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New Retro for Boxing Day
« on: December 24, 2020, 08:11:17 AM »
Going off the image id guess the beast is back for aussie boxing day. Will probably use the stickers from last years bushfire charity match like in the pic below

id like to see the yellow beast back but well see in a couple of days

hoping the belta will be next  :D





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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2020, 02:03:03 AM »
Does the UK not get the retro Beast?
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2020, 05:31:21 AM »
The Australian Kookaburra Bat Cave Instagram account posted this image a few days ago.

I saw one of the UK retailers comment on this post saying they are expecting some stock in February/March time. Can any of our forum sponsors confirm? Take my money if the answer is yes!

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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2020, 03:08:06 PM »
Quote from: hit4six on December 28, 2020, 05:31:21 AM
The Australian Kookaburra Bat Cave Instagram account posted this image a few days ago.

I saw one of the UK retailers comment on this post saying they are expecting some stock in February/March time. Can any of our forum sponsors confirm? Take my money if the answer is yes!


As per usual, the uk range is tame. No back stickers like that
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2020, 03:26:50 PM »
I think Kookaburra UK has lost their way a little bit these days. When was the last time they produced a bat that had people really excited? The retro Bubble?

It's just changing the colour schemes and the labels slightly every year. I think they can do so much better
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2020, 12:34:20 PM »
The aussie classic kooks look great, time to bring the Diablo back?
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2020, 12:55:24 PM »
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2021, 04:16:41 PM »
Each to their own but that looks like the styling you might see on a bat aimed at the kids market to me.

Would be interested to see some profile shots - with a name like 'beast' I would hope it is chunky.
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2021, 05:33:53 AM »
The Beast is up for pre order in Oz at Greg Chappells...

$895 dollarydoos for a Grade 2... :|



https://www.cricketcentre.com.au/search/results/5ff2a62b02d71
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2021, 10:09:23 AM »
**UPDATE**

just saw that grade 2 is a typo. they are grade 1

the Kookaburra bat maker Lachy Dinger commented on Cricket World Moorabbin's Facebook post saying it is a mistake
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2021, 10:03:36 PM »
That is still £500 though? Pretty sure you can get a lot of kit including a grade 1 bat for that type of money!
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2021, 12:33:25 AM »
The nostalgia is there, but the beast has not aged well as it is a bit too 2000's in your face in style. Wish they'd do a rerun of the Genesis or Diablo instead.
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2021, 03:52:41 AM »
 Is there a kookaburra setup in Aus similar to GN?
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2021, 08:34:12 AM »
no its a bit different than GN i believe

They have Lachy Dinger in the Kookaburra Bat Cave making Players bats and doing some customs. Customs are about $1400 AUD. not a bad follow on instagram

They get the rest of their bats made in India from what i know but if you buy their top of the line bats, they have a little Kooka Bat Cave hologram sticker on the bat and in the image in the online store, Lachy will hand pick your bat depending on what you are after

they are going in the right direction and hopefully soon they will be more like the GN set up making more bats in Oz
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Re: New Retro for Boxing Day
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2021, 09:18:59 AM »
Quote from: Ridenmarke on January 06, 2021, 12:33:25 AM
The nostalgia is there, but the beast has not aged well as it is a bit too 2000's in your face in style. Wish they'd do a rerun of the Genesis or Diablo instead.

the ridgeback was a a great retro, not as nice as bubble but the beast does look a bit more like a kids bad the more i look at it.

a diablo would be ideal, but i would guess the profile was pretty close to the current ghost
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