Author Topic: Revolutionary Idea for Bowling Balls (Read 4459 times)

Necromancer · « **on:** January 22, 2009, 01:47:07 AM »

Ok, it is 2009 is it not ladies and gentlemen? This is not the 1900's where you buy what you see and if you don't like what you see, you don't buy. This idea will blow your minds and may give some hardcore bowlers a hard-on or something!

With shoes, you can go on NikeID and create your own shoe (colors, specs, initials, etc.). With computers, you can custom built your entire system from scratch by picking out the parts on a site like Newegg.com. With clothes, you can pretty much wear anything and any combination in the world. With houses, you can have a builder custom built your house from scratch. With cars, you can go online, pick what features you want and have it built for you and sent within a month. ARE YOU THINKING WHAT I'm THINKING?

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With bowling balls, you can only buy what is there with exception to pin placement, top weight, and other minor details that vary from company to company.

MY IDEA:

-Create a company that has the patents/rights to use a similar core and coverstock for all the greatest bowling balls ever made. The more the better. (Don't worry we aren't talking about Elite here hehe - KEEP READING!)
-Now you have a site or company that allows you to mix and match cores and coverstocks!!!
-Basically you go online, and you can pick any core from the last 20 years or so.
-Then you can pick any coverstock in the last 20 years.
-You are then able to desire a range of pin placement for that ball.
-As long as the ball meets the specs, you are good to go!

-At checkout, the ball will ask you what finish you want (sanded, polished, grit)
-And voila, your dream ball has arrived! Imagine for example having the V2 core with a C300 SuperFlex coverstock! The possibilities are endless!

Now you ask price? Well just like custom cars, houses, SHOES... there will be a premium.

However you are getting a 1 of a kind ball! I would expect balls sales of $300-500 would be reasonable.

Just imagine putting your dream combos together across different manufacturers during different time periods! Of course, the cores and coverstocks would be tweeked a little to meet patent laws and such but it is already done in the electronic industry.

DISCUSS!!!

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Edited on 1/22/2009 10:47 AM

los2003 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 22, 2009, 10:54:41 AM »

I was wondering the same thing.. they would have to make one of every possibility so they would..

stopncrank · « **Reply #17 on:** January 22, 2009, 12:41:10 PM »

or how about just custom options within each ball company, example: call up storm and say you want a paradigm core with the old curelyon coverstock. or call brunswick and ask if you can get the inferno core with powerkoil 18 cover? how difficult would that be for ball companies? i've always wished for an assymetric core with a tame cover like curelyon from storm or something along those lines, maybe even assymetric core with urethane cover. what do you guys think?
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JoeBowler · « **Reply #18 on:** January 22, 2009, 12:51:15 PM »

I think you guys dont understand the effeciencies of mass production.

The mulitude of cores and coverstocks that would have to be on hand would be be enomourus. Inventory cost would eat you up.

Batchs of one run. setup cost would be great.

The ball would probably cost $400 to $500.

Bowlers are cheap and unwilling to pay that. Even if it was $250 wholesale the volume would be to low.

The Bowlers Edge 2 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 22, 2009, 12:54:26 PM »

It costs between $300 - $500 just to get a ball approved by USBC and takes roughly a month. Imagine how long it would take if they were flooded with a 100 balls a month. It might take a year to get your ball approved. I also don't believe the manufacturers have the technology to make an exact pin and top weight for an individual ball but I could be wrong.
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n00dlejester · « **Reply #20 on:** January 22, 2009, 12:58:09 PM »

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or how about just custom options within each ball company, example: call up storm and say you want a paradigm core with the old curelyon coverstock. or call brunswick and ask if you can get the inferno core with powerkoil 18 cover? how difficult would that be for ball companies? i've always wished for an assymetric core with a tame cover like curelyon from storm or something along those lines, maybe even assymetric core with urethane cover. what do you guys think?
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I've always wanted the RAD+ weight block in a weak cover. I have one in my old El-Nino Gold...that cover by today's standards is really tame, and it shows. The ball picks up in the mids and the backend is beyond smooth. I sweated the oil out and now it's my medium-lighter solid

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Badger856 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 22, 2009, 01:05:28 PM »

A great core might not match up with a certain coverstock. You have eliminated the research part that many companies do with core/coverstocks. What I'm saying is you can take a great core and put it in a great coverstock and get a piece of crap, you wouldn't know because you never tested it. I do like your "outside the box" thinking though.

DP3 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 22, 2009, 01:10:07 PM »

Typical bowler mentality. 200 balls on the market that all can be used on the THS, drilling options that give 1 ball 5 or 6 different looks, and still not satisfied with what's out there. No wonder the companies are cranking out new stuff faster than ever.
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Necromancer · « **Reply #23 on:** January 22, 2009, 01:19:41 PM »

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Typical bowler mentality. 200 balls on the market that all can be used on the THS, drilling options that give 1 ball 5 or 6 different looks, and still not satisfied with what's out there. No wonder the companies are cranking out new stuff faster than ever.
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10's of thousands of shoes on the market yet NikeID as well as other companies allow you to create your own shoe from scratch.

100's of different cars to choose from and yet people still order their own cars based on their own standards (like myself in 2005).

1,000,000's of houses, yet people still choose to design and build their own house.

2009 is the year of personalization. Imagine if tattoos were locked in standard drawings, how less popular they would be.

dechrist · « **Reply #24 on:** January 22, 2009, 01:32:53 PM »

Black and Red Hammers, please...

DP3 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 22, 2009, 02:09:19 PM »

quote:
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Typical bowler mentality. 200 balls on the market that all can be used on the THS, drilling options that give 1 ball 5 or 6 different looks, and still not satisfied with what's out there. No wonder the companies are cranking out new stuff faster than ever.
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10's of thousands of shoes on the market yet NikeID as well as other companies allow you to create your own shoe from scratch.

100's of different cars to choose from and yet people still order their own cars based on their own standards (like myself in 2005).

1,000,000's of houses, yet people still choose to design and build their own house.

2009 is the year of personalization. Imagine if tattoos were locked in standard drawings, how less popular they would be.

My bad, I forgot this was another thread where we all should be converting to your McDonalds apple pie sized box of thinking where every small pipe dream of yours is an original and groundbreaking experience where no one on earth could possibly think of such a novel idea but you.

Where do I get my ticket for the wagon?
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Edited on 1/22/2009 3:10 PM

NoseofRI · « **Reply #26 on:** January 22, 2009, 02:12:51 PM »

I'm just amazed at how many people think this a SUCH A GREAT IDEA. You people do realize that the companies are already doing this within their own company? Now yes, you won't get the cross bread balls, but there's a reason all the companies haven't come together to do this themselves... COMPETITION. So okay, yes this is an "interesting" idea, but by no means is this a legit or even sensible idea on any other wavelength other than "personal interest."

And just for an example for some of you that may not realize this: Brunswick still uses the same cover and core from the Teal Rhino and Danger Zone. Along with Ebonite wrapping the V2 Core with the One cover stock.
Looks like they already beat you to this idea Necro, but thanks for playing.

DP3 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 22, 2009, 02:16:06 PM »

Nose, cut the crap already and please stop being realistic. Facts and Logic have no place on these forums.
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Gene J Kanak · « **Reply #28 on:** January 22, 2009, 02:16:46 PM »

I love you guys, but some of you get your undies in a bunch awfully quickly during coversations like these. Look, obviously, there is a laundry list of factors that likely will keep something like this from ever happening. Still, it's kind of a fun idea for ball junkies to think of in their heads. No harm in that, right?
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NoseofRI · « **Reply #29 on:** January 22, 2009, 02:18:00 PM »

That's right, I forgot that *real* Business modeling is FTL. Thanks for helping me see that track.

DP3 · « **Reply #30 on:** January 22, 2009, 02:21:03 PM »

quote:
I love you guys, but some of you get your undies in a bunch awfully quickly during coversations like these. Look, obviously, there is a laundry list of factors that likely will keep something like this from ever happening. Still, it's kind of a fun idea for ball junkies to think of in their heads. No harm in that, right?

It's a fun idea riddled with Necro's charming ability to make otherwise rational people want to kick puppies everytime he writes something.
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