Spooky Skulls Edition (10/16/12)

Ah, the ADV60.  This bad boy is seriously old school.  It's been in the Adventure line for a long time, but that doesn't take away from it's supreme awesomeness.  

Seriously, how cool is this stick?  You've got a giant stack of skulls running down the forearm, more skulls in the sleeve, a pressed black and white Irish linen wrap and a layered leather tip to boot.
 

Those Eight Ball Mafia guys always come up with the sweetest designs.  This new case is a riff on the Elite Nexus style, holding three butts and five shafts in a poured mold and features lots of pockets for all your billiards accessories.  

What really makes this case though is the skull.  Just below the top latch, you get a 3" tall by 2.5" wide metallic skull.  Not a screen printed skull but an actual metallic skull face attached to the case.  I've never seen a case like this anywhere.  

When it comes to skulls, Voodoo's got it goin' on.  

In the new VOD18, not only is absolutely covered with skulls, but it also has some sort of sweet razor blade chain design.  As they say though, that's not all!  All the engraved designs are painted with real gravestone paint.  Seriously, where else are you going to find a pool cue painted with gravestone paint but on Voodoo cues?

Ok, so this has nothing to do with this week's topic, but we just got some in stock, so I wanted to let ya'll know about it since so many people have been asking about it.  In fact, we paid a bunch of extra dough to get it aired in from Predator just so our loyal PoolDawgians could have first crack at it.

Predator's entry into the super premium performance chalk is brand new and looks pretty sweet.  We haven't had a chance to test it out yet, so we're hoping to get lots of feedback on this one.  Please be aware that the stock we had in was limited and we don't have an ETA available on our next shipment.  Not to sound like a pushy salesman, but seriously, if you want some, I wouldn't sit back and wait too long.
 

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