garczar said:

More than 2 and less than 6 were made. Cruise and Newman were given one as well as certain production staff members. IIRC Newman's was sold at a charity auction. No clue about the others.

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As I remember it, Janes refused to further replicate the exact cue, so all those available on the market have those inlays that were not on the movie cues.

I remember the auction happened, but I have never heard of any of the other movie cues cropping up.

Thanks for all your replies! I added a couple of close ups of the joint. I suppose depending on where you start counting, I see between 6 and 7 threads in 1/2 inch.

A guy offered me the opportunity to jump with a Triple 60 Satellite the other day. I used a standard stroke and it jumped nicely. There isn't a groove for a dart stroke but I jumped fine that way also. His had the small extension with it making it almost a full length cue. Felt super light, but looking at the specs should be around 17oz with the extension. Any new dedicated jump cue these days should be great with some practice.

I own Viking playing cue and a Break cue. The Break cue I bought as a combo with the punch handle. Works fine and I have no desire to get anything else as I don't do a lot of jumping, when practicing or at a tournament/venue that allows it. I'm tall and I do find the punch handle to be just a little to short at times, good enough for me.

garczar said:

Have you talked to Ken at Classic Billiards? He would probably know. Did u talk to B'wick direct? Just wondering, what parts do you need? The whole shebang or just certain parts? They were made from '07-'18 so parts should be out there.

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Yes, talked to Ken first and he rarely has them, Brunswick said they dont sell them anymore and don't have any. I need the whole thing but I can find aftermarket pockets, and can build a ball box if needed. What I need most are the Gullys.

SA96 said:

Prize money is so stupid.

Quarter finalist only gets $22,000?

If I was a top player, I wouldn't bother with these events.

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So you wouldn't attend the World 9 Ball if you were a top player? The quarterfinalists made $25k in that event last year.

skogstokig said:

if so, the commentators were all wrong about the ref. wu should have warned felix himself, as the ref said. so then comes the other question; if you make three fouls and the opponent doesn't warn you on the second, doesn't even realize you have then three fouled.. what's the right thing to do, in terms of sportmanship?

not saying felix did wrong, he possibly was unaware himself (which can sometimes happen when one foul is a scratch/break foul and the others are failed safety returns).

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I don’t know if Vogel also slept the foul count. But on the sportsmanship question, I just don’t see this an issue at all. The rules are crystal clear that the warning is mandatory and that without the warning you are still on 2. I just don’t understand how anyone would expect a professional or serious amateur to ignore the rule and concede the game.



To me this is very different than something like touching a ball when nobody sees, or hitting the wrong ball etc. Those are fouls under the rules and the fact that a ref wasn’t called or the referee missed it doesn’t change that fact. IMO sportsmanship does require you to admit that foul.

I have once, and only once, conceded a serious game on 3 fouls when no warning was given. I was playing in a tournament and losing to a good snooker player who was new to the country and the game and clearly didn’t know the full rules of 9b. He played for 3 fouls and got the 3rd foul but hadn’t warned me. In that rare circumstance I gave him the game and explained the rule. I didn’t want to take advantage of his newness. I would not have done so if I thought he knew the rules and just forgot. And if I was playing a professional tournament I’d never have done it even then - you have to know the rules.

shamadam said:

I have the black version. Looks pretty much new. I would take $325 paypal shipped goods and services in the CONUS.

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That’s a good price. I bought new for 425 and another like 350 not too long ago. 325 shipped definitely a good price.

Bob Jewett said:

Do you ever video record your practice? For this shot, you want the camera perfectly in line with the balls and zoomed in on just the cue ball and cue stick.

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Video it from the front then again from the rear. And at different speeds. The rear, faster speed will magnify your stroke deviation.

Anyone know how the scoring works? it looked like they were getting between 3-5 points for a game win.

I did 45 minutes each way to play BCA in suburban Atlanta years ago. Played for about 5 years.

It doesn't even look like a Balabushka!

I play in 2 leagues each an hour 1 way.

I worked in the bay area for 20+ years and commuted an hour each way most of that time. Easy day.

Black-Balled said:

I think a direct contribution would be used.

I don't want any of the prizes, even to sell, and would rather leave those to folks that would appreciate them.

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See below. They are setting up a direct contribution option.

Also, an update on the status so far.