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Forum News and Suggestions => Old Advertisers => Admin Board => Vitas Cricket => Topic started by: Vitas Cricket on November 03, 2014, 03:59:01 PM
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Our first lot of bats from GM for 2015 have arrived. I will go through them over the next day or so and sort out anyone who has pre-ordered, in the meantime, here's a photo :)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1hwf8pIAAAF6FP.jpg)
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Where's my grips?!??!? ;-) haha.
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When will the website be updated, extremely tempted !
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When are the softs/bags due in mate?
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Website over the next day or so. No grips or softs yet, hopefully all of that will arrive in the next couple of weeks.
There are some lovely 404 and 606 bats in this delivery, will post photos soon :)
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There are some lovely 404 and 606 bats in this delivery, will post photos soon :)
Music to my ears!
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Is the pressing the same as last year's or have they allowed a little more performance early doors?
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Does this mean they are all Robin soiled?
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Only 1sigma not popular on the pre order then?
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Ahhhh! Barry Gibb under a pile of cricket willow - it doesn't get much better than that!
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In one final attempt to break free, Robin summoned all his strength to escape the pile of amazing English willow by uttering the immortal words...
By the power of greyskull .... I have the power!
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Some notable finds from our haul.
Six6 707 at just 2'7:
(http://i.imgur.com/OrmJ1Zdh.png)
Mogul 404 at 2'9 and a half:
(http://i.imgur.com/ZOntRWlh.png)
Icon 404 at 2'10 and a half:
(http://i.imgur.com/gUYtBrVh.png)
Aura 404 at 2'10
(http://i.imgur.com/0Hq0R7yh.png)
Only the one Sigma, an 808 at 2'9 and a half
(http://i.imgur.com/a0yCx8rh.png)
Octane 404 at just 2'9 and a half, it is massive!
(http://i.imgur.com/CA6RX1Nh.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/O1GSI3Uh.png)
Mogul 404 just under 2'9
(http://i.imgur.com/oLARa6Th.png)
Lots of lovely 808's
(http://i.imgur.com/ZlMxK0Fh.png?1)
A very nice size 6 Six6 606 (mouthful!)
(http://i.imgur.com/F1sqaC1h.png)
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808 �185
707 �165
606 �110
404 �90
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...tumbleweed rolls by as the forum waits to find out which bats Soulman and Chad have already bought ;)
Seriously great value bats Jake, they'll shift pretty quickly I'm sure
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Only one Sigma! surprise surprise. They get rid of the Zona, arguably a gimmick bat, due to poor sales and introduce the Sigma even more of a gimmick. Unlike the others that might hang around for a while.
And I like GM having just bought a Purist while I still could. Some good bats there, with good sticking. I know it is subjective but less is more when it comes to stickers.
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Some 606's
Mogul just under 2'9
(http://i.imgur.com/oE4fCcih.png)
2'10 Mogul
(http://i.imgur.com/x02SUX4h.png)
2'10 Aura
(http://i.imgur.com/27FO9zwh.png)
2'10 Icon
(http://i.imgur.com/BOdzToeh.png)
2'10 and a half Octane
(http://i.imgur.com/evV2iiBh.png)
2'11 Octane
(http://i.imgur.com/IOHzi8Nh.png)
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Only one Sigma! surprise surprise. They get rid of the Zona, arguably a gimmick bat, due to poor sales and introduce the Sigma even more of a gimmick. Unlike the others that might hang around for a while.
And I like GM having just bought a Purist while I still could. Some good bats there, with good sticking. I know it is subjective but less is more when it comes to stickers.
In fairness i don't think they expect huge sales from these experimental bats. There does need to be room to put some innovations out there to the public though. There are only so many bats you can have in a range before it gets muddled so trying 3 things on the Sigma (alternative stickering, GM etching on the back, as well as the 'look what we can do with our CNC' / weight saving 'scoops') is better than having 3 separate 'gimmick' bats in my opinion. The Zona was the same. The first to carry the new stickering (loathed by most at the time, now i hear almost universally positive views) as well as an interesting shape that was never going to be everyones cup of tea.
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In fairness i don't think they expect huge sales from these experimental bats. There does need to be room to put some innovations out there to the public though. There are only so many bats you can have in a range before it gets muddled so trying 3 things on the Sigma (alternative stickering, GM etching on the back, as well as the 'look what we can do with our CNC' / weight saving 'scoops') is better than having 3 separate 'gimmick' bats in my opinion. The Zona was the same. The first to carry the new stickering (loathed by most at the time, now i hear almost universally positive views) as well as an interesting shape that was never going to be everyones cup of tea.
I agree with you there.
The experimental stuff is good, I like the GN Nemesis for example, an innovation of sorts and appealing to some. The etching logo is cool, I can see that making its way into some of their other bats. For me the 'look what we can do with our CNC' / weight saving 'scoops' is just a tad much. The Zona looked like the shape was there for performance and functionality, like the Nemesis. The Sigma feels like form over function to me, but that is just me.
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Are you able to put up some profile shots of the bat shapes please Jake.
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(http://i.imgur.com/Jm09rPgh.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/7HvMWk2h.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/WIWsJ66h.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/DPjhxsyh.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/MlWxF2Mh.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/ACu5iRth.png)
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Hmm am i loosing it or almost all the shapes are very very similar to each other!!
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Hmm am i loosing it or almost all the shapes are very very similar to each other!!
exactly what i was thinking Tushi !!!
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It's probably the photos. The Mogul and Six6 are quite similar, the Mogul does have a larger/higher spine. The Sigma has a high middle. Octane profile is very large with the swell being quite low. The Aura has the duck bill toe which is hard to capture properly in a photo, the Icon is the Icon, big high spine with a long middle.
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Hi mate, sorry for not replying. Have had a manic day. Just replying to pm's now, including yours.
Apologies for the delay with your parcel.
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Hey Guys ,
Can anyone tell me if the Octane has a ovalled handle now?. The pictures indicate that it does but I remember my old Octane F2 had a skinny handle ....
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I picked up an Octane in Lorimers this morning, it didn't have an oval handle. The aura is a really nice shape, I don't think the photos do it justice. They didn't seem to have as pronounced a duck billed toe as in the photos and it's got a really full profile.