26-01-2016 23:14

MaGiC_PiKaChU

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We got 3 new ones and they all have those kind of marks

26-01-2016 23:14

cait.schroeder

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Wow that's weird, I haven't encountered a boulder like that. It kinda looks like that area was smoothed by melting or something and excess coating due to a smooth, flawless coating rippled at the edge there. But I have seen that a lot in regular dodgeballs, it might have been that batch or one of the machines was slightly off.

26-01-2016 23:17

Joe G.

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Our kit boulder has a similar patch roughly half the size of this.

26-01-2016 23:21

marshall

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Hey more pictures of boulders!!!!

26-01-2016 23:31

Whippet

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Our kit boulder has two patches each a quarter the size of this. I thought they came from intake testing, though.

26-01-2016 23:33

magnets

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I just checked, and we have an unused one that looks like this too.


These amazing $35 boulders leave a lot to be desired.

26-01-2016 23:51

Akash Rastogi

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Quote:

Originally Posted by marshall Hey more pictures of boulders!!!!

26-01-2016 23:55

runneals

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My guess is that they are lazy when they make them (and quite frankly I wouldn't imagine anyone would care about a 100% perfect dodgeball, although we do ) and that this is the area that is sitting on the table when they coat them, so it doesn't get the finish that the rest of them get.

http://www.gophersport.com/pe/pe-equ...n?sku_id=13898

27-01-2016 01:30

Jared Russell

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All of our balls have patches like this of varying size (from almost unnoticeable to as large as in this photo).

27-01-2016 01:32

Munchskull

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I remember patches like that from middle school dodge ball.

27-01-2016 01:58

Mr V

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Quote:

Originally Posted by runneals My guess is that they are lazy when they make them (and quite frankly I wouldn't imagine anyone would care about a 100% perfect dodgeball, although we do ) and that this is the area that is sitting on the table when they coat them, so it doesn't get the finish that the rest of them get. http://www.gophersport.com/pe/pe-equ...n?sku_id=13898

27-01-2016 08:02

Peyton Yeung

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Both the ball in our KoP and the one we got in first choice have a similar smooth spot (albeit in different positions).

27-01-2016 08:17

Foster

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"Sire, Sire, we have a problem! The peasants have been digging boulders in the quarry for the upcoming battle. They are not the same!?! They are not all perfectly round and there are rough patches and smooth patches. What will we do? "

Ahh modern problems!!!

27-01-2016 10:27

Jcarbon

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Our boulders have this as well. Luckily the patches don't seem to make much of a difference in our wheeled shooter.

27-01-2016 16:03

GMeyer

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I just checked a few moments ago, and none of my team's boulders have this mark.