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essexarsenal

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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #45 on: July 03, 2011, 04:18:10 PM »
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #46 on: July 03, 2011, 04:27:23 PM »
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #47 on: July 03, 2011, 04:30:52 PM »
Quote from: tim2000s on July 03, 2011, 04:27:23 PM
Where did that come from?

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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #48 on: July 03, 2011, 05:15:03 PM »
Like it a lot but don't think I like it enough to buy one, I have used a scoop in the past with some success but I'm still not convinced it was as good as a something with a spine....also I don't know if it is the way the stickers have been applied to the scoop or just the angle of the photo but the scoop itself doesn't look even.

Anyway, I'm sure GN will do well with it.
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #49 on: July 03, 2011, 09:06:41 PM »
This would be the only bat GN could tempt me to buy as the orginal version was superb so id be interested in one for sure
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #50 on: July 03, 2011, 09:46:59 PM »
am I the only person to think it looks horrid?!
each to their own I suppose.
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #51 on: July 03, 2011, 09:49:04 PM »
The scoop looks really wide, weren't the old ones painted rather than having a sticker in the scooped bit?
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #52 on: July 03, 2011, 09:49:57 PM »
No I will second that, it does look odd and as was mentioned earlier I cant get around the fact that it doesnt have a spine.
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #53 on: July 03, 2011, 09:54:49 PM »
I like it but I'm not keen on how big both the scoop and the general profile is. It's old school with that new twist however I am not sure I like the new twist part of it!
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #54 on: July 03, 2011, 09:58:04 PM »
looks dogshiit if you ask me are gn struggling or something going all gimmicky
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #55 on: July 03, 2011, 10:07:58 PM »
This is the company which in recent years produced the GN Fusion handle, double sided bat and the Edge nothing has changed. They've always been into their scoops and let's say 'interesting' bat shapes.
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #56 on: July 04, 2011, 11:49:01 AM »
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #57 on: July 04, 2011, 11:57:42 AM »
What are the advantages of the scoop? I dont know anything about the bat
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #58 on: July 04, 2011, 12:18:29 PM »
I want one!
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Re: Gray Nicolls - return of a golden oldie....
« Reply #59 on: July 04, 2011, 05:37:30 PM »
The new one looks hideous, frankly. The scoop area is far larger on the new model and looks wrong. It is not a retro bat, it is the next stage in the obsession with having enormous edges. Batmakers are now so bothered by creating bats with big edges that they are even willing to do away with a middle.

It isn't a scoop, it is a thinly veiled scaffold plank.

I'd like to hear the GN logic in creating a bat with a very low spine height despite making models for years where the big thing was to creat a bat with a massive profile from 10 yards away.

If the scoop design was indeed as highly performing as was claimed 20 years ago/is being claimed again now, why was it dropped for 15 or so years, and why did no other makers make their own versions of it in the meantime?
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