Pool Ball Collecting.

Princess_Bride said:
They're a unique design, definitely would be nice to have at a home table. And they're made by a good manufacturer, which is great news.

In the beginning my ball buying journey last year, I didn't originally know about the ball quality topic very well besides not wanting "garbage bin" balls. This is also how I came to even own the "Tiffany" ball set and the "Louis Vuitton" ball set knockoffs. The Tiffany ones aren't a complicated design, so they're "fine", just don't feel very nice and are a little "matte" on the finish. The LV ones suck; gaps in the resin, sunken parts, and uncentered and inconsistent execution. I didn't have a good understanding of this until I opened the Diamond by Cosmos balls and their phenolic resin and vitrification layer were amazing.

So, the fact that these are a nice set, made by Dynasphere, and are also phenolic resin are all big pluses. The price though seems like $450/set?
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I think the Chinese Hey Ball set was around the €150,- mark, when I last checked. Not sure now, if they are OOP and thus rarer...
 
Princess_Bride said:
Haha, the longer I stare at this picture, the more I think I see things, or maybe I don't...

What're the chances you could line them all up beside each other respectively, 1-15+cue ball? There seem to be design differences and colour differences and I'd love to have a clearer look at the same numbers side-by-side, if you could :-)
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Taking some side by side photos are on my list of things to do. I'll try to get them in a day or two.
 
As requested, side-by-side photos of the Aramith Tournament and the IPT balls.

I have a friend who has a set of the ipt balls that may be for sale. We haven't decided if I will list them on eBay or try to sell them to someone here. I do believe they would be an unopened box. We are trying to determine what to list them for or start the auction at. Either way I will keep you informed.
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Thanks, trying to not get the light reflection in the wrong place is a little tricky.

I didn't mention the tournament balls were bought only a few months ago, brand new from my distributor. I'm not sure if the older sets had that more iridescent thing going on around the numbers.
 
When I open that link, I see another set of Cyclop Zeus Tournament TV set for sale. Might this be the same as my set here?

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Its just, that they are so expensive on ebay, for $300,-. Or are mine a cheap knock-off version of these balls? Mine had a different box. I got them together with another set, this here:

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And I only paid about €75,- for both of them together from China. The second one play nice though, and still look shiny after a few hours of play. Did not have much playtime on the TV set so far…
 
Hard Knock Cues said:
As requested, side-by-side photos of the Aramith Tournament and the IPT balls.

I have a friend who has a set of the ipt balls that may be for sale. We haven't decided if I will list them on eBay or try to sell them to someone here. I do believe they would be an unopened box. We are trying to determine what to list them for or start the auction at. Either way I will keep you informed.
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Thank you for the photos! I'd be interested in the unopened set...👀
 
Hard Knock Cues said:
Thanks, trying to not get the light reflection in the wrong place is a little tricky.

I didn't mention the tournament balls were bought only a few months ago, brand new from my distributor. I'm not sure if the older sets had that more iridescent thing going on around the numbers.
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I had an early set of Tournaments and the subtleties in your photos are pretty much the same when I compared them against the IPT set.
 
I have been hunting far and wide for these for almost 2 years now. I didn't know they were famous or anything until just recently, and even then I still don't know when they were made or how many were made.

I got them from a pool equipment dealer in mainland China near Hong Kong. He's just one of the many people I've contacted about them over the past 2 years, but finally I got a bite and he agreed to sell them.
 
By the way, is there no function on this forum/thread to "view thread's photo album"? Which is, to simply click on 1 button and I can view every picture that's been shared in this thread, and there is also a link from the picture to the comment it was made in.

I have used this forum software on other forums before, and that was always an awesome feature. Especially in a thread like this where one of the main points is sharing pictures of unique pool balls.
 
Rubik's Cube said:
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Haha, since I can't figure out that "thread album viewer" function, I've once again resorted to going back through the thread page by page. But, that's also fun in ita own right.

Anyway, nowadays whenever I search for 2.25" snooker balls, the only set I can find by Aramith is a Premier one. I'd love to find a Super Pro or Tournament one. And I see that this set here has the 2 extra balls.

So the question is, for this set here, can anyone say roughly what "level" of Aramith balls is the set?

(P.S., is there anywhere to get a 2.25" snooker set of Super Pro or Tournaments? I also know about the 6reds set, and they are on my radar to pick up once I can find a good way to get them over to China)
 
Hello, PB.

My Snooker Plus set is undoubtedly from Aramith’s Premier range. Twenty-two of the balls were in the regular green box, with the orange and purple handed to me separately.

I also have a set of unused Raschig snooker balls… arguably the best ever made.
 
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