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Equipment Boards => Hammer => Topic started by: ten pin killler on March 29, 2006, 11:11:13 PM

Title: Hammer makes serious cuts in line-up......
Post by: ten pin killler on March 29, 2006, 11:11:13 PM

Road Hawg, Hawg Wild, Doom, Vibe, Tuff, Burgundy Pure Hammer survive the cut.........this is according to several websites that have already dropped the others. Its kinda shocking to see that the High Rev didnt make it
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Could someone tell me where this "Great Wall of China" is???

Edited on 3/30/2006 8:11 AM

Title: Re: Hammer makes serious cuts in line-up......
Post by: kayoung08 on March 30, 2006, 07:14:29 AM

hammer is on a planned cycle and this is the year of a major revamp. atleast thats what my pro shop was told.
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Title: Re: Hammer makes serious cuts in line-up......
Post by: ten pin killler on March 30, 2006, 07:52:58 AM

I'm not sure I like the way that most all the major ball companies are going with this "in and out" discontinuing trend. Of the 8 balls currently in my arsenal, only 3 are still current, (Vibe, Tuff and Super Carbide Bomb).

I have always thought that the Diesel line was the most rock solid performers of the post-Faball Ebo-Hammers. My Diesel Particle Pearl and Diesel Particle solid are still knocking pins down and they have been kaput for almost 3 years now. Oh well, I guess this trend will make for some good deals on eBay for discontinued balls.....I suppose that is a plus.
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TPK .... A HammerHead with a touch of BuzzSaw

Could someone tell me where this "Great Wall of China" is???

Title: Re: Hammer makes serious cuts in line-up......
Post by: DP3 on March 30, 2006, 11:00:01 AM

I heard Hammer is dropping 6 balls by the end of summer and a total of 9 balls by the end of summer to round out all of the lines.
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Title: Re: Hammer makes serious cuts in line-up......
Post by: mrbowlingnut on March 30, 2006, 11:16:23 AM

Come on all marketing hype every ball company does it through staffers on here and guys like me who are OCD believe this marketing hype and buy the newer stuff. I buy a gazillion balls and almost every one of them for the last 4 years looks about the same hook wise but i am stupid and keep on trying the newer ones out anyway hahaha

Title: Re: Hammer makes serious cuts in line-up......
Post by: da Shiv on March 30, 2006, 11:47:29 AM

To mrbowlingnut and Babz299--

For the last ten years, I've read that at least 2 balls per year from each manufacturer outhook their last offering by 5 boards.  So, at a conservative 10 boards more hook per year for the last 10 years, that means that lanes #1 & 2 in most bowling centers must now be useless, since the bowler on lane #3 must be lining up on the approach of lane #1 to avoid having his ball hook off the lane.  Strangely enough, I don't see that happening.  What's wrong with this picture?  Could we possibly be being BSed?

I'll have to keep buying 4 or 5 balls per year until I find out.

Shiv

P.S.  I'm especially sorry to see the Diesels go.  That was a fine line of balls, even though the first two are still the best.  I still have a Diesel Particle Pearl in regular use.
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