Post by: supernoodle on March 23, 2004, 07:05:54 PM
1) Bone XS
2) Synergy ETS
3) Helix ( The one with the Urethane stripe )
Post by: loose5682 on March 24, 2004, 10:13:44 AM
2. X-Factor Deuce
3. Power Charge Pearl
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Illinois State University Men's Bowling Team
Post by: 1fife on March 24, 2004, 10:13:55 AM
Post by: da Shiv on March 24, 2004, 10:18:30 AM
My list:
1.) Faball Hammer 4DHPT
2.) Faball Blazing Violet 3D Offset Hammer
3.) Ebonite Riptide
I'm not Hammer bashing--I liked the Spike HPT, and I have 4 of the Ebonite Hammers in my lineup now.
Shiv
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Listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desk top
Post by: Goof1073 on March 24, 2004, 10:29:41 AM
1. Bone XS
2. Phantoms
3. Helix's
The acrylium balls that Ebonite produced were interesting...but would work if you were matched up correctly.
Post by: Brickguy221 on March 24, 2004, 11:37:18 AM
Bone XS
Storm X Factor
Track Contender
All Columbia Balls
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Lane 1 - The Bowlers Company
Nothing hits as hard as an Uranium
Post by: pin-chaser on March 24, 2004, 03:20:55 PM
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Getting all the pins I can.
Post by: pin-chaser on March 24, 2004, 03:20:56 PM
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Getting all the pins I can.
Post by: pin-chaser on March 24, 2004, 03:21:00 PM
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Getting all the pins I can.
Post by: da Shiv on March 24, 2004, 03:35:27 PM
The Bone XS always appears prominently on these kinds of lists. I completely missed that ball, but a guy who used to work in the pro shop I go to, and who is a respected ball driller and averages in the 2-teens swears by the Bone. He's made a hobby out of collecting them off of Ebay. (He got out of the pro shop biz because he couldn't stand dealing with people anymore.)
Could someone who knows about it tell me a little about the Bone? What kind of core and coverstock did it have?
Shiv
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Listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desk top
Edited on 3/24/2004 4:30 PM
Post by: Rockbowler on March 24, 2004, 03:41:23 PM
1) Apex Reflex and Intensity (I like the V2 Sanded and Killer Instinct Sanded).
2) All Columbia particle balls until 2001. The Chaos was the best while it lasted.
3) Storm Super Power, Trauma ER ( I like the original Trauma and the X Factor)
Post by: Mark French on March 24, 2004, 03:52:27 PM
AZO Red Fusion
Storm Power Bolt
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Mark French
8-0-fizzle
DOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Post by: Sniper206 on March 24, 2004, 03:56:15 PM
1. Storm Power Bolt
2. Columbia Extreme Chaos
3. Columbia Throttle/R
Post by: LuckyLefty on March 24, 2004, 04:36:11 PM
My friend had a Rip and probably had 20 760+. He wants another.
I have one and love it sometimes! Big hitter always!
Icon300 a friend won $10,000 with it. He's not complaining.
REgards,
Luckylefty
Post by: Silencer on March 24, 2004, 05:21:44 PM
2. Throttle R
3. Icon 2/300
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And Then...........
I left another 10 pin
Post by: Phillip Marlowe on March 24, 2004, 06:23:55 PM
1. Animal
2. APEX.
3. Throttle R (tie)
3. Nasty Nail
Worst Ever: AMF Strikeline.
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Post by: Mr Bass on March 24, 2004, 08:14:40 PM
TPC Warrior
Icon aka Pastel Ball
Anyone know the name of that fugly light/dark green Storm ball?
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Post by: AdrianS on March 24, 2004, 08:50:13 PM
Jade Quantum(wrong surface and drilling will do that)
Coral Triton(more conditional than bad, but a bit of a pest still)
I like my Omegas still(Lion in da house), wish i had an XS too!!
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EVERYONE wants some of this!!!
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Post by: Rev_O on March 24, 2004, 10:21:18 PM
2. Coral Triton
3. Granite Gargoyle
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Rev-O
"I only have 3 boards to work with, and they all have arrows on them!!"
Post by: Tenpinrufer on March 30, 2004, 06:24:27 PM
Ti-Messenger. (This was my worst by a mile).
Hammer 3D offset (Not a very good ball).
Mutant. (Not a bad ball on the right condition, I just needed a third).
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Post by: stanski on March 30, 2004, 06:42:39 PM
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stanski
Post by: UpTheLeftGutta on March 30, 2004, 07:01:00 PM
1) almost every ebonite ball previous to the timberwolf
2) hammer went sour after the 3-d offsets, not today
3) the burgundy zone pro. yuck, it never could work for me.
Post by: BeansProShop on March 30, 2004, 08:02:26 PM
TOMBSTONE
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Post by: LuvThatWhiteDot on March 30, 2004, 09:54:26 PM
Track Assassin
Trauma Recovery
Yecch
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White Dot
I don't get hot flashes. It's just my inner child playing with matches.
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/FBL/mkting.html
Post by: Brian Green on March 30, 2004, 10:31:00 PM
1. Ebonite Apex Adrenaline
2. Columbia 300 Reacion Rev
3. Brunswick Monster Bruiser ( only Ball from Big B thats hasnt matched up to my game)
Post by: Psychoballtester on March 30, 2004, 10:32:37 PM
Here is my picks;
1)Bone XS(aka yayaya I had one too.lol!)
When I had this XS,I gave it away,within 45 minutes.
Thank goodzillaness,I only paid 2 bucks for it.
2)Columbia Pro Hook Extreme(aka loves to skid sliidddde!!)
I offered this to 5 different people,no takers yet!
3)Brunswick Edge II (aka urathane laterish 80's)
I Bought this used for $1.50,I dont think the original owner
ever cleaned it,it ended up being a temporary spare ball,
for about 3 days!Gave it away,I was actually glad,the
preson it went to uses no thumb and spins the crap
out of it.He was very happy with,he liked it better than
his Brunswick Laser.
Those are the worst,for I have about 20 more,but you only ask
for 3.
But...in unofficial ""4th"" was a polished Icon 300,gosh!!!
I couldn't do crap with that.Not only did I go home that night
(aka HORRIBLE TEST DAY for a ball,yuck!)in frustration.
Umm,within a day or so I either traded it or gave it away,I've had two more since that bad day.
Uhhh,w/these,NO TESTING,just bought em to trade for other balls.
Be Cool I'm sure these were GOOD,when they were introduced.
I still get spot requests for the Icon 300 or any Icon period.
I dont seem to have much luck with the Icon Family.
Thats all
Psycho.B.T
Post by: LuvThatWhiteDot on March 31, 2004, 08:07:31 AM
quote:
2)Columbia Pro Hook Extreme(aka loves to skid sliidddde!!)
I offered this to 5 different people,no takers yet!
The pro shop guy where I bowl on Thursdays refers to this ball as the Columbia No-Hook
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White Dot
I don't get hot flashes. It's just my inner child playing with matches.
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/FBL/mkting.html
Post by: Pinbuster on March 31, 2004, 08:22:38 AM
Brunswick Phantom – No one could figure out how to drill one with all the pins.
AMF Impact KE21 – There first soft rubber ball in the late 1970’s.
Hammers first resin Blue Resin Hammer – hit and carried like a pumpkin.
Actually our experience with the XS was that it was a very good ball. An early asymmetrical core in a resin ball, but the ball was so ugly no one could stand to throw it.
Honorable mention in the bad category.
Storm La Nina
Ebonite Omega
Columbia ProHook Extreme
Columbia Vector Two
Post by: C-G ProShop-Carl on March 31, 2004, 10:05:43 AM
1-Original SOLID Combat Zone
2-Forrest(hunter??) Green Quantum
3-Storm La Nina
I did not give the La Nina much of a chance. So if I were to pull that off of my list I would put the BONE XS there, BUT the BLACK XS was a pretty good ball. I remember reading an article that Mo wrote about that and he said that the white pigment in the bone made it hook much less than it should have. The Black XS moved just fine and hit really well.
Post by: Scumbagger_316 on April 06, 2004, 05:17:07 AM
but here are the worst 3 looking/thrown for me:
1)Yellow Sun Storm (just god awful all the way around)
2)Columbia Reaction Rip (just for those who know me, and my best friend who throws it.. they will like this..."It's Garbage")
3)Brunswick Attitude 3 (looks make it bad here, f***in' horrible down the lane)
--on a personal note, the worst ball that i have thrown is the Track Mutant(looks are alright, but reaction is terrible, especially when u get a few games on it, the ball "dies", terrible coverstock/proactive combo
Peace Out,
E 3:16
Post by: tenpinspro on April 06, 2004, 05:30:14 AM
1) Col Orange Dot, 1st attempt at particle (circa 1981?)
2) Ebonite Tombstone/Riptide, their 1st attempt at particle
3) Storm La Nina, guess what? yep, another 1st attempt at "heavy" particle