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?!

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

Idea is a nice 'futuristic' look into what could be.  However, society today is too blame happy!!  

What this means is that first person who wasted.....oh let's say $500....for his/her dream ball is going to look for someone to blame when the ball doesn't perform the way he/she thinks it was going to!!

Let's see.....that person will go back to the Pro Shop first....because surely it must be the driller fault.  The driller won't take credit for a bad drill....so it must be the ball manufacturer's fault.  The ball manufacturer will remind the customer that he/she signed a waiver against a suit should the ball not perform the way he/she thought it would.

So.......someone has to pay!!  Looks like it might be Necromancer, if he was the one who actually went forward with an idea of this type!!

Too much thought and control put into the publics' hand....especially when they are blame and sue happy....is not a good thing!!
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