Im pretty dead set that I want to get a rocket ship. It seems like it's the perfect benchmark ball with a great reaction to start with. What other balls would you build around it for an arsenal? Higher or lower in both storm and roto grip line. I like the hywire, hustles, wreck it, snap lock. Not sure how any of those would fit. I currently have a wrecker but it's getting old so I will probably push that out of the bag with new stuff. Just wondering on ball ups and ball downs although I probably won't need to ball up as it looks strong and I bowl on old wood lanes.

I bowl on old wood Lanes myself.  Last year's arsenal is as follows: (note: I wouldn't be able to use a ship if I tried! They're that beat up in my neck of the woods)

HC skid
!Q fusion
Hyroad
Sky rocket
Scream


This year could easily be

Snap lock
IQ30
hyroad
Sky rocket
Loco solid (yep snagged one )

I would say the Hy-Wire probably covers the same range of oil as the Rocket Ship if you're getting a ball to go over them, it's just gives a fairly different look.

If going for something that's a true step down is the idea then my choice would be a Hectic for that slot and then a Tropical Storm below it. Adding a Hectic and keeping the Joy Ride in there might create too much overlap. Going Rocket Ship - Sky Rocket - Joy Ride might work though. But a lot depends on how many balls you want in the arsenal too.

Yeah, if you're comfortable shooting spares by flattening your hand out I would definitely go for one of the Pitch balls.

So apparently the alley I'm bowling at updated over the summer and put synthetics in... so

Quote from: Stormroto22 on August 29, 2016, 12:01:54 PM

So apparently the alley I'm bowling at updated over the summer and put synthetics in... so

Well that's quite the gamechanger. You might want to wait and see how they play before making any arsenal decisions. I think it's fairly safe to assume that you will need stronger equipment than you thought but going the safe route is the best bet.

+1

I would definitely wait.  Typically when a center changes surfaces like this, even the first two weeks or so won't be the shot that ultimately gets put out.  I would get with the center once the season starts to try and get an idea of when they feel they have the shot figured out. 

My center went from wood lanes (not resurfaced in 2 years) to synthetics and the Head Mechanic just threw out the wood lanes shot on the new synthetics.  Needless to say, that first week was tough.  The shot wasn't "set" until over 2 months had passed.  So you just can't tell what to expect until the center is done fiddlin' with the shot.

Compliments? Why hello there, Rocketship. Aren't you looking gorgeous today? But seriously, the Rocketship looks like an ideal benchmark ball. At first thought, a nice complement would be a Snap Lock. A SkyRocket would also make sense.