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Equipment Boards => Lane Masters => Topic started by: Laybzz74 on June 16, 2006, 12:29:21 AM

Title: The Arrow
Post by: Laybzz74 on June 16, 2006, 12:29:21 AM
Wow !!!  ... talk about low friction; this ball is harder than the original COLUMBIA Blue Dot !!! It's like "putting" on ice !!!
 If you've had a problem with your spare balls grabbing too much on the backends, get this ball !!!

BTW, all that you really see is the Arrow when it's rolling ... 2 cool !!!
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Man, I LOVE this game; and I love it even more now that I'm using LEGENDS/LaneMasters equipment !!!
 "Master the Lanes with Legendary hitting power" !!!

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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Panic on June 17, 2006, 03:03:07 PM
yup, ive thrown it a few times nice ball
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Fluff E Bunnie on June 20, 2006, 09:58:07 AM

Is this a clear ball?  It looks blue to me but I thought I read somewhere that it was clear.
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Laybzz74 on June 20, 2006, 10:02:33 AM
I has a clear coverstock with a blue core and the red/white LEGENDS arrow on it.
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Man, I LOVE this game; and I love it even more now that I'm using LEGENDS/LaneMasters equipment !!!
 "Master the Lanes with Legendary hitting power" !!!

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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Fluff E Bunnie on June 20, 2006, 10:09:23 AM
Where is the arrow in relation to the core?  Is it inside the ball?  If you can only see the arrow when it is rolling, how does that work?

Sorry for the confusion, but I haven't found a pro shop that has this one yet.
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Laybzz74 on June 20, 2006, 10:16:01 AM
I guess that I need to clarify (and I understand how my previous thread confused you) ... the arrow is imprinted on the core, and what I meant to imply with my previous comment was that, because if the clear cover and the dark blue core, you don't seem to notice anything but the revolutions of the red/white arrow inside the ball as it goes down the lane (I didn't mean to imply that you couldn't see it until you rolled it down the lane).
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Man, I LOVE this game; and I love it even more now that I'm using LEGENDS/LaneMasters equipment !!!
 "Master the Lanes with Legendary hitting power" !!!

Robb in O'Fallon, IL 62269 (near Scott AFB)
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Fluff E Bunnie on June 20, 2006, 10:37:56 AM
Ah!  It sounds like a cool ball that could be used as a learning tool.  Like you could really analyze the difference between different rolls and whatnot.

As far as hooking less than a Blue Dot, I have never had my Blue Dot hook.  That thing goes straight even with spin.  I have seen other plastic balls hook a little though.
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Laybzz74 on June 20, 2006, 12:58:03 PM
To answer both of you, I believe that Fred Borden had it designed as a learning tool ... the arrow rotation would indicate rotation and tilt.

http://www.legendsbowling.com/default.html
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Man, I LOVE this game; and I love it even more now that I'm using LEGENDS/LaneMasters equipment !!!
 "Master the Lanes with Legendary hitting power" !!!

Robb in O'Fallon, IL 62269 (near Scott AFB)
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: shelley on June 20, 2006, 02:19:21 PM
I'll bet it doesn't hook as much as my EPX-T1, though.  And it probably dies in like 50 games, just like all the other L/LM balls.

SH
Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Fluff E Bunnie on June 20, 2006, 02:27:33 PM
quote:
I'll bet it doesn't hook as much as my EPX-T1, though.  And it probably dies in like 50 games, just like all the other L/LM balls.

SH


Ooooh snap!  Wait.  ?!
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: jjlamoroso on June 21, 2006, 05:58:59 AM
Mine died in the box! Unbelievable! No hook at all!
I will call Fred Burden.
Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: El Capitán on June 21, 2006, 06:26:50 AM
Is the L/LM Arrow... a spare ball?!
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Laybzz74 on June 21, 2006, 07:25:35 AM
"JJ",
 Of course no hook at all, silly roomie !!!

"Tx",
 Yes, an ultra low friction spare ball, as previously stated (see above link to the Legends web site).
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Man, I LOVE this game; and I love it even more now that I'm using LEGENDS/LaneMasters equipment !!!
 "Master the Lanes with Legendary hitting power" !!!

Robb in O'Fallon, IL 62269 (near Scott AFB)
LAYBZZ74@AOL.COM (Email and PayPal addy)
Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: CG_Matters on June 21, 2006, 10:35:05 AM
I can't honestly say that I see the need for a "low friction" spare ball.  The last time I checked, plastic was low friction to begin with.  If a bowler is having problems with the marginal amount of friction that they experience with a plastic ball, it's not the ball....it's the bowler.
Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Spider Ball Bowler on June 21, 2006, 10:47:18 AM
Hey Rob,

I'm glad you like it  When I was talking to Pat, when I was going to drill it up....he said to drill it so that when I was holding the ball the arrow was pointing straight forward....did you do that?

I'm so happy that one of my purchases is in the hands of someone who actually wanted it lol.  

I kinda miss my Big Bang now
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Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: shelley on June 21, 2006, 10:51:14 AM
quote:
it's not the ball....it's the bowler.


What's the other saying?  "It's the indian, not the arrow."  Seems especially appropriate here.

SH
Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Laybzz74 on June 21, 2006, 04:39:39 PM
Yup ... drilled it up just like that, and you can tell by the way that the arrow rotates as it's rolling.

BTW, as a reply to "CG Matters" ... this "Indian" needs man arrow !!!
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Man, I LOVE this game; and I love it even more now that I'm using LEGENDS/LaneMasters equipment !!!
 "Master the Lanes with Legendary hitting power" !!!

Robb in O'Fallon, IL 62269 (near Scott AFB)
LAYBZZ74@AOL.COM (Email and PayPal addy)
Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: jjlamoroso on June 22, 2006, 05:53:00 AM
quote:
"JJ",
 Of course no hook at all, silly roomie !!!

"Tx",
 Yes, an ultra low friction spare ball, as previously stated (see above link to the Legends web site).
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Man, I LOVE this game; and I love it even more now that I'm using LEGENDS/LaneMasters equipment !!!
 "Master the Lanes with Legendary hitting power" !!!

Robb in O'Fallon, IL 62269 (near Scott AFB)
LAYBZZ74@AOL.COM (Email and PayPal addy)


It was a bit of humor, too complicated for you...
   JJ
Title: Re: The Arrow
Post by: Laybzz74 on June 22, 2006, 07:16:20 AM
jj,
 Humor back at you ... not complicated at all (I'll ignore your "slam" on me).
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Man, I LOVE this game; and I love it even more now that I'm using LEGENDS/LaneMasters equipment !!!
 "Master the Lanes with Legendary hitting power" !!!

Robb in O'Fallon, IL 62269 (near Scott AFB)
LAYBZZ74@AOL.COM (Email and PayPal addy)