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[Vitas Cricket]

Loved the grips when i first saw the design.

Slightly skeptical about the 3 face curvature options, 2 was confusing enough for customers this season.

I do like the Six6 colours, turqoise on bats is the in thing it seems with the Kook Impulse having turqoise and orange graphics.

Looks good so far, can't wait to see it all. I noticed a retailer quite local to us who isn't even cricket specialist got an invite to today, i'll be having a word with our rep! 

[CUSTOM-BATS]

So that six6 must of weighed 2-7 to be classed as a big bat?

Not sure what it weighed, but the guide weight range for the Six6 is 2.8-2.13 for an Original or Original LE

[Colesy]

Are they doing their own helmets again this season after the BSI standards?

[CUSTOM-BATS]

There are still the two existing helmets, Purist Pro and Pro Select.

According to GM, those helmets that already conform to the existing BSI standards will still be allowed.

[CUSTOM-BATS]

I'm trying very hard not to be a GM rep in this thread!!

[Six Sixes Cricket]

not really considering there seems to be minimal concaving and it has quite big edges...

Really? Look at the sticker on the back, looks quite curved to me.

[CUSTOM-BATS]

Some of the luggage:

[CUSTOM-BATS]

Huge fan of GM. Like what they've done this year! Is it just the Icon that adopts the new Zona like stickers or the whole range?

Icon and Six6, but the back stickers on the Zona say "Zona"; the back stickers on the other two say "GM"

[Jimmyg]

The Purist bat is unlike any other GM bat in their range, with the offset edges and spine, so that's a good thing. But the six6, is it not very similar to the Icon and Argon? Need to see a better photo to tell I suppose.

[LEACHY48]

Really? Look at the sticker on the back, looks quite curved to me.

which sticker on the back? it is virtually impossible to tell, the only shot that shows enough evidence is the profile shot and there dooesnt look to be much...

[CUSTOM-BATS]

The Purist bat is unlike any other GM bat in their range, with the offset edges and spine, so that's a good thing. But the six6, is it not very similar to the Icon and Argon? Need to see a better photo to tell I suppose.

The Six6 is probably closest to the Argon, but has the least concaving (only just) of the range, and the spine just arcs all the way along the back, whereas the Argon is quite flat up at the splice.

Sorry again for the poor quality of the pics - due to me leaving my camera battery on charge at home!!  The GM web site should have all the new range, with complete detail in a few days time.

[ItsJustCricket]

F-Tech face curvatures - 3 different curvatures available, butnot in all the models:

I am shocked by this - everyone thought it was confusing enough with two face profiles to choose from, but three? Even if one of the models has three options and the rest has two, it's still a joke.  This is the most confusing range I've ever seen.

In my humble opinion, GM have lost the plot! Their branding remains uninspiring too.  I predict they will have another bad year...

[Tom]

The profiles look nice enough. They've really confused me with branding and naming conventions though, why does the 6Six have different stickers and a name totally different to the the usual Icon/Purist. It just looks like a normal bat, am I missing something with it?

[WalkingWicket37]

Do you know if the Octane and Argon be continued??
With the Six6 being such a similar shape, can they really sell the Octae, Argon & Six6 at the same time?

[Tom]

I am shocked by this - everyone thought it was confusing enough with two face profiles to choose from, but three? Even if one of the models has three options and the rest has two, it's still a joke.  This is the most confusing range I've ever seen.

In my humble opinion, GM have lost the plot! Their branding remains uninspiring too.  I predict they will have another bad year...

I kind of agree. There's no real brand coherance, and the array of stickers/face types just screams "We have no idea what our customers want"

And the Purist could've been so so good, it does look a really nice shape - but nothing Purist about it.