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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Ams4287 on January 04, 2021, 01:22:39 PM
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Just seen Paul Aldred's new stickers on his Facebook page, whilst they look nice seem very GN to me.
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Aldred stickers were fantastic about 5 years ago, seems every time he gets a new set they get worse! These are horrendous, to me anyway. And yes two of them look very familiar...
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I don't mind the new stickers.
At least he chose some lovely grainy bats to show on the facebook site.
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Bet GN are happy about those... 🤦🏻♂️
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What's with the flags on the softs?
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Aldred stickers were fantastic about 5 years ago, seems every time he gets a new set they get worse! These are horrendous, to me anyway. And yes two of them look very familiar...
My thoughts too,,,absolutely no need to move so far away from his original design
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I thought i was looking at an attempt at some knock-off GNs. The design and colour scheme are horrendous
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Any pics lads?
I left that circle jerk facebook group some time ago.
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Being a massive GN fan, I find these very much not to my liking, to say the least. (Assuming we're talking about the ones with the chequered wrap around strips) The old styled ones were definitely my favourite - I understand that branding does need an update here and there - I could see how the next iteration of stickers were good too. (Spectre era) But these just feel a bit all over the place. Good that he's kept the Made by Humans sticker, always been his trademark.
(https://i.postimg.cc/6pKFBQ2W/Aldred-Back.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/BQHdWFv7/Aldred-Front.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
These were probably my favourite stickers - was a good stick too with a great feel off the mallet, I think I was just looking for a bat with less jarring when I toed it, rather than avoiding toeing it! :-[
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(https://i.imgur.com/mxiOd3T.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/HdYdeCE.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/pBO82TM.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/tMyV4uj.png)
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The red ones look much better, probably just because they don’t have the dodgy GN bands. Also a big fan of the earlier ones abs less so of more recent innovations, the big silhouette on the back and the glittery unions jack.
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As soon as I saw them I turned to the forum, wasn't disappointed. So GN it's not funny. Love how everyone on his page just loves everything he does without stating the obvious.
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Can't say that i'm a fan of these at all......
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Wish Aldo would make a comeback on here for one night only!
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I don't mind the stickers, his bats are always good performers & ping well
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For sure all brands are adding more colors to their stickers this year. Kippax also tweeted with new stickers on the back of the bats.
The all red looks good - may be they can do an all blue for next year to match the blue from Union flag.
The classic one looks the best with minimalistic design.
The black with red lines is for sure a copy of GN.
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(https://i.imgur.com/pBO82TM.png)
The designer could've at least got the Union Jack right 🤦🏻♂️
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The designer could've at least got the Union Jack right 🤦🏻♂️
I thought something was looking a bit strange. Only England and Scotland count apparently.
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Bit embarrassing that. Someone who hates every Asian bat brand, yet can’t get the Union Jack right
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Wish Aldo would make a comeback on here for one night only!
He will spend that one night banning people who raise questions
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Any pics lads?
I left that circle jerk facebook group some time ago.
Ha ha, at least you got to leave it Jake, I was removed by Aldo himself!
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Ha ha, at least you got to leave it Jake, I was removed by Aldo himself!
I've purposefully never commented for this reason, still expecting it to happen eventually 😂
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I think they are poorly designed and look much worse than anything he has had previously.
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Laser engrave the bats. Never met a bat sticker I liked, just extra weight and no value. Pshhhhh
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Laser engrave the bats. Never met a bat sticker I liked, just extra weight and no value. Pshhhhh
If he takes the stickers off, maybe he'll be able to make a bat to the right weight.
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Laser engrave the bats. Never met a bat sticker I liked, just extra weight and no value. Pshhhhh
Are we really at the stage where we're losing stickers to reduce weight?! 😆 Minimal gains I suppose, very minimal gains at that!
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The designer could've at least got the Union Jack right 🤦🏻♂️
Cringe after all the opinion he waffles out... I hope people constantly keep pointing it out that they look like bad Asian copies of GN bats! I bet that will right cheer him up!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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I do like the Made by Humans thing though, that has always been cool.
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Are we really at the stage where we're losing stickers to reduce weight?! 😆 Minimal gains I suppose, very minimal gains at that!
No, we are you not! Read it again.
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Lot of hate here for Aldred and too many "Likes". There should be a "Dislike" or thumbs down icon.
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I love my Aldred, whatever you think of him he knows how to make a bat. Not a fan of the new stickers, but if you buy equipment based on its appearance that’s up to you.
I also think a ‘dislike’ button might be a good idea or it may cause more antagonism, whichever, it might liven things up.
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But he can make a darn fine bat! So when I can I will purchase one of the new shapes he previewed a few weeks ago and then remove the stickers - no issue then!
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yeah they look terrible especially when most of the guys at my club buy bats due to the stickers most of the time
its a shame because you will have cricketers pass on you bats and gear purely on looks
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I think his stickers in the past have been really classy, but those are dreadful!
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For these new stickers I award Aldo the following rating: 0/10
Awful!
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His Spectre stickers were really good, and he makes a really good bat by all accounts. Maybe COVID means his designer isn't available or something.
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There's a lot to like about "Aldo" and his level of engagement and straight talking on sensitive topics such as bat returns, rather than corporate marketing blah blah. I would buy one of his bats, for sure.
I do think though he has made a bad move with the G-N lookalike sticker set (it is the chequers that are the primary problem, not helped by the underlying colour scheme front and rear) and his defence of them on his FB page.
Surely anyone who knows anything about cricket equipment would shout "Gray-Nicolls" at them.
Am no expert but most sports brands investing at such a level for their exposure are very protective of their valuable IP and expect he has trod on some toes with G-N there.
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I like Paul's bats a lot and his older stickers were really quite nice, but the combination of different typefaces used on the new ones is really jarring me for some reason, they just don't work IMHO.
As for the Gray Nicholls comparison it doesn't take a genius to work out where the inspiration must have come from!
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At least the minimal ones look alright. And I think you can spec the minimal stickers with any bat...