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Ordered 2-piece True customs on 9/18. Estimated date is 10/23. ---- 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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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...

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

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.

Ooooh. That makes sense.

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

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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