What happened to the old Predator Cues designs? Ikon, Throne, Panthera, Maestro

[july9x]

What happened to the Predator IKON series, Throne series (are the new generations of Ikon & Throne coming soon?) and all those beautiful custom collaboration cues with Jacoby and K. Miki and others?

• IKON 4-x series
• Throne 3-x series
• Panthera by Jacoby
• Maestro by K. Miki
• all other limited editions that actually felt collectible

These were straight-up works of art. Ebony, exotic woods, real inlays, classy ringwork, elegant points… cues that actually looked PREMIUM.

The Panthera and Maestro collaborations were insane. Some of those were limited to only ~100 cues and individually numbered.

Now somehow we went from THIS:

…to neon green, orange, purple, esports-looking cues that look like energy drink sponsorship sticks

 

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What happened to the Predator IKON series, Throne series (are the new generations of Ikon & Throne coming soon?) and all those beautiful custom collaboration cues with Jacoby and K. Miki and others?

• IKON 4-x series
• Throne 3-x series
• Panthera by Jacoby
• Maestro by K. Miki
• all other limited editions that actually felt collectible

These were straight-up works of art. Ebony, exotic woods, real inlays, classy ringwork, elegant points… cues that actually looked PREMIUM.

The Panthera and Maestro collaborations were insane. Some of those were limited to only ~100 cues and individually numbered.

Now somehow we went from THIS:

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…to neon green, orange, purple, esports-looking cues that look like energy drink sponsorship sticks

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those guys spend a lot of money on focus groups in order to determine the demographic that's buying their products and tailor them accordingly.
I was in one.
Sadly, my advice was ignored in favor of the 'purple people eater.'