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    If you could have any bowling ball, old or new, that you don't currently have, what would it be?
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    If it's new, I'd buy it. If it's old, it's obsolete. Why are you asking this question?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobLV1 View Post
    If it's new, I'd buy it. If it's old, it's obsolete. Why are you asking this question?
    As far as it goes for me at least between the balls I'd like to have the wife would like to have and my kids would like to have it's pretty much guaranteed somebody doesn't have something they would like to have since I personally don't have an unlimited bowling budget.

    So something new I would like to have one of the Rotogrip hysteria think it would work nicely as a step down from the asylum but I haven't talked to my pro shop guy about it as I don't have the funds yet but maybe with the check from my second place league finish maybe.

    As for old and obsolete I know you Rob believe that a ball is a ball and all that matters is the numbers but I'm pretty sure 99% of bowlers have a ball that they believe gave them a different look or reaction than they can get today. Maybe that's misguided and wrong headed but I know that they believe in it and if you believe in it that can carry over into your game crazy or not.

    As for me something old I've been away from the game too long and missed to many balls. My all time favorite ball was a blue pearl hammer but I realize this ball wouldn't be today what it was then on the shorter oil patterns we played on in those days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blomer View Post
    If you could have any bowling ball, old or new, that you don't currently have, what would it be?
    The original clear skull ball. (Not the later production ones)

    the one in the movie Mystery Men would even better.
    Last edited by bowl1820; 08-25-2014 at 11:16 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bowl1820 View Post
    The original clear skull ball.

    the one in the movie Mystery Men would even better.
    My pro shop guy has one of these he keeps trying to talk me into that he purchased from an estate. Too much money for me a spare ball but it is cool.
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    I would like to try a ball from Motiv. Haven't taken that leap yet. I would also get an old Black Widow Pearl (if I could get new). And of course this week's give away, a Deadly Aim from Hammer

    This was a good and legit question Blomer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Amyers View Post
    My pro shop guy has one of these he keeps trying to talk me into that he purchased from an estate. Too much money for me a spare ball but it is cool.
    I wouldn't use it as a spare ball, I'd want display it. So It would have to be undrilled.

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    center I bowl at has a bunch of older plastic balls back behind the counter. they have a skull. of course, for sale lol.

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    I would take Roy munsun's ball from the movie king pin then I would sell it and buy bunches of bowling balls

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    Either the Motiv Primal Rage or the RG Hyper Cell. Those are my two most wanted balls right now.
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