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Equipment Boards => Hammer => Topic started by: Leonidas on March 23, 2009, 09:02:51 AM
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I would like to see a Hammer clear ball with a gas mask core or a vibe core. I know alot people like that idea to. Why companies don't respond to that? Morich, would be another great clear ball with a Mo Ez core visible. Storm could show his cores ...
Why nobody does that?
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it''s almost always the indian and not the arrow
yes and i like this one also
don''t go for a strike, go for a sure spare, we need 5 pins to win
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Not cost effective in my opinion. Granted a core as you mentioned would not cost anything in R&D but the cost of producing those clear balls is very high. They are not produced in this country because of the time needed for them to solidify.
Regular bowling balls take seconds for each the core, filler core, and outer core to harden. So in practically an hour an entire bowling ball can be produced. The clear balls take many hours for them to solidify. Plus they would have to be paying the costs to produce them in the production plants instead of using their own.
You can see that in the past, most clear balls did not last too long on the shelves. The Clear Hammer didn't last too long, and that ball had an actual core, as the Hammer in it had dynamics. Even the Widow Clear had hook in it because it had a large round core that rolled up pretty well. But even the Widow clear didnt last that long in relation to the lifespan of a regular bowling ball.
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"Strike for show, spare for dough"
Im A Hammer Head 100%
http://ryman624.googlepages.com
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The Hammer clear with the Hammer inside still brings big money when you can find NIB. A new clear ball would be a good idea. The BW Clear didn't go over as well as they thought it would- I don't think.
Still throwing mine though, and have thought about buying a NIB just to display on the shelf.
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Nothing Hit's Like A Hammer
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Not cost effective in my opinion.
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"Strike for show, spare for dough"
Im A Hammer Head 100%
http://ryman624.googlepages.com
Bingo! The man guessed right first try. 
Response #2"
"The BW Clear didn't go over as well as they thought it would- I don't think."
Bingo #2.
Hammerheads did not support Hammer when Hammer provides what they ask for the first time: the Clear Black Widow. It is still available. So Leonidas, here's your chance to support Hammer. Go buy one. Buddies has them for dirt cheap: $59.95.
http://www.buddiesproshop.com/product/5124/Hammer_Black_Widow_Clear_Bowling_Ball_.htm
Common sense says if they could could not sell all the first set of clear balls, it would be a waste of their investment to try the same thing again, no matter which core is in it.
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"None are so blind as those who will not see."
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I think the black widow clear didn't sell well because the graphics were sloppy. The spider and web looked like 10 year-olds painted them, and they didn't even try to stay within the lines.
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I'm TJJ300, and I approve this message.
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The Black Widow Clear was not a true clear ball. What people wanted was a true clear ball like the hammer core spare, or the track flaming T.
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Hammerheads did not support Hammer when Hammer provides what they ask for the first time: the Clear Black Widow. It is still available. So Leonidas, here's your chance to support Hammer. Go buy one.
No, i wont buy one, a teammate has one, its not a clearball and it looks awful. This ball was way over 200$ here around. People did ask once, realize the price and the bad look and never asked again. A view realize that the price dropped, anyway its not what i asked. I don't buy cars, balls, bicycles to support companies. I buy things because i like or need them.
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Common sense says if they could not sell all the first set of clear balls, it would be a waste of their investment to try the same thing again, no matter which core is in it.
I did not know about the cost of producing true clear balls with true visible cores inside. I guess they will not produce them so i wont buy them.
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it's almost always the indian and not the arrow
yes and i like this one also
don't go for a strike, go for a sure spare, we need 5 pins to win
Edited on 4/1/2009 7:13 AM
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Heck they dont even need to make them clear, the xxxl is still one of my favorite balls and if I could get a levrg or ezrev around it Im sure it would be a heck of a ball.