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The most expensive Kendama ever...

Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by grilledcrab, Jan 20, 2017.

  1. grilledcrab

    grilledcrab Member

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    I used to describe mugens as the 'Louis Vuitton/Hermes/Gucci' or what ever high stake fashion equivalent for kendamas..

    imagine my surprise when I found this on rakuten global..listed for 1 million yen..
    http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/warashibe/item/c1612-016-013-140/
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    on another note, I wonder what is the most 'expensive' or high valued(sentimental) kendama in your collection?

    For me it's got to be an emperor ozora and 6th birthday krom slaydawg. Share yours here!
     
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  2. Almostgets

    Almostgets Slayer

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    Gotta say it's my slaydawg too. Probably the most I ever spent on a dama.
     
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  3. Vincent Dimaya

    Vincent Dimaya Member

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    My first musou I bought new at $185 i think
     
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  4. bonerkid

    bonerkid Honed Member

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    I don't have anything too crazy. RWB Classic and Matt Ballard ProDawg are probably the most expensive ones I have.
     
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  5. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    The most expensive one we ever had was this red OG mugen with 24k gold flakes. Regrettably Colin had to sell it about 3 years ago. but it went for $1,000.00 USD

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  6. Vincent Dimaya

    Vincent Dimaya Member

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    @MattSweets What is your most expensive in the collection? Is it the Starroad?
     
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  7. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    6th Slaydawg for sure.
     
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  8. Radson

    Radson Honed Member

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    My most expensive dama is my birch gt.
     
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  9. Chad Covington

    Chad Covington Slayer

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    OG Wine Mugen, or a priceless handturned custom Terra!
     
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  10. Ben Lowe

    Ben Lowe Slayer

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    So jealous.
     
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  11. karekarekeah

    karekarekeah Member

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    IMG_0005.JPG Most expensive is probably my Rez ken and Purple People Eaters tama.
     
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  12. ryley richards

    ryley richards n00b

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    probably my OG Mugen
     
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  13. KeeganS

    KeeganS DS Legend

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    Most I've ever spent on a kendama would be the Black Cherry GT-1 complete.
     
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  14. htimSxelA

    htimSxelA Moderator Staff Member

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    Hmm I have some that are kinda 'priceless', they're rare enough that I don't think they have any sort of established price tag. It would take a LOT of cash to get them away from me haha.

    One such dama is my solid mahogany boss-sized prototype. It's a 1 of 2, and it has dutchkendama's face on the seal! So rad!

    Another is, as far as I understand it, the very first prototype for the 'new toy in town', a brand that Oase started many many years ago, but was only available for purchase in Romania. I'm pretty sure Oase hand turned it himself, and the tama is a custom paint job that is super cool! I tried to get a new toy for a LONG time, but as I said they didn't export at all, so it's an it of a grail to me now! (Recently new toy has restarted though I've seen, I guess thanks to the explosion of dama in Romania. The original series was all made in Romania afaik though, looks like new series is china?)

    I have some other stuff that would probably pull in good pricetags, like an in-package OG gold Magen, wth kazuma's sig and 'mugen' calligraphy in the big cup.

    Some Terra damas have sold for some pretty high prices as well, though that's a little different.
     
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  15. Bryson L

    Bryson L Member

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    My KWC trophy hehe.
     
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  16. Nick Lectura

    Nick Lectura Moderator Staff Member

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    OG moog
     
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  17. Churlthomp

    Churlthomp Member

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    My most prized damas have got to be the
    -Earth Blue musou only 93 out there I think
    -Hand turned Terra Beta Purple Heart
     
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  18. Stuart Barron

    Stuart Barron Slayer

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    I have a shin sakura thats almost unplayed, which although cost me less than £2 on ebay may be worth a little more than that. Also an ocean blue musou and the JAC subcrew collab from a couple of years ago that I've kept fresh.
     
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  19. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    can you still get shin saks from some obscure japanese retailer? you could like last year
     
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  20. A_Bachman

    A_Bachman Honed Member

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    Who's got one of those ebony Mugens? Always thought that was the most beautiful dama. Wonder what one would go for.
     
    Jan 21, 2017