I gotta say I was a little disappointed over this.  Granted the fit wasn''''t great and it was drilled pin at 12 o''''clock, but I just found the ball with this layout to be fairly weak at the breakpoint and didn''''t give me the length, snap, and angle that I need/like.  Got through the heads pretty smooth, but I tried slowing it down, revving up on it more, but the down and in shot was what it wanted.  I tried several different lanes, A/B''''d it with my Cell Pearl, didn''''t seem to make much difference.  There was good oil on the lanes and nice backends. Maybe with a little polish it might hold a little more energy, but I''''m used to throwing pearls anyway.  Honestly I don''''t think that it has a look that you can''''t get from any other ball in the cell-line but it definitely does not have the length of the pearl for me and seems to deflect some.  Even with a more agressive layout, I''''m not sure if I could really get into the ball, or that it will fill a niche for me.  Ball color looks really nice until you roll it, then it kinda looks like puke.  I would have to see more of it before I threw down the cash.

Some things I will say good about the mutant though...

I''''ve never seen a ball produce messengers like that.  It will send 4 pins all the way to the right side of the deck with ease and fairly often.  The ball also produces a unique crunch when it hits the pocket.

A little off topic, I tried the Virtual Energy tonight after I got done with the Mutant.  I was sold on that ball immediately.  I was totally blown away by the length, angle, and how devastating that ball is to the pins with a similar layout.  After the first flush pocket hit, it was just like "damn I gotta get one of these"!  Ball just strikes so hard and carries through the pins without slowing down.

Smells nice too!

I''''ll be holding off on the Mutant and getting a VE!

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