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WHAT IS HAPPENING ABOUT DR N NEW RUBBER ANY RELEASE DATE YET?

Hailsham,

First of all don't write your messages in CAPS....

Regarding the Fighter, it will be on the market in may, not before.

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THANKS FOR THE INFO MATE.

PS Writing all your text in CAPITAL LETTERS mean's you're shouting, hailsham... I'm sure that wasn't your intention

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Base on what I heard from Carsten , Fighter is the short pip not long pip.

Maybe some misunderstanding by ITTF.

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Pimple Lover,

Fighter will be a long pips rubber designed for blocking at the table. I am exchanging emails with Carsten on a regular basis (I even sent him one sample of my L1 so they can try it) and he confirmed that they will launch a new LPs. Don't forget that their success is based at 99% on long pips (frictionless or not) and that Short pips represent a small part of their sales. Anti are what they are, a very specific equipment that requires a lot of investment to be mastered so they want to get back to the basics, offering a slow rubber, allowing to block short. Carsten told me that Fighter will offer disturbing effect for a close to the table play.

If it is listed as "out" on the LARC, that doesn't mean that it is a short pips rubber. Indeed, Hallmark's Super Defence was also listed as OUT on the previous lists but it was a long pips rubber.

I should be receiving a trial sample before the rubber gets on the market; as soon as I have tried it, I will post here.

Cheers,
Ma'man

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Blade : TSP Toccata Carbon Def
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BH : Octopus Ox red

Carsten Neubauer informed that the Fighter will be available in June. More info to come in the coming weeks....

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Fringe rocks big time!!!!!

Blade : TSP Toccata Carbon Def
FH : Shark II 33° 2mm Black
BH : Octopus Ox red

Neubauer's Fighter will be available in June at the price of 29.90€. Contra.de is already promoting this rubber on their website : http://www.contra.de/product_info.php/i ... ghter.html

The rubber will be avaibable in 2 versions :
Ox : a rather fast long pips allowing aggressive blocks and attacks
1.2 mm : an ''absorbing'' sponge made for more control and a more passive game

Carsten Neubauer also told me that there will be a little spin reversal when blocking (but the incoming ball needs to have a lot of spin). Both versions will offer a good disturbing effect, especially when blocking with a ball that does not bounce a lot (like Grass D Tecs)

I will receive 2 samples of the rubber prior to launching and will post my comments after testing.

Cheers
Ma'man

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Blade : TSP Toccata Carbon Def
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BH : Octopus Ox red

Sounds great Marathon Man!

It will be most interesting to see what unique properties these offer, as there are so many LPs on the market already...

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I'm more of a blocker vs topspin and attack underspin player rather than chopper, so I'm definelty interested in your comments on this one.

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For those who don't read German, here is a translation of the description offered by contra.de:



I don't know what the values mean, but as comparison here they are as given by the same site for dr.N's Boomerang Classic: speed 50, control 91, spin 68; for Monster Classic: speed 75, control 85, spin 65; and for Anti Special: speed 65, control 85, spin 30.
Looking at description and values, I'd say the Fighter will be a middle way between the defensive Boomerang and the offensive Monster, with the ability to produce some spin on its own. Maybe a bit like Hallmarks Frustration?

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Thanks for the translation Kees but I think the values are a marketing tool and divorced from reality. I tried Boomerang Classic which has a speed rating equal to the old Super Block and of course there was no comparison.

I think we should close this thread as there is another one about Fighter which is 3 pages long already. That would avoid splitting the info between 2 threads.

Ma'man

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Fringe rocks big time!!!!!

Blade : TSP Toccata Carbon Def
FH : Shark II 33° 2mm Black
BH : Octopus Ox red