TW has stated that they will be getting more stock of them in September.
TW has to first place the special order, Wilson then has to submit the order to a 3rd party factory in China, the factory then has to schedule the production (as they're busy making lots of other different racquets), the workers then have to actually produce the racquets (don't forget tennis racquets are largely hand made), then they have to wait until they have produced sufficient quantities to fill a shipping container to make it worthwhile to put it on a ship and ship it all the way across the Pacific Ocean. All of that takes TIME. It isn't like placing an order for a DVD from Amazon.Hey what's the rush?
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Well, no wonder you have paint chips.Hit with the BLX 85 that arrived today.
VS Team Mains 60
NXT Tour 17 cross 58
Same great stick.
Same ole pop, power, precision.
Sort of bummed there was a bunch of tiny paint chips.
But them while you can.
Loving the 85, master best box beam class.
I agree. This new version swings so easily that it feels like a twig in my hands. It swings TOO easily. I might need to add some lead tape. It's also very flexy. The combination of the low swingweight and flex is making it a bit harder for me to defend against hard hit shots. It's a lot of fun playing with it though because it's so maneuverable and the thin beam and small head makes it feel like the proverbial "scalpel".
I agree. This new version swings so easily that it feels like a twig in my hands. It swings TOO easily. I might need to add some lead tape. It's also very flexy. The combination of the low swingweight and flex is making it a bit harder for me to defend against hard hit shots. It's a lot of fun playing with it though because it's so maneuverable and the thin beam and small head makes it feel like the proverbial "scalpel".
I would say yes, it does. It's amazing how a 12.7 oz. racquet can feel so light in my hands. This thing just slices through the air like a hot knife through butter. I would say the feel is a bit more crisp than the Prestige Mids, but that could be attributable to the more open string pattern. Much easier to swing and much more maneuverable than any of the four Tour 90 versions.
August 28th to be exact
I read that the PS 85 was introduced in 1982. If/when the Aug-28 shipment sold out again quickly, are we going to get a third batch in 2012, which is the 30th anniversary of the racket?
Is there any chance Wilson will paint the racket slightly differently to reflect the special moment?
Mine came in at 360 grams or 12.7 oz. stock, strung with Wilson Extreme Syn Gut. Still feels like an 11.5 oz. stick to me though. :shock: I could swing this thing all day long and swing it faster than any racquet I've used in recent memory, and I'm a skinny guy with no muscles.
Mine came in at 360 grams or 12.7 oz. stock, strung with Wilson Extreme Syn Gut. Still feels like an 11.5 oz. stick to me though. :shock: I could swing this thing all day long and swing it faster than any racquet I've used in recent memory, and I'm a skinny guy with no muscles.
I think the density of the string pattern makes a big difference in how a racquet feels. The PS 6.0 85 won't ever feel just like any of the Prestiges because of its more open string pattern. I would say the PS 6.0 85 has a more "raw" and less soft feel to it than the iPrestige Mid.
The BLX90 is actually the least sluggish of the four Tour 90 versions by far, IMHO. I find the nCode 90 the most sluggish, followed closely by the PS Tour 90, and then the K90 was less sluggish, and now the BLX90 is the easiest of the four to swing.
Mine came in at 360 grams or 12.7 oz. stock, strung with Wilson Extreme Syn Gut. Still feels like an 11.5 oz. stick to me though. :shock: I could swing this thing all day long and swing it faster than any racquet I've used in recent memory, and I'm a skinny guy with no muscles.
