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golfnutFL

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Storm release patterns
« on: May 08, 2006, 10:05:07 AM »
I have thrown many Storm balls over the years (and am about to show you that I have too much time on my hands!) and since 2001 they have followed a very specific ball type release pattern, mainly in the Master line but it appears to be the case in the Paradigm and Fire lines now too.

They seem to follow the same pattern, start the line with a pearl reactive, than release a solid reactive, pearl particle and finally a solid particle.

This has held true through the Trauma line:
Trauma (2/01) PR
Trauma ER (6/01) SR
Trauma Recovery (11/01) PP
Trauma Response (2/02) SP

The first trip through the X-Factor Line:
X-Factor (10/02) PR
Deuce (2/03) SR
Re-Loaded (6/03) PP
Fear Factor (10/03) SP

It held through the next trip through the X-Factor Line until a blip with the Vertigo:
XXX-factor (1/04) PR
Triple x-treme (6/04) SR
Ace (10/04) PP
EXCEPTION---- Vertigo (1/05) SR, then back on track...
Trifecta (7/05) SP

The new Master's series is beginning the same way. The Agent is, of course, a Pearl Reactive!!!

The two other top lines have the same pattern going on.

Fire Line:                     Paradigm Line:
Fired Up  PR                   Paradigm  PR  
Diablo  SR                     Passion  SR
Pyro  PP  

This appears to be a very intentional pattern to their releases. Unless they change their strategy I would bet that the next Agent will be a solid reactive, the next ball in the Fire line will be a solid particle and the next ball in the Paradigm line will be a pearl particle.

I don't really notice such a distinctive pattern from most of the other ball companies. I could be wrong, it just doesn't seem that anyone else follows (has followed) such a predictable pattern. I just wonder why it's always a pearl reactive first in the introduction of a line of balls?
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Brent2k05

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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2006, 07:04:49 PM »
Thats pretty good research on your part.

Thats interesting. Thanks
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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2006, 08:22:34 PM »
WAY TO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS.  BUT its a very good analysis.  I mean I think it has worked.  However, why dont they do this.  GET WITH QUALITY instead of quanity.  I would rather bowl with a ball for six years than have to buy a ball every six months
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Sir Bowl-A-Lot

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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2006, 08:50:54 PM »
It's smart marketing.  Introduce the least hooking ball first and build on that.
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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2006, 08:55:00 AM »
Honestly I have only posted a few times on here since I joined a couple of years ago.  This website has gone conisderably down hill.  This website just let all the idiots in the world on here and ask the most stupid questions.  I.E like how to drill a ball like a maxium.
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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2006, 09:27:25 AM »
It is all about marketing... but IMHO not really smart. It is a predictable strategy - but since any major ball manufacturer HAS to offer that standard range of coverstock varieties, why not stick to the proven pattern... (*yawn*). Although I must admit that I was a bit disappointed by the uninspriring release of the Paradigm, followed by the Passion, and the particles surely coming next. My guess is that we will see a solid, meium to high load particle ball in the Fire line next.
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Sir Bowl-A-Lot

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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2006, 09:37:19 AM »
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It is all about marketing... but IMHO not really smart.


Yeah, what do they know?  They only have all of the market analysis and research data in front of them.  Storm has only grown into one of the biggest companies in the bowling industry.  
My point, they obviously have some idea of what they are doing...
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dizzyfugu

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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2006, 09:50:45 AM »
They might be successfull, but they are not truly innovative or inspiring. But the market is limited, and they do not HAVE to be (saving money). In a way, this IS smart, and since the customers are not more demanding, they fare well with it.
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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2006, 09:53:30 AM »
By sticking with the pattern it also plays into the brand loyalists.  Chances are, people bought the X-factor before they bought the Deuce so by the time Storm brought out the XXX a lot of bowlers were ready to replace their original X factor because it was "old".  If they have a large time gap between similar balls, bowlers are more likely to jump ship to a different company because Ebonite (just as an example) just came out with the high performance pearl whereas Storm just released another particle solid.
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golfnutFL

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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2006, 11:58:55 AM »
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It's smart marketing.  Introduce the least hooking ball first and build on that.



Hhhhmmmm......least hooking OR is it release the skid SNAPPIEST biggest backend reaction first.
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dizzyfugu

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Re: Storm release patterns
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2006, 02:22:09 AM »
Rather release the ball first that will take the biggest demand share in the line. Pearl reactives are IMHO the basic balls today, and they look most flashy, so they will sell well. Particle pearl is rather a special purpose coverstock for a minority of users, I think, so it will be released later on.
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