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Post by ospreynn on Feb 15, 2012 1:12:48 GMT -4
I was reading the latest issue of BASS this weekend and one of the advertisement pages was about these new 8 colors Mike have designed... some of the colors are Penguin, Blue Back Herring, Demon, Caribbean Shad, Smash and Old School. I tried to google the colors, but I didn't find anything.... All colors look great, can't wait to see them. I don't even know if rapala will be listing them on their webpage... Any ideas?
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Post by ospreynn on Feb 15, 2012 1:15:34 GMT -4
oops, I just noticed somebody posted the same!!
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Post by montiac1 on Feb 16, 2012 19:39:53 GMT -4
Here is the image from Bassmaster that is posted in the other thread, too:  |
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Post by 90collector on Feb 17, 2012 11:30:35 GMT -4
Hmm they don't seem as interesting as they sound, and they don't look that much different than already available colors
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Post by ospreynn on Feb 18, 2012 0:03:25 GMT -4
Yes, they look very sure set to me!! but for lakes with large populations of shad, most of those colors are killer.
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Post by rocfish on Feb 18, 2012 14:29:00 GMT -4
I agree, none are wildly different, but as a complete set would display pretty cool. Possible special packaging? What do you guys think? Has there been a sighting yet???  |
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Post by ospreynn on Feb 21, 2012 17:02:44 GMT -4
Hi, here is a link to a youtube video by rapala:
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Post by montiac1 on Feb 21, 2012 19:38:20 GMT -4
Thanks for posting the link to the video! Kind of interesting trying to market new "faded" lures  The glitter finish does look good, though, and wasn't apparent in the Bassmaster ad. |
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Post by bacon on Feb 21, 2012 19:39:57 GMT -4
yeah, i got this email today also, with the link to the video. but i also notice something else strange about these 8 color line ups, they will be available in dt4,dt6,dt10,dt14,dt20, and dt18?? no 16 but an 18?? was this a typo, or are they killing the dt16?? i hope not.
bacon
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Post by happyshad on Feb 21, 2012 23:51:10 GMT -4
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Post by 90collector on Feb 22, 2012 10:59:39 GMT -4
After watching the video, I love the dark green crawdad, but why are these not offered in the fat series?
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Post by happyshad on Feb 22, 2012 11:09:17 GMT -4
Yeah - I'd love to see some of those colors in floaters too!
It's probably because of the math - 8 colors times 6 sizes equals 48 New products. If they came out with them in the flats - just think of the additional #'s of lures.
Still love the DT's - one of my favorite bass crankbaits!
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Post by Fishooked on Feb 23, 2012 16:48:09 GMT -4
After watching the video, I love the dark green crawdad, but why are these not offered in the fat series? My guess is they would like to see how they sell before applying the same patterns to other lures first. |
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Post by ospreynn on Feb 27, 2012 18:08:32 GMT -4
Hey, tacklewarehouse has all the colors available for $6.50!!
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Post by bacon on Feb 27, 2012 20:55:54 GMT -4
nice find ospray,
yeah they show them there, but available in march maybe. they also show sizes up to 16, no 18 or 20, so still waiting on definates on those three sizes. it wont be long, and they will be everywhere. $6.50 seems pretty reasonable, wonder where that will land on release also.
bacon
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Post by montiac1 on Mar 3, 2012 18:25:28 GMT -4
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Post by fireman1979 on Mar 4, 2012 5:48:11 GMT -4
a good price, for european standards lol. If they were available here, they would be around the same as all the other good selling new rapala lures: €10-13,-.
But this is only for US market I guess. Too bad they don't share everything the smae in each country, for colors, special editions etc. Would be a lot of fun for the Rapala fisherman in each country
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Post by jmcfish10101973 on Mar 4, 2012 18:35:54 GMT -4
are these giong to be in special edition boxes or just the run of the mill boxes.and is his name going to be on the box and the year they out
john
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Post by montiac1 on Mar 4, 2012 19:32:05 GMT -4
Great questions, John! I ordered a few, so I'll try and get a picture posted when they arrive. I'm guessing there will be a special sticker or something but the rest of the box and packaging will be the same.
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Post by jmcfish10101973 on Mar 5, 2012 7:24:48 GMT -4
ok great and thanks for the info
john
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Post by Fishooked on Mar 7, 2012 8:56:47 GMT -4
a good price, for european standards lol. If they were available here, they would be around the same as all the other good selling new rapala lures: €10-13,-. But this is only for US market I guess. Too bad they don't share everything the smae in each country, for colors, special editions etc. Would be a lot of fun for the Rapala fisherman in each country The DT series has always been a 'USA' thing (I guess it's one of the few things we can hang our hat on) most likely because of the popularity of bass fishing, since these were developed mainly for bass. It also probably explains why the series has been hugely expanded into the Flat, Fat, & THUG series as well. I'm hoping they eventually expand these colors onto the FAT series too, hopefully. |
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Post by Fishooked on Mar 7, 2012 10:09:47 GMT -4
I was reading the latest issue of BASS this weekend and one of the advertisement pages was about these new 8 colors Mike have designed... some of the colors are Penguin, Blue Back Herring, Demon, Caribbean Shad, Smash and Old School. I tried to google the colors, but I didn't find anything.... All colors look great, can't wait to see them. I don't even know if rapala will be listing them on their webpage... Any ideas? Official Rapala Images - (from Top To Bottom) BBH - Blueback Herring CRSD - Carribean Shad DMN - Demon DSSD - Disco Shad MGRA - Mardis Gras OLSL - Old School PNGN - Penguin SMSH - Smash  |
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Post by montiac1 on Mar 22, 2012 8:21:49 GMT -4
It looks like these are starting to show up on eBay. In looking a at the pictures, there doesn't seem to be much different about the boxes from other DTs, other than maybe the inside sides of the boxes have a white background instead of black???
I have some of these ordered, but they haven't made it to me yet.
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Post by qbert on Mar 22, 2012 22:17:48 GMT -4
I hope these patterns eventually make their way into the FAT too!! The video for the DT flats claims that the "metallic paint scale" pattern on those colors was specially designed for "the maximum amount of contrast." They also talk about somewhat muted colors. That sounds alot like 6 of the 8 colors Ike designed.
Personally, I don't think that metallic scale pattern really matters much, or at least isn't much more effective than any of the other types of patterns. I have a few of the FATs in some of the more traditional patterns like Perch, Firetiger and GFR, and the fish don't seem to mind at all.
I would love to see the FATs come in Shad, Baby bass, and all of the craw patterns (not the boring ass versions of CW and RCW). I mean, if you can take a BB pattern mixed with the colors of a CPS, and throw it on a FAT 1, then would it be a stretch to just make a FAT 3 in Baby Bass!!
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Post by jmcfish10101973 on Mar 23, 2012 4:00:26 GMT -4
if anyone would like some of these i am going to cabelas in 2 weeks
john
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