i saw one at the BCA trade show that was almost finishedm the pocket castings and rails needed to be fitted etc. they couldnt get the table ready and playable for the show, it will be introduced for play in December-I know this for a fact.
It looks kinda retro, kinda home, not to commercial like the older GC's. it looks better in real life than in the pics, they said that its easier for table mechnics to work on, move etc. I dont know how the pockets are cut(width or depth).
One of my businesses is furnature and this table has a very Chinese looking finish on it , I have noticed on the Chinese furnature I sell the finish on all the Chinese stuff is kinda the same even if the color is different-it must be the spray guns they use or something, the texture of the varnish, stain and wood on all the Chinese furnature that is brown no matter what shade has a certain look and the GC5 has that look. Even from different factorys it all has a similar look. I'm not saying its bad, infact it looks good, the quality is good.
But the cost to manufacture this stuff is cheap over there, I buy furnature from big companys with millions of square feet of wearhouse space and I pay next to nothing for bedroom sets and I know who I'm buying from marks it up alot, If I sell something for $1000 my cost is $300 and I know that their cost is $150. So brunswick is making alot of $$$ on these tables-good for them. It didnt look like a $5000 pool table to me,
It looked good, I'm sure it will play good. I did hear from a reliable source they are going to lengthen the rails on it so the pockets wont be huge when they debuit the table in December, I dont know what the tables for sale will be like, I have been a GC guy since I started playing pool but recently I switched camps and am now a Diamond Table guy, I didnt like them at first but after 6 weeks or so I'm converted now that they have dialed them in from the first ones in the earily 90's.
However because of Brunswicks manufacturing advantage and profit margin, name, and reputation I think the GC5 will be a successful table, their whole line of furnature is Chinese made and they are the distributers they will be just fine, they also standaradized all their packaging of all their products for home use to look old school. They have done their home work and will make $$$. But Diamond will be the standard of the players moving foward. Mark my word on that.
