question is whether or not the new ones will live up to what the old ones were like. You already know that some people are going to automatically claim that the older ones are better no matter what the newer ones do. lol

From what I have heard, they are a touch cleaner but that could honestly come down to Siaair vs abralon.

Just think of all the people trying to sell the discontinued for $500 in the past, now you can buy one for $135.

Yes, but this current soon to be release of batches,  will be more Brunswick made, as opposed to Ebonite, so I expect this batch, will not be the same as the previous versions, and not in a good way, as the previous releases, imo.

If it were me, I would still look to purchase the older, proven ones even paying a pretty penny for it (Its proven).

Part of the reason why I'm seriously contemplating paying the premium for that Black Widow Purple Pearl Urethane that just showed up on Ebay.

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From my limited understanding, the purple urethane coverstock may be too aggressive for black widow core. But whatever, if someone wants to spend $500 on some urethane bowling ball, I guess it's good for them that they have $500 for a bowling ball. I'd put a weak layout on in.

I'm sure people will debate differences btwn Ebonite and Brunswick versions, but bowling balls are not made of wood, nor art. It's a plastic mixed together with chemical additives, and if you know the formula, then why can't one company duplicate the other?

For various reasons I dropped weight, so now that they are bringing it out in the ball weight I use, I'll probably by it, as there are not many good urethane balls under 14 lbs, and would like a pearl urethane the compliment my Badger Infused.