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Picked up some new bits to put on my True skates when they arrive.

Ordered 2-piece True customs on 9/18.

Estimated date is 10/23.

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Submitted order for Bauer custom set on 9/21. Wasn't charged until 10/2.

I believe Bauer is at 8-10 weeks right now.

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1 hour ago, Teezle said:

Do you not like the UltraSonic colorways/top welting? Are you going with a mix of features between the 2X and the UltraSonic (boot angle, stiffness, etc.)?

Spot on re: colorways and welting.

Only 2X feature I'm contemplating going with is the flatter boot. Otherwise, stock Ultrasonic flex. Everything else is stock Ultrasonic. Debating going additional Poron in the palm, reinforcing the T and adding the thumb pillow for the blocker.

Possibly pulling the trigger on a full set of Ultrasonics skinned as 2X...

38 minutes ago, ULTIMA said:

Exactly what I was thinking when I passed through this thread earlier today, haha!

2 hours ago, Chenner29 said:

Stealth brag with the car

Retail Ultrasonics finally arrived at my LHS this weekend. Pads, gloves and blocker look and feel great. Really dig the catch glove. If I'm getting anything this year, I'll be getting these.

1 minute ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Probably, he's communicating with folks in Sweden

Ooooh. That makes sense.

6 hours ago, cuprajake said:

so the email from hockey monkey is basically, 

not our fault

"Hi Jake
These protections were just delivered to us when we sent them on to you so they have never left their box except in case of packaging so probably these damages have been delivered when they were sent all over the earth 2 times. Of course, we feel it is boring, but we cannot control so much over the quality of Warrior's protection. but if you want to undo your purchase and send it back to us, we will of course help with that"

What the hell? Did they run this through Google translate or something?

5 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Awesome thanks for the info.

CCM has really not changed their blocker eh

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" - Lefevre.

One thing that was cool if you ordered the Pro Zone equipment was that you got a certificate of authenticity (read: a postcard) with your specs on the back. I've kept mine after all these years and scanned them just now.

Makes you feel like a pro.

I think they mistakenly included this invoice in my order, too. I whited out my name, address and the price - I paid retail so it was way more than the CDN prices that were listed here.

10 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I had a set of P2's as my first pair and am familiar with the almost non existent leg channel. So the Revokes we're more or less a Premier pad but with a tighter fit?

No softer boot or anything?

They had some really minor changes from Reebok Premier 3. I wasn't working in hockey back then, but I think they were sort of a "limited edition" P3, basically. I've uploaded some catalog pics below.

15 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

They were replaying that on TV on the weekend.

Sweet Sweet memories.

I don't know much about the Revokes, what were their selling features?

If I recall correctly, they had a tighter fitting calf wrap. All prior Lefevre pads had really wide open leg channels. I don't think there were any big changes to the glove or blocker.

I believe this was the last time Reebok/CCM offered  Canadian-made gear at retail if the customer opted for the Pro Zone custom pad. Customers could go for the regular Pro pad, which was made overseas.

Had some white and baby blue Pro Zone gloves back in the day. You can't see the glove's pocket's lace, but that was sport gold.

Personally, I thought the graphic was best when restricted to two colors. I didn't really dig Leighton's or Bernier's design. Not much you could have done with these sets in terms of designs though - there were only the three colorways if I recall correctly.

On 5/25/2020 at 12:12 PM, Colander said:

Clearly, the definition of a "sale" differs between the vendor and the buyer - check this "chopped to the bone" deal from a few years ago

Monkey does (or used to do) something similar.

An item that ends in .99 is a regularly priced item. An item that ends in .98 is a clearance item and a coupon code can used to discount it. An item that ends in .97 is a current season Bauer item and cannot be discounted.

I don't know if they still do this anymore as the Bauer items on Monkey's websites all end in .99.

5 minutes ago, dreadlocked1 said:

I couldnt find a link on goalie monkeys website yesterday, just the link provided above.  I got the email notification today, does anyone know if the prices have updated in the last 24 hours?

Prices have gone down - I noticed that this morning. I edited my original post. It appears the coupon code that worked previously doesn't work now. I'd still throw it in there when in the shopping cart just to make sure.

Goalie Monkey's Brick Wall Specials are back (https://www.goaliemonkey.com/brick-wall-specials)

The prices don't seem as good as they were previously.

Curiously, the text says, "These items are not eligible for additional coupons or discounts." But I was able to use the promo code  "SAVE20" with some of the items in the shopping cart. YMMV with whether they will honor it or not.

EDIT: As of 5/15, it appears the prices have been adjusted down and discount codes no longer work. Prices seem fair, though.

7 minutes ago, BadAngle41 said:

Similar boat color scheme wise... also a much bigger fan of GM's customizer over CCM's... although it would also be great to see a whole set at once. CCM's is just sorta sad.

Agreed. The colors on the CCM customizer are goofy and you can't zoom in. But I don't think you can easily transfer colors between pads/gloves/blocker using the Monkey customizer.

If I recall correctly, Bauer is manufactured in Thailand and Warrior is manufactured in Vietnam. It is probably a big difference for transit times as these countries are pretty close to each other. As to the method of transporting the gear, I have no idea.

A lot of interesting possibilities.

14 minutes ago, GoalieNut said:

Link for customizer?  I don't see a live one yet...

It's not officially live yet. But it should be live in a couple hours, I think.

Quick tip with the CCM Axis customizer.

There's a few things you can do with Zone C.

You can leave Zone C as white and then the customizer will open up 6 print zones. This will allow you color the top gradient zone, gradient-border zones and the darts (for lack of a better word) independently. However, this forces the space around the darts to be white.

Or you can select a color for Zone C.
If you select Zone C, then you have two options: Tone on Tone and White Gradient
Selecting "Tone on Tone", will essentially make the gradient zones and gradient-border zones the color you select. I believe there is no gradient effect here, so if you don't like the graphic style of the Axis, you can kind of hide it using this option.

Or you can select "White Gradient", which makes the gradient zones the color you select, but you can customize the gradient-border zones with other colors.

Per CCMGoalie's Instagram.

I haven't seen the pad yet, but specs-wise, I'm a little disappointed with Axis. It seems to basically be an EF4 with a stiffer core. Same strapping setup as EF4, same boot angle, same flat inside edge.

The big differences are the graphic ( no effect on play), bindingless thigh (minimal to no effect) and the core. We saw LiteCore and MaxRebound in P2; how much of a change is LiteXCore and MaxRebound+ on the ice? I was hoping for a bit more technology.

@ccmfast on Instagram posted some Axis thingies to their story.