Saw some new oozora's popping up on Facebook, so I checked their site. New models are the Premium Red & Blue (after white, orange, gold & green) and the new animal "Monkey Light blue". It's about as close to a Wine Oozora we'll get for the moment :)
http://www.kendama.co.jp/english/kyougi.html (http://www.kendama.co.jp/english/kyougi.html)
Can't say I am particularly bothered about those two new premium colours. The monkey doesn't look too bad and the finish looks like a matt type from what I can see.
I love ozoras and currently on my want list is a premium gold and a keyaki and a yellow if anyone wants to part with one!
blue and red look AWESOME to me
I saw some new ones pop up today, maybe they've been available for longer:
- Full Maple Oozora
- Translucent Brown (in the same line as the translucent green one that Void had)
- Premium Half Fades
Also, the premium Orange and Light Blue have apparently been reissued.
All of them are on the KendamaUSA shop: http://shop.kendamausa.com/collections/ozora
I'm not really bothered with the new colours, but that maple is very interesting :-)
I wish I'd bought another white one for myself when they were available.
I got a light blue one on the old kendamaworld website which is now skilltoyz or some thing. It was about £20 when I got it and now it's £40 on there now also. Bargain!!!
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Hmm that Maple is very tempting!
Does KendamaUSA have a special relationship Ozora as Ive not seen these anywhere else?
May have to scour a few Japanese sites.
The maple ozora is fantastic! Maple on maple has a surprising grip IMO, better than my keyaki oz out the box. It's currently my main jammer and its breaking in really nicely. Would be great with a premium Oz tama on top of it!
As an aside I would love to get hold of an Enjyu ozora. Does anyone know if they are still being produced?
Some new Premium Ozora. The White with red stripes been around a little while now I think, but the Premium (Royal?) Blue is pretty new and looks delightful!
http://www.gloken-shop.net/shopdetail/000000001074/ct102/page1/order/
http://www.gloken-shop.net/shopdetail/000000001010/ct102/page1/order/
Will
@Craftybuddy be getting hold of any of these I wonder?
Yeah they look nice.
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After seeing it floating around on instagram somewhere I found this blogpost from Sweets:
https://sweetskendamas.com/blogs/blog/ozora-has-a-new-shape
Apparently a new oozora shape is coming (the S-line?). Will they be replacing the entire collection or just be an addition?
Either way, I'm intrigued. And it comes with a competition seal, so it seems the JKA is branching out a bit?
From the post, it's a recommended model, so no competition approval. It sounds like a new addition.
Interesting...
Hopefully here's a little link to that new Ozora shape.
Its allowed for use up to Pre-dan grading wise so I would expect its not allowed for use in JKA comps. But if it fits the GLOKEN box then it would be all good for other comps.
Either way I am definitely interested it trying one out.
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I got one for play....its gerat Kendama.
I made some compariyon pictures
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm5jsd0HRNN/?taken-by=kendama_germany