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Ryan Peebles

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30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« on: June 26, 2015, 03:04:58 PM »
White pearl cover with all the Storm logos from the past 30 years. Don't know what core is being utilized... but only 30 are being made, not available to the public. It's more of a thank you to those close to the company from its beginnings when the company was known as High Score Products (HSP).
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #31 on: June 27, 2015, 06:10:37 PM »
Loved my yellow sunstorm!!
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #32 on: June 28, 2015, 04:49:31 PM »
So, Storm is backtracking and electing to listen to its fans and customers by mass-producing the ball.  Cool, but, I can't help but wonder what would happen if all of Storm Nation would band together to ask that Storm begin a reissue campaign.  Virtual Gravity, Reign, Thunder and Blue Thunder, X-Factor... that would be so awesome.
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #33 on: June 28, 2015, 05:40:20 PM »
They're mass producing it now? Now that they realized they pissed off so many people? Lol

Me personally I wouldn't buy the ball..
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #34 on: June 28, 2015, 05:40:40 PM »
Quote from: BenLeong on June 28, 2015, 04:49:31 PM
So, Storm is backtracking and electing to listen to its fans and customers by mass-producing the ball.  Cool, but, I can't help but wonder what would happen if all of Storm Nation would band together to ask that Storm begin a reissue campaign.  Virtual Gravity, Reign, Thunder and Blue Thunder, X-Factor... that would be so awesome.

If they had a brain, they would do a vintage line.  One high end and one mid price remake a year?
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #35 on: June 28, 2015, 05:42:44 PM »
Bring back the Vertigo!!!
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #36 on: June 28, 2015, 06:32:44 PM »
Quote from: Joker-1 on June 28, 2015, 05:40:20 PM
Me personally I wouldn't buy the ball..

Even if they listen to the masses and do a larger production run, I won't be buying one.  I already have a spare ball that is waiting to be drilled.  I don't need another one...especially when its recommended that it not be drilled.
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #37 on: June 28, 2015, 07:06:17 PM »
Quote from: mrwizerd on June 28, 2015, 06:32:44 PM
Quote from: Joker-1 on June 28, 2015, 05:40:20 PM
Me personally I wouldn't buy the ball..

Even if they listen to the masses and do a larger production run, I won't be buying one.  I already have a spare ball that is waiting to be drilled.  I don't need another one...especially when its recommended that it not be drilled.

They're probably not worried about the 5 guys on the planet who have nib after nib plastic spare balls just waiting to be drilled
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #38 on: June 28, 2015, 09:25:20 PM »
Remakes aren't as big a market as most seem to think.  Too many want something different that is their "all time fav" and theres no pleasing most bowlers.

I could have seen a new version of the El Nino to celebrate the anniversary. Original core with a newer cover or something along those lines.
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #39 on: June 29, 2015, 02:35:19 AM »
Quote from: kidlost2000 on June 28, 2015, 09:25:20 PM
Remakes aren't as big a market as most seem to think.  Too many want something different that is their "all time fav" and theres no pleasing most bowlers.

I could have seen a new version of the El Nino to celebrate the anniversary. Original core with a newer cover or something along those lines.
I bet you more lts and rhinos are selling 2:1 compared to the brute line...
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #40 on: June 29, 2015, 01:05:09 PM »
Quote from: Ryan Peebles on June 26, 2015, 03:04:58 PM
White pearl cover with all the Storm logos from the past 30 years. Don't know what core is being utilized... but only 30 are being made, not available to the public. It's more of a thank you to those close to the company from its beginnings when the company was known as High Score Products (HSP).

This answers my question, as I was scratching my head about them being around for 30 years.. I had remembered only seeing Storm in the early 1990s with the two Sun Storms they put out, while Ebonite and Brunswick were everywhere with reactive resin (Turbo-X, Crush/R, Rhino Pro, etc.). So I was always thinking that Storm was the new kid back then, and would barely be a 25 year old company now. Seeing HSP catches me up. Thanks!

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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #41 on: June 29, 2015, 03:21:45 PM »
Quote from: billdozer on June 29, 2015, 02:35:19 AM
Quote from: kidlost2000 on June 28, 2015, 09:25:20 PM
Remakes aren't as big a market as most seem to think.  Too many want something different that is their "all time fav" and theres no pleasing most bowlers.

I could have seen a new version of the El Nino to celebrate the anniversary. Original core with a newer cover or something along those lines.
I bet you more lts and rhinos are selling 2:1 compared to the brute line...




The brute line was a ball with pic of male genitalia on it… .. The LT48 and Rhino are not remakes by any means,  only a modern version of what the ball may be like if released today.

Its name, color, and logo are the only thing used from the original lines.

Ebi did actually rerelease and that was short lived.  Bowlingball.com did several popular Brunswick remakes exclusively to them and I think had trouble selling off everything.

Its a small market
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #42 on: June 29, 2015, 03:27:12 PM »
If Storm want's to try the remake route, I'll take a case or two of the Virtual Energy.  ;D
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #43 on: June 30, 2015, 09:17:54 AM »
By definition, a remake would be to take something and modernize it. Thus, the LT-48 and Rhino Pro are remakes.

Reissue, reproduce, re-release, etc. would be bringing back an original ball and keeping it the exact same or very similar. And I would argue that certain balls could be brought back and sell well.
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #44 on: June 30, 2015, 10:14:41 AM »
Quote from: JazlarVonSteich on June 30, 2015, 09:17:54 AM
By definition, a remake would be to take something and modernize it. Thus, the LT-48 and Rhino Pro are remakes.

Reissue, reproduce, re-release, etc. would be bringing back an original ball and keeping it the exact same or very similar. And I would argue that certain balls could be brought back and sell well.

To make again or a new.

So everybody wanting the Virtual Energy would be happy if they took the name and logo and colors of the VE and put it on a Crux and said here we remade the VE like you wanted?
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Re: 30th anniversary ball unveiled...
« Reply #45 on: June 30, 2015, 10:53:33 AM »
I think they would want the original VE, not something with just the VE name on it. As for the bowlingball.com remakes, the Quantums they had remade were NOT the same ball...the original Quantums had no filler and were cover and core. The remakes from bowlingball.com had filler. Who knows if the covers were truly identical or not to the original.

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