Maybe I'm not hip. Maybe I'm a little old school. . I just don't get all the chatter about buying or not buying a ball because of the color scheme, the fragrance, the swirl pattern, the scary name, etc.  I know there folks in marketing departments getting paid way too much money to come up with a clever name, fragrance, or color. Money I would rather see in R&D or in price reduction.  Personally I'm not choosing a ball based on anything other than it's specs and how it performs. My wife likes pretty colors but for me, if it's good I'll throw it even if it's pink (loved the old pink hammer) or smells like lindberger cheese.  I would however rather see the bowling balls only come in solid colors.  That way my finger & thumb inserts help me pick up when my ball loses its axis rotation. Awful tough with those swirly color schemes Maybe I'm too practical.

It is all personal preference.  Your preference is one thing while someone else is different. 

In today's environment, could you imagine the confusion is all bowling balls were black?  Not such a big deal when each bowler had one ball.  But with tournament arsenals being 6+ for a lot of people, it would be difficult to know which is which.

If it were me, I would use particular colors to represent performance points in my line-up.  I might use a basis of green for high performance, red for medium performance and maybe blue for low performance. (or hook potential).  The solid would be solid, the hybrid would be mixed with say black and the pearl with say silver for each range.

But in the end, it is pretty boring if everyone used just a couple of main colors and that was it.

Hard to say that the fusion lost sales because of the scent.  At least in my area, it sold like crazy. It's also the top seller on buddies, so i doubt it was just my area.

The colors don't bother me but the scents do. I am allergic to most of them.

Personally, I am loud and proud. I like to be the center of attention and have a good time. Bright, flashy colors appeal to me. I don't want a ball that is all one color, unless it is really THAT good and fits what I am looking for. Picking between two balls, I would lean toward the color scheme that gets noticed. I don't want smelly balls though. Leads to entirely too many "smell my balls" jokes on the league I bowl on.

For me personally, its all about the performance, and how the ball will fare on the conditons I face,  HOWEVER,  certain colors does catch my eye as well;  I mean think about it,  If you can get that PERFECT ball, with GREAT SHELF APPEAL,  who would turn that away to have the best of both worlds?

The Sigma Sting I picked up this year was for the functionality.  The downside was that this ball smells awful.  It has the worst chemical smell that I have ever come across in a bowling ball...but I keep using it because the results are there.

Quote from: ctwings10 on November 06, 2014, 10:12:56 PM

The Sigma Sting I picked up this year was for the functionality.  The downside was that this ball smells awful.  It has the worst chemical smell that I have ever come across in a bowling ball...but I keep using it because the results are there.

I have the same issue with my 2Cruel.  Highly chemical in its smell.

Yeah, the Octane I just got smells like purple jelly beans.  I didn't know Motiv did that.