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Newbery Bat Builder
« on: February 15, 2022, 08:14:33 AM »
I was just wondering if anybody had seen, or used, this Bat Builder custom bat service from Newbery. The website was a bit clunky for me, and the price seemed hidden until I added a bat to the basket (and then removed!).

https://newbery.co.uk/products/bat-builder-custom-bat

Not sure if they do it for everyone, but it seems like some get a mock up and cleft photo for their choice.

https://twitter.com/Newbery_Cricket/status/1488954192928690176?s=20&t=B4d_OYlj_9e8p6urOmA1lA
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2022, 08:32:26 AM »
This is their second go round at this kind of thing, seems to be the same people 'buying' them as last time. Do they still offer the special choice of having your bat pressed badly?

edit - they do! Fantastic, I've always wanted a bat pressed so it's simultaneously 'game ready' but also with 'a higher chance the bat will break'.
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2022, 09:17:35 AM »
It all looks very clever but I've never been sure what it offers above and beyond what you'd get by going to a decent batmaker and discussing what you want.
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2022, 09:54:48 AM »
Well lets say its been done before! However this lets you see much more about the finished bat...if you ever buy one at such ridiculous prices!!
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2022, 10:46:55 AM »
£799.99? Come off it aha.

Would love to know what they're paying whoever it's outsourced to at the moment as I bet it isn't even close to £800 (there's been a few!)
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2022, 11:19:50 AM »
Perhaps have a look at the thread below before parting with £800?

Then use one of the batmakers on here.
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2022, 11:20:34 AM »
£100 difference depending what stickers you pick, superb!
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2022, 11:25:29 AM »
Quote from: Batoff on February 15, 2022, 11:20:34 AM
£100 difference depending what stickers you pick, superb!

My stickers were expensive thats thats something else
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2022, 11:28:00 AM »
Quote from: Batoff on February 15, 2022, 11:20:34 AM
£100 difference depending what stickers you pick, superb!

Doesn't this apply to bat-world more generally?
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2022, 11:31:22 AM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on February 15, 2022, 11:28:00 AM
Doesn't this apply to bat-world more generally?

Not from the same company for the same bat
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2022, 11:31:38 AM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on February 15, 2022, 11:28:00 AM
Doesn't this apply to bat-world more generally?

Something something New Balance something something Slazenger  :D
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2022, 12:45:58 PM »
Just had a look at their prices,,,wow

And still showing Paul making bats in his garage, bet he loves that,,,I thought they’d long since parted ways
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2022, 01:05:38 PM »
Quote from: Northern monkey on February 15, 2022, 12:45:58 PM
Just had a look at their prices,,,wow

And still showing Paul making bats in his garage, bet he loves that,,,I thought they’d long since parted ways

I believe he only did the finishing and he got someone in to do that
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2022, 01:24:42 PM »
Quote from: edge on February 15, 2022, 08:32:26 AM
This is their second go round at this kind of thing, seems to be the same people 'buying' them as last time. Do they still offer the special choice of having your bat pressed badly?

edit - they do! Fantastic, I've always wanted a bat pressed so it's simultaneously 'game ready' but also with 'a higher chance the bat will break'.

I don't know who makes them now, but given they were offering different types of pressing at a time when Paul Aldred was making them and was very clear that there was no such thing, either they were paying a bat maker to make a bad bat, or they simply disregarded the option you selected.  Neither reflects well on the brand.

Sad to see where they are now.  Even when I started playing they were a brand that was looked up to
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Re: Newbery Bat Builder
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2022, 05:47:01 PM »
Thanks everyone, I didn't know most of the backstory or prior attempts at this sort of thing, other than what I'd picked up from some of the older threads on here.

I don't want to go over old ground, as I am still catching up after coming back to cricket after such a long break, but Newbery bats seemed to be well respected (and good too I think - my Mjolnir was great, but I had little to compare to) in the late 90s/early 2000s around my way.
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