My menace is pretty strong. To be honest my dream big is perfect! They really got some quality stuff coming out of 900 g (storm)

I've got a couple of buddies that throw a Menace, they like it a lot. One shot 300/815 in his second set with it. The other guy I know likes the Menace a lot more than the Sinister he had

I am a little different that Billdozer, while I was not a fan of the Crux's, I loved all of the Defiants except the Edge.  I was not a huge fan of the Sinister, while I did not hate it, we did not match up well most of the time.  I do have a Menace and for the first month, I wanted to throw it out the window, actually was very close to selling it.  Then a buddy told me to add some polish so I hit it with Storm Step 3.  This has changed my feelings on the Menace and it is now the first ball out of my bag most of the time.  I also have a Lock, but have not had much of a chance to throw it.

It will read early in the midlane but still retaind energy for the backend.

Menace and Optimus Solid not getting much love at all.

I thought both optimus were ugly. From the colors to the logo it just doesnt fit some of the stuff you see from Storm/Roto. The Menace I think does and surprised not to see more of it.

People can say what they want about looks, colors, names etc and how it doesn't matter only the ball and how it performs matters and they are half right. No different then cars or anything else you buy in life a lot of money goes into design and overall aesthetics.

With bowling balls there are so many options that if you have several of the same product to choose from across several brands (which people do) then a big factor will be the visual. Optimus probably lost some points in that category which lead to many making other choices.

Dat critical is amazing though...