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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Kookaburra => Topic started by: Nmcgee on July 04, 2018, 04:59:21 AM

Title: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: Nmcgee on July 04, 2018, 04:59:21 AM: New stock hit the shelves today apparently. Decals look great and the profile is impressive. The rest of the Kooka range looked ordinary in my opinion.

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Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: Biggie Smalls on July 04, 2018, 05:06:40 AM: In gccc again huh ? Couldn't help yourself . :D :D
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: Nmcgee on July 04, 2018, 05:22:00 AM: Second home
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on July 04, 2018, 05:52:45 AM: Looks like the fever we have in the UK, both look awful for what my opinion is worth,
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: Nmcgee on July 04, 2018, 06:01:01 AM: The Aussie Fever range I saw looked really poor. This was the pick of the bunch.
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: Bat and Ball Cricket on July 04, 2018, 09:17:23 AM: Quote from: Nmcgee on July 04, 2018, 04:59:21 AM
New stock hit the shelves today apparently. Decals look great and the profile is impressive. The rest of the Kooka range looked ordinary in my opinion.

Which store @Nmcgee ? I've never really liked the Patriot in green as i thought it was too similar to the Kahuna, so don't mind this.
I was in Albion a yesterday and liked their early selection of GN and Kookaburra's.
I didn't mind a Kooka Ghost Pro Players (I'm a bit partial to the neutral colour schemes in recent times (whites, greys, chromes, charcoal) 2'9 ish, good clean timber, straight grains, didn't count but about 8-10 grains and a pretty full profile. Kooka seem to have gone back to a slightly thicker handle across their range, which i like.

The pick of the bats for me was probably a 2018/19 GN legend. However, the GN Handmade range have paddle pot sticks for handles again this year. Would need binding and three grips i reckon!
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: Nmcgee on July 04, 2018, 09:28:19 AM: East Sydney mate. Colours look great across the range but I thought most bats were a bit underwhelming in shape.

The one in the photo was a low grade model. Looked and felt pretty good. Stickers are much better than the last Patriot. Softs hadn’t been taken out of the box yet.
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: skip1973 on July 04, 2018, 10:48:47 PM: I've been impressed by the kook bats so far, especially lower to mid models.
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: adb club cricketer on July 05, 2018, 12:15:58 AM: Did they change the aussie models to have round faces and oval handles across the range similar to UK ones?
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: skip1973 on July 05, 2018, 02:39:00 AM: Quote from: adb club cricketer on July 05, 2018, 12:15:58 AM
Did they change the aussie models to have round faces and oval handles across the range similar to UK ones?
Yes.
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: sarg on July 05, 2018, 06:01:42 AM: I have not seen one in the flesh, but at that angle, it looks like the UK Fever 800 shape.

Send one over for review when you buy one @Nmcgee as I need to review more kooks. lol
Title: Re: New Aussie Kookaburra Patriot
Post by: Nmcgee on July 05, 2018, 06:30:12 AM: Im banned from buying more gear Marc. I impulse purchased a GN Giant a couple of weeks ago.