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Doug Sterner

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Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« on: March 02, 2010, 01:21:30 PM »
Well guys and gals my supplier just sent me a list of balls that Brunswick and Ebonite are discontinuing from their brands. Some I expected but others are a complete shock.....

Brunswick
ALL POWER GROOVES !?!?!?!?

Columbia
Power Swing
Full Swing ?!?!?!?
Bedlam
Noize
Loud Noize
White Dots...RedWhiteBlue, RedGreenWhite, Purple Sparkle

Ebonite
Clash
Boom
Smash
Tornado...RedWhiteBlue
Tornado...TurqNavySilver
Maxim...Peacock, TurqOnyx

Hammer
Jigsaw ?!?!?!?!?
Hot Sauce Pearl
Black Widow Pearl
Black Widow Venom
Raw Hammer Acid
Rayzr...both colors


What do you think of their decisions?
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 09:53:40 PM »
The only one that jumps off that list to me is the Jigsaw. Popular where I am, good performer. By comparison, the Jigsaw Corner had a lot of hype but has been pretty much a dud in application so far from what I'm seeing.

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Doug Sterner

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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 09:57:43 PM »
Exactly my thinking guys.....

The Full Swing is a great ball and so is the Jigsaw.....cannot imagine what they have coming to replace these 2 fine pieces. The Bedlam is a great piece too.....
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 10:36:31 PM »
Discontinuing the "Jigsaw"????  How "Puzzling"....
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 11:02:32 PM »
stock up on close out doug, would love to buy some of those cheap from you
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2010, 06:11:02 AM »
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Wow full swing and jigSaw are shocking.
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This. I may have to pick up another Jigsaw.
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2010, 07:20:52 AM »
The Bedlam is a total shock, it just came out.

Jigsaw looks like I big turd from those few I've seen around here.  Hammer was the hot company around here 2-3 years ago.  Now, Storm rules the roost.
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Goof1073

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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2010, 08:53:37 AM »
Jigsaw - Maybe the corner is just outdoing it in sales on a national level so they dropped the one that isn't selling as well.

Full Swing - Absolute shock given the performance, but again maybe sales have gotten a bit slow and the Pure Swing is taking off.
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2010, 10:44:07 AM »
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I think the biggest shocker for me is the full swing.  I wonder what hammer will replace the Rayzr's with.....i'm still hoping for a weak piece (plastic/urethane with core).....i'll most likely continue hoping.
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2010, 10:57:24 AM »
I'm shocked they would discontinue the Full Swing and the Bedlam (I really like both of these balls), the Jigsaw doesn't really surprise me because I really haven't seen one that matches up real well in my bowling center which has 2 yr old BW Anvilane Pros.  It may need a little more friction than my bowling center has.  I guess Columbia feels like most of us have moved on to the Pure Swing / Total Bedlam combo, which is also pretty good.   I know that Columbia hasn't really sold very well in my area, most bowlers here use Storm / Roto or Hammer.
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2010, 06:43:07 PM »
Hasn't Ebonite Maxim been around like for 30 years or so? I used to have one from the mid 80's.

And whoa Columbia discontinuing balls? There's a real shocker.
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2010, 06:51:07 PM »
I think the Maxims are just being limited to the other colors, or they're coming out with some new ones.  Same with the WDs.  The same might be happening with the Power Grooves but maybe they have a new entry level ball coming.
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Doug Sterner

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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2010, 09:01:15 PM »
2 more I forgot to add to the original list are the Emerald and Cherry Vibes!!!!

Ebonite also added a few more: One Pearl, Playmaker, Lanebreaker, Evolve

All I have to say is Ebonite must have something seriously special in the works because it appears they have discontinued about 1/2 of their line!!!!
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Edited on 3/3/2010 10:10 PM
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2010, 09:08:36 PM »
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2 more I forgot to add to the original list are the Emerald and Cherry Vibes!!!!

Ebonite also added a few more: One Pearl, Playmaker, Lanebreaker, Evolve

Al lI ahve to say is Ebonite must have something seriously special in the works because it appears they have discontinued about 1/2 of their line!!!!
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Hope your right,but i was thinking they could be cutting back do to the economy and or sells/business is bad
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Re: Silly Season Has Begun!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2010, 09:11:39 PM »
For the past ten years Ebonite has always discontinued a ton before spring and release another 6-8 in a span of about a month mid-spring.  Who has never noticed this?

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