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Title: Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: PCC on September 16, 2002, 10:34:04 pm: (http://pccab.net/Trackball1.jpg)

I had my logo put on a cue ball (you could get a MAME logo). Any 2 1/4" billiard ball can replace an original Happ 2 1/4" trackball. I got this cue ball printed at http://www.bodacorp.com/

Note: The cue ball is off-white (like a typical cue ball) and the black graphic is more charcoal than black, but I think it came out OK (color graphics can also be printed). To me, billiard balls appear to spin the same as the original trackballs (no better or worse).
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: MrArcade on September 17, 2002, 12:39:58 am: I wonder how it will hold up?
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: PCC on September 17, 2002, 02:21:32 am: I hope it holds up; they say:
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Make a lasting impression...
..that won't wear off!!!

Enjoy fully playable, top-of-the-line
billiard balls with YOUR custom image.

Ball will "wear" before your image.

I get the impression that billiard balls are more durable than standard trackballs. However, can the logo hold up? Time will tell.
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 17, 2002, 06:30:20 am: If it's printed in the same process that letters are printed on a pool ball then it should last for years to come. Whens the last time you saw an 8-ball with the '8' rubbed off?
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: Brax on September 17, 2002, 07:09:09 am: THIRTY bucks?!

Owwww.
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: Bursar on September 17, 2002, 12:20:25 pm: Quote from: Howard_Casto on September 17, 2002, 06:30:20 am

If it's printed in the same process that letters are printed on a pool ball then it should last for years to come. Whens the last time you saw an 8-ball with the '8' rubbed off?

That's true, but how many 8 balls would be subject to sweaty paws in the same way that a trackball is?

Having said that, I don't know if the contact of a hot sweaty hand will be any better/worse than having the ball gliding up and down a pool table.
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: Lilwolf on September 17, 2002, 12:31:52 pm: SUPER COOL!

Can they do colors?

An eyeball would be cool! Or a nipple... but my wife would get mad at me...
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: PCC on September 17, 2002, 02:41:18 pm: If you do a search, you can find other logo billiard balls that would be cool (NFL, MLB, Harley-Davidson...)
(http://www.plazabilliards.com/hdl-10149_f.jpg)
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: SirPoonga on September 17, 2002, 02:52:06 pm: Quote from: Howard_Casto on September 17, 2002, 06:30:20 am

If it's printed in the same process that letters are printed on a pool ball then it should last for years to come. Whens the last time you saw an 8-ball with the '8' rubbed off?

I haven't. And the white area arounf the 8, that's not printed on, it part of the ball. There is a white core going throughout the ball. Cut one in half sometime:)
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: Richy on September 18, 2002, 01:37:41 pm: I'm thinking of putting an 8 ball in, that would look cool.
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: PCC on September 18, 2002, 02:01:34 pm: You might be able to get some interesting trackballs from EPCO (http://www.epcomfg.com/rodandsheet.html). It looks like they offer: Pearlescent, Sparkle, Transparent, Marbleized, Solid Opaque, Glo, Clear, and Flourescent balls.
(http://www.epcomfg.com/images/clearrodandsheet.jpg)
Title: Re:Custom logo on a trackball
Post by: PCC on September 20, 2002, 12:10:36 am: Here are some more trackball choices from The Real Bob Roberts (http://www.dameon.net/BBBB/parts.html#tbs).
(http://www.dameon.net/BBBB/tbcolors.jpg)