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Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by Edric Owen Ladera, May 28, 2017.

  1. Edric Owen Ladera

    Edric Owen Ladera Slayer

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    Hey guys,

    Had this great idea of a thread that i got from our local community page here in the PH. Shouts to @Emil Apostol for this. Now if you're given a dama budget of around $100 max(120-150 dollars optimal), what damas would you buy???

    for me I got couple for some/most brands!!! but for me i'll only share the ones that got on a limited run

    Full Krom(430, 430 Slaydawg, Autumn) all for $110(based from sites & make some exchange rates, 430 is inaccurate since it was from 2015 so it kinda depreciated hehe. autumn for me will stay $35.99 since that was the sell price before when it was released...)
     
    May 28, 2017
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  2. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    One of each JKA dama, in red.
    Not including the Mugen, obviously.
     
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  3. Edric Owen Ladera

    Edric Owen Ladera Slayer

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    @azleonhart well jka mugen can be an exemption. actually that's great! all jka damas, including decommissioned ones like shin sakura, etc.
     
    May 29, 2017
  4. Brandon Jensen

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    Sweets pro mod (40) + slaydawg (60) + kaizen select (30) = 3 awesome kendamas, all jammable different play before and after broken in.
     
    May 29, 2017
  5. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    3 mystery bags in the DS exchange!! Probably getlike 10 damas depending who is offering the specials.
     
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  6. Edric Owen Ladera

    Edric Owen Ladera Slayer

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    slaydawg+promod =100 could've been exact hahaha but i really wanna know how select differ from normal 2.0
     
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  7. Edric Owen Ladera

    Edric Owen Ladera Slayer

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    fair deal, but it's a forest gump pun you get there bro... "you'll never know what you gonna get" haha
     
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  8. KeeganS

    KeeganS DS Legend

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    The Kaizen Selects are weight matched to nearly even between the ken and tama and are all natty. The only other natty Kaizen 2.0 (that arent Crafts) available was the bamboo Kaizen 2.0, but the bamboo isnt advertised as weight matched like the Selects are.
     
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  9. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    also it's the only way to get a birch dama in 2.0
     
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  10. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    True some of it is a mystery, but you can contact seller most times and request preferences. I highly recommend it! You can sometimes find a discounted setup within a month of release (dependent on batch size, of course). From experience, sellers with big lots of damas for sales tend to have well kept damas for sale. They have so many that none get beaten to shreds. If they do, they don't get put up on sale anyway.
     
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  11. Ricky Røge

    Ricky Røge Slayer

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    problably 3 primes and a promod or something like that. or 2 primes and a dawg.
     
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  12. Ryan Brewer

    Ryan Brewer Honed Member

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    If you had 200$ to spend on any brand and any amounts of damas possible, what would you cop? I know there's one like this already but that's 100$, 200$ is a whole different game, let me know, i need some help!
     
    Jun 5, 2017
  13. cpthangover

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    Sweets Homegrown OG find a sale post on here for $25-35.

    GT Espresso stodd. Or any GT $90
    At GT grab an extra Ash tama for the HG $28

    Kusa Craft $65

    That's like $10 over. Drop the extra Tama if needed.
     
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  14. sambarboo

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    RWB anything $40
    Musou Phantom Blue $65
    TK-16 $20
    REZ fill in the final dollar amount
     
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  15. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    All JKA faire!

    Oozora - Red $16
    TK 16 - Red $16
    Shin Fuji - Red $12
    Gentosha - Red $18
    Meijin - Red $18
    Mugen - Red $70 (prices may fluctuate)
    Shin Sakura - Red $50 (prices may fluctuate)
     
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  16. sambarboo

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    Mugen and Shin Sakura... prices where?
     
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  17. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Well, it really depends on luck.
    The Mugen you own now is procured at an unbelievable price, no?
    If it's really down to common second hand pricing, i'll kick the Shin Sakura off the list and focus on the Mugen.
     
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  18. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    I would probably just go on Kendamasyndicate and buy the rest of their kenco girrs and their BLK kens. You could get 13 kendamas for $195 and not have to buy a kendama for A WHILE!

    Or I would contact REZ and preorder one or something and be like, take my money!!!
     
    Jun 6, 2017
  19. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    A picture says a thousand words.
     
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  20. Matteo Schulz

    Matteo Schulz Member

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    I would cop a GT and then buy a few kaizen 2.0s or primes
     
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