What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
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What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« on: July 11, 2011, 08:33:55 PM »
Picked both of these up off ebay (cheaply) recently, and both have relatively recent (last ten years) stickers from Slazenger, but neither of them is the V12 or V1200 that I remember. They are both Kashmir toy bats, covered in binding, but can anyone shed any light as to the reasons why they exist and indeed, where the come from? I don't remember seeing them in any shops locally in the last ten years!

V12





V1200





Side by side


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Re: What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 08:39:48 PM »
We had a load of the V12 at school which i think that is why they where made and the V1200 was a kids version of the mens bats
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Re: What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 08:40:31 PM »
I definitely remember the V1200 panther. I think that they came from Sports Direct or JJB and were about £25 if I remember rightly. Possibly when I was 13/14, so 2001 perhaps?
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Re: What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2011, 08:58:51 PM »
Interesting. Both are full size SH bats.
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Re: What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2011, 09:00:04 PM »
I remember V1200 from about 2001 ish
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Re: What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2011, 09:06:50 PM »
The v1200 was around when I was a kid. Plenty had them at the club
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Re: What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2011, 09:23:16 PM »
A proper v1200 looks like a stretched one of these: http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=11959.msg198528#msg198528
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Re: What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2011, 09:29:19 PM »
I THINK ramps or butcher used the V1200 at one point("non proper version")
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Re: What are these? V12 and V1200, but not as I know them!
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 11:51:41 PM »
Indeed Ramps did use a bat with V1200 graphics, here he is with one during the tour of India in 2001.

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