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[Jenko]

Hi all.

Today I got the pleasure of spending a few hours with Rob at the Pack Cave. Well worth the visit, he is a top bloke. I didn't go crazy taking hundreds of photos, was too busy going through the endless supply of bats he kept feeding to me to try! I did however get pics of his match bat which has the new "RBC" stickers on it which I will throw up a little later (def prefer them to the Blueroom stickers). I was mainly there as my friends back in OZ are getting bats to different specs/shapes made by him. Ended up picking out 2 bits of willow for myself too which I went for a traditional shape profile - Sorry have only got crappy photos of them not finished, decided to get both sticks sent home to Australia with everyone elses order so I wont get to see them fully finished/dressed until I get home in late September.

Was a great experience, he is currently altering the Blueroom Stickers and was going through the new ideas with me! Was very cool. Also showed me the new blueroom profile which he will be bringing out for 2012, along with a new Puma profile for 2012 that he has done up.

In all a very fulfilling trip, he is a great bloke and I can't wait to get home to ue the bats. He also gave us a great deal for doing a bulk bat order which you can't complain about!

Pics of the bats and the RPC stickers to follow soon!

[Simmy]

yeah i was talking to rob yesterday about this new profile!!! looking forward to seeing it. hes a top lad

[Jenko]

Yeah I prob would have gone for it, but the middle on it is too suited to English Wickets, wouldn't be much good on Aussie Tracks.

Also tapped up a few Pro bats while there....awesome bits of willow. Low Density Clefts so they were big for their weight and felt great bouncing a ball on them. Shame I couldn't pocket one of them for myself!

[Jenko]

The new Rob Pack Stickers:



My couple of sticks. Bit hard to see grains etc, but they were the two best performers of every bat that I tapped up. The one that doesn't look the best actually went the better of the two, felt really good.


Will post picks of them finished when I get back home to OZ in a couple of months!

[Simmy]

top stuff!! the lookers aint allways performers! how ever fletheruk dropped on an absolute beast!

i love when u pick some bats u like and u are like rob which one is better and he is smashing (No Swearing Please) out of them with a mallet lol

[Jenko]

Haha yeah. Love how he just let me rummage through everything and even tap up the pro bats that were ready to go out!

He did say I picked a couple of beauts though, but they would prob crack earlier than other bats as they are a bit softer (good for performance though!)

[Simmy]

yeah he said that with a few i picked he gave one another press to make it last longer i love the gun rack with all the pro bats on the shelf

[ajm90]

The new stickers look great but does any one else detect a hint of fearnley in the back sticker?

[Jenko]

I asked him if he thought of making a softs range with his RPC sticker design to go with the bats and he said he hasn't really considered it but he may get some made up....I know if he did I would definately purchase some to go with the bats

[tommo256]

I wanna go, i wanna go, i wanna go, i want them stickers

[Jenko]

They are very nice mate. The pictures don't really do them justice. They are sort've Matt finish, but the gold words/parts of the stickers are a gloss finish. Very nice. The ideas he has for the new Blueroom stickers are good as well. Still keeping the basic design just changing a few things to freshen them up a little.

[Tumo]

Stickers look understated and classy. A massive improvement on BlueRoom in my opinion!

[wilkie113]

Stickers look great!

[ProWannabe88]

It sounds like you had a good trip mate
Did everything meet your expectations??
The new labels are awesome IMO, very classy, very professional. It gives another aspect to the branding and if people aren't too sure about the pink/blue it adds an option.
I'm sure both bats will fly like all RP's do!

Enjoy them fella, keep me up to date when your home.

[Ryan]

top stuff!! the lookers aint allways performers! how ever fletheruk dropped on an absolute beast!

i love when u pick some bats u like and u are like rob which one is better and he is smashing (No Swearing Please) out of them with a mallet lol

yeah it is simmy love my br. Looks like 2 very nice sticks you have, hope they perform for you!