Hi All,

Special thanks to Jason for getting this piece out to me early.  I went with the same layout as my gladiator solid.

On Edit: PICTURES!

http://www.putfile.com/album/185298

First off this thing is really sweet looking, this thing has great shelf appeal...everyone who saw it asked what i was throwing and that they really liked the colors...i will get pictures up later tonight

As far as reaction goes its exactly what i thought it would be...a longer more angular version of the gladiator.  The move it makes in the back reminds me of an Ogre SS, but a little more controllable.  It reads the midlanes much better than the SS also.  I was able to get in with it pretty easily and wheel it off the dry without a problem, as long as it saw dry it made a big move in the backend...

Like all polished pearls tho, carrydown was not its friend...im anxious to knock the polish off and see what it can do, but i like the OOB reaction alot so i may leave it alone for awhile and just let it track up and see what happens

In the end, it seems like a combination of the control of a gladiator with the backend motion of an SS...another great ball from V B P!

Look for a video in the next few weeks...

Britton
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Edited on 4/14/2008 5:07 PM

Nice looking ball but I think taking the photos using the flash probably made the ball look less colourful...

But I understand if it was to dark so you had to use the flash..  

Also, after looking at the pics, looks EXACTLY like a Backyard Bully that my roommate owns (with different logos...OBVIOUSLY ).

Big Willy Style

PS...sorry for the double post.
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Hey dzrtrnr,

Just to clarify, the SS Ogre uses a material pretty similar to that of the Green Gargoyle, but they are not the same.  The general backbone of the reactive urethane is pretty similar, but there are different additives that give the cover slightly different characteristics.

Jason Wonders
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Edited on 4/21/2008 2:35 PM

I watched Mvpbowler throw the Gladiator Pearl last night it is pretty ugly but sure does roll well, I will be getting one of these and solid next month.

For mid priced balls they roll very good smooth and great hit to them both, The GP smoothed the pattern out it was not a big jumpy type of move even with the crazy rev rate George has.

From another thread, the words from "Videoballreviews":

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I believe its assymetrical by design, but the MB strength (int. diff) is not strong enough to warrant marking a MB...

I was talking with Jason and he said the reaction can be fine tuned by moving the mohawk around...just imagine a strip 2" wide running through the pin and cg...I would love to drill up like 4 or 5 of these and move that MoHawk around and turn it different angles to see what slight variations i could come up with...but like scotts said all standard symmetrical layouts will work, jason also told me he has one drilled label and he really likes the way it rolls, i have been thinking about doing this with my second one...if i do i will let you all know how it works

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Edited on 4/27/2008 3:14 AM