Title: Re: Hammer Brick
Post by: Goof1073 on November 23, 2011, 06:18:10 AM
Nice video...
...are there any plans of making a video to demonstrate just how much the "wider range of performance" is with different drillings on this new core shape? Just curious...
-Chris: DJ's Pro Shop : Auburn, MA
Title: Re: Hammer Brick
Post by: HammerTech on November 23, 2011, 05:43:55 PM
Not right now, but I will forward that info to Jeff. Very good idea
Title: Re: Hammer Brick
Post by: coasterp on November 24, 2011, 06:02:12 AM
I would really like to see a video with different layouts myself. To be honest, I'm not running out to get this as what you showed was a ball really close to the Arson. I would like to see some reaction variation before I decide to purchase.
Title: Re: Hammer Brick
Post by: Goof1073 on November 24, 2011, 07:37:02 AM
Cool...thanks!
I also know that it's not typical to compare balls from different price points, but in order to demonstrate just how different this core is maybe comparing it against the Taboo BlueSilver with the same layouts would help drive the point; many people know the "widow core".
Also, after re-watching the video, it might also be helpful to how the different layouts work as calculated by the BLUEPRINT software versus real life. We've been using the software for a while now and it's extremely powerful.
Just some other thoughts...
-Chris: DJ's Pro Shop : Auburn, MA
Edited by Goof1073 on 11/24/2011 at 8:41 AM
Title: Re: Hammer Brick
Post by: OneEighthBritish on November 26, 2011, 10:52:56 PM
Does it seem like to anyone else that there's possibly too many options in the benchmark to high-performance range? I'm not real sure of what the distinguishing factors are on why I'd choose one ball over another.
Title: Re: Hammer Brick
Post by: batbowler on November 27, 2011, 08:41:18 AM
The key in the video is that they are bowling on Kegel's Stone Street! We use that pattern for our house shot and it's slick!!!! I use a Nexus Solid and play up the boards and they are swinging the ball across 4th arrow. Granted they have a higher rev rate than myself, but I see a look of people on our house shot miss the headpin from too much oil/volume!!!
Train a child up in the way they should go and when they are old they will do some "Damn Good Bowling", be a "DV8" and not turn from it, besides bowling starts with a Big B!
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Title: Re: Hammer Brick
Post by: icefiction on November 27, 2011, 11:13:14 AM
I have to say that the video in now way showcases the main selling point of what the ball is offered as; the greater difference in performance based on the layouts. No where in the video is the point ever demonstrated, so really the video just shows it being a couple boards more than the arson, which is exactly where the taboo fits so why bother?
Title: Re: Hammer Brick
Post by: BOM300 on November 30, 2011, 11:01:06 AM
I've thrown my Brick. I put the same 70x4x30 layout that I have on my Arson. It has a much more defined move than the Arson. It revs hard in the midlane even though the Rg is higher than the Arson and the move on the backend is stronger. However...it still isn't as strong as the Taboo's. I would say this ball fits below the Taboo and above the Arson.
To say "what's the point" because it hooks more than an Arson is inaccurate. There's a big gap between an Arson's reaction and a Taboo. The Brick fits in that gap. The Brick has the same cover as the Taboo (hybridized...is that a word? lol), but the core isn't as strong as the Taboo. So it's a great ball down from that.
Brian O'Mara Beginr's To Pro's Pro Shop Rochester, NY Hammer Amateur Staff member since 2002