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lsf_21

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Zoom and Planet X
« on: December 12, 2008, 02:24:17 PM »
these are plastic balls that are non conforming and i was just wondering why
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lsf_21

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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2008, 10:40:49 PM »
dunhams sells them here and also drill them i beleive.. thats scary
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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2008, 09:58:33 AM »
I haven't seen one of these yet, but if they're not USBC approved why are you drilling them?  --  JohnP
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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2008, 01:04:53 PM »
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I haven't seen one of these yet, but if they're not USBC approved why are you drilling them?  --  JohnP


b/c you can make money drilling them would be my guess.
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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2008, 01:20:32 PM »
I haven't seen one of these yet, but if they're not USBC approved why are you drilling them? -- JohnP

Because not everyone bowls in Sanctioned Leagues so why wouldn't you?
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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2008, 01:24:11 PM »
pretty sure VIA makes them...they would be USBC approved.
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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2008, 01:41:38 PM »
The only Zoom I've ever seen was used in a non-sanctioned league.  It has a light that blinks as it travels down the lanes, but I don't know how that effects the performance.  Probably just because it has to have either a battery, or a mechanism of some type that generates the small electric current to the light, that gets it disqualified.  And, according to the sales info, the Zooms are pre-drilled.
http://www.tenpinshop.com/products/38/28/ebonite_electric_predrilled_bowling_ball_11lbs/
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lsf_21

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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2008, 02:01:05 PM »
there made by ebonite.. the zoom ive seen looks like a maxim peacock and the planet x i saw looked like a captain midnight glow... no blinking light
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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2008, 02:04:00 PM »
so thers a normal zoom.. approved.. and an electric zoom thats non approved... still doesnt explain planet X
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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2008, 02:25:24 PM »
http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=2450

Is this the one you are talking about?
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lsf_21

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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2008, 11:53:10 PM »
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http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=2450

Is this the one you are talking about?


no.. the one i was thinking about zoom wise is actually approved but theres one that has a flashing light that is not.. then the planet x really not sure why its not approved but it isnt.
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Mark T. Trgovac

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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2008, 05:01:39 PM »
The Planet X balls are sold at like K-Mart and come Pre-Drilled. The reason they do not conform is because they are not submitted for approval and have no markings of Pin, CG or anything on weights other then the gross weight.

The Zooms, and Magnums are sold out of the places they are sold from because they are basicly just plastic 2nds. We had a few come in that have cracked in half and there is no pancake flip puck and the filler is like a foam.
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Re: Zoom and Planet X
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2008, 03:03:11 AM »
These balls are basically maxim blems. Alot of them are undersized.The chain store thats sells them near where i live are selling ebonite 8 balls with only pancake cores as well and planet x's are ebonite the one blems with pancake blocks as well.
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