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Equipment Boards => Track => Topic started by: cd on August 09, 2005, 07:51:04 AM
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Is there any advantage to staying in the same series of Track balls when building an arsenal? For example, in the Heat series, one could form a small aresenal out of the Blue Heat, Heat, and Desert Heat.
Is there any advantage in mixing and matching balls from different series? I was just wondering the rationale behind it.
Thanks
Chuck
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As I see it, while you could build pretty respectable arsenals out of any of the series that Track has right now, they don't cover the same spectrum of conditions. There's nothing in the Classic line that will handle the oil of the GP2 and there's nothing in the HP Asymmetric that will work quite like the Desert Heat.
The Slash is for heavy oil but it doesn't compare to something like the GP2 or D1. Likewise, an Xception is supposedly for medium-light oil but it doesn't have nearly the same reaction as the Heat, also for medium-light oil.
So yeah, it looks like there are gaps within a series that would best be covered by other balls not in that series. So in that sense, it would be beneficial to mix-and-match. But a reasonably small aresenal could be made out of any single series if so desired. That's what's so great about the current lineup.
SH
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Yes, I did just that, it makes an almost perfect arsenal. I also purchased a freak a zoid to fit inbetween the blue heat and the heat.
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You could build a semi complete arsenal with any of the series that Track offers. However, you are better off mixing and matching so that you have the versatility to cover all lane conditions and are able to see what the other lines are really made of. The high performance lines are great, but the mid price stuff gives you high performance at half the cost.
Not to mention, you wont get a "true oiler" without the GP2 and you wont get a "true dry lane ball" without the Desert Heat. Therefore, if you want a complete arsenal, you should mix and match.
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You could do whatever you want. While the ideal is to have asymmetricals, symmetricals, particles, reactives, solids and pearls, you could stay within a single line and get almost everything you need. I would add the Desert to botht he asymmetrical high performance and symmetrical performance lines so you can bowl on the dirt!
Clint
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