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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #30 on: December 18, 2012, 08:51:16 AM »
The first bat I had was a GN sabre, but as Alec Stewart and Mark BUtcher were my cricketing heroes growing up I always want a Slaz!
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #31 on: December 18, 2012, 09:35:27 AM »
Quote from: tim2000s on December 18, 2012, 08:38:53 AM
So that could be any eighties GM then!

Yep, as I said age and alcohol have addled my memory!
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #32 on: December 18, 2012, 11:30:29 AM »
I wanted a V800 with a large amount of my soul.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #33 on: December 18, 2012, 12:47:18 PM »
I wanted a Powerspot because that what David Gower used in the late eighties. By the time I got to own my first 'proper' bat he'd moved to Open Championship, so ended up with one of those, but it wasn't the same.

I did finally get one later in life, but only after they'd added the red arrows to the graphics on the back, so again, didn't feel the same.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #34 on: December 18, 2012, 01:05:17 PM »
Quote from: Vantage_Cricket on December 18, 2012, 07:26:40 AM
I didn't own that many bats as a kid, I had a slaz v500 - the claret and blue one, pretty nice bat and was still going strong for a bit of garden cricket until last year.

I always wanted a massive hunts bat when I was younger, a lot of other kids had them and they were huge compared to my slaz that I had.

I assume that's the Hunts County Insignia? Duck bill toe.

Quote from: tim2000s on December 18, 2012, 08:20:06 AM
I tried to buy one of those in about '98 but Hunts had stopped supplying them because the honeycomb kept cracking and falling out.
Another mate (who was our opener) had one of these. I remember the toe getting wrecked on a wet pitch. It was another like the magnum, railway sleeperesque in pick up but amazing performance.

Maybe your memory is a little hazy, or they fixed the issue, because i had two Modulus' between 2002 and 2005.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #35 on: December 18, 2012, 01:08:42 PM »
Quote from: VitasCricket on December 18, 2012, 01:05:17 PM
Maybe your memory is a little hazy, or they fixed the issue, because i had two Modulus' between 2002 and 2005.
I remember trying to buy it (and more importantly where I was living at the time) and the supplier spent a long time on the phone with me regarding the issue. Presumably they fixed it, but my attempt was definitely when the Modulus was in its early years. They probably did fix it. The supplier ended up sending me an (much more expensive) Insignia because they couldn't get the Modulus from Hunts.

How did you find it? I have never been able to source one in good condition.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #36 on: December 18, 2012, 01:16:05 PM »
Quote from: tim2000s on December 18, 2012, 01:08:42 PM
I remember trying to buy it (and more importantly where I was living at the time) and the supplier spent a long time on the phone with me regarding the issue. Presumably they fixed it, but my attempt was definitely when the Modulus was in its early years. They probably did fix it. The supplier ended up sending me an (much more expensive) Insignia because they couldn't get the Modulus from Hunts.

How did you find it? I have never been able to source one in good condition.

I live about 20 minutes drive from Hunts, so i always go straight to them. Most of my friends at school had one (or an insignia) before we discovered the joys of online retail (with no cricket store anywhere near us until vitas cricket opened 2 years ago, hunts was the only option) and we all hopped on the gray nics bandwagon.

I really liked it, really nice pickup, much smaller than the Dynadrive (the new one anyway) in terms of profile, it was a tocuh players bat, Insignias were for the guys who gave it a slap.

I still have one of them somewhere, but its in terrible shape!
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #37 on: December 18, 2012, 01:18:39 PM »
Quote from: VitasCricket on December 18, 2012, 01:16:05 PM
I live about 20 minutes drive from Hunts, so i always go straight to them. Most of my friends at school had one (or an insignia) before we discovered the joys of online retail (with no cricket store anywhere near us until vitas cricket opened 2 years ago, hunts was the only option) and we all hopped on the gray nics bandwagon.

I really liked it, really nice pickup, much smaller than the Dynadrive (the new one anyway) in terms of profile, it was a tocuh players bat, Insignias were for the guys who gave it a slap.

I still have one of them somewhere, but its in terrible shape!
I had my Insignia for ages. It lasted for 9 years, but I gave it to the Courtney Walsh Foundation in Jamaica after it developed a crack that stemmed from the toe, 3/4 of the way up the bat. It weighed about 2lb10 and was absolutely lovely. That's my one I miss :(
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #38 on: December 18, 2012, 01:31:10 PM »
Quote from: tim2000s on December 18, 2012, 01:18:39 PM
I had my Insignia for ages. It lasted for 9 years, but I gave it to the Courtney Walsh Foundation in Jamaica after it developed a crack that stemmed from the toe, 3/4 of the way up the bat. It weighed about 2lb10 and was absolutely lovely. That's my one I miss :(

Hunts have the Caerulex as a 'retro' offering, but i've told them on a couple of occasions to get the Insignia back in the range. Might get them to make me one as a one off, not sure if they'll have any stickers left, but the shape alone gives you a strong indication as to what it is.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #39 on: December 18, 2012, 01:33:27 PM »
Quote from: VitasCricket on December 18, 2012, 01:31:10 PM
Hunts have the Caerulex as a 'retro' offering, but i've told them on a couple of occasions to get the Insignia back in the range. Might get them to make me one as a one off, not sure if they'll have any stickers left, but the shape alone gives you a strong indication as to what it is.


humm I had three original caerulex's (sorry for posting this twice in quick succession) the new one was Tim2000s, they were lovely.

I have thought about this for a while but the only bat I really wanted was a GM diamond, but I got a Maestro instead, so I can't complain!
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #40 on: December 18, 2012, 01:37:23 PM »
Wasn't aware there was an original! Lovely pics Buzz.
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #41 on: December 18, 2012, 01:37:57 PM »
Quote from: VitasCricket on December 18, 2012, 01:31:10 PM
Hunts have the Caerulex as a 'retro' offering, but i've told them on a couple of occasions to get the Insignia back in the range. Might get them to make me one as a one off, not sure if they'll have any stickers left, but the shape alone gives you a strong indication as to what it is.

I have this one now:

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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #42 on: December 18, 2012, 02:02:40 PM »
Quote from: VitasCricket on December 18, 2012, 01:37:23 PM
Wasn't aware there was an original! Lovely pics Buzz.

thanks, they are from about 15-20 years ago.

they are still my favourite stickers
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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #43 on: December 18, 2012, 02:04:27 PM »
My first bat was a Gray Nicolls Crusader Ace. It weighed nothing, had edges no more than 5mm. A real nudge and nurdle bat.

My fave bat as a colt was by M&M Maestro. I recall seeing the ad's "Contoured edges" and drooling. It was a machine. I kept it way too long and was still using it playing in the Army alongside my SS Turbo.

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Re: Favourite Childhood Bat that you never owned?
« Reply #44 on: December 18, 2012, 02:47:36 PM »
I was obsessed with Dynadrives as a kid but never bought one. Used a mates all the tIme instead! This probably explains why I have 5 or 6 retro ones in the garage which i would love to restore to their former glory!

 I was a bit of a proto CBFer in those days, would buy a bat then sell it on when another one took my fancy - probably spent all my paper round ££ on bats, and all my mates had my old kit! Had a Kook Gold Crown and matching gear (Alec Stewart clone, without the talent!), DF Attack, GM Diamond, Powerspot (which was awful), V100, Maestro, Newbery Cobra (beast) and a few others I think.
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