hi all. i recently purchased a red lightning tshirt and having compared it to pictures of lin dan in the same shirt i am convinced it is either a fake, or that yonex made 2 versions of the shirt. check out the pictures

the top picture is the suspicious one in case you cannot tell. the most obvious thing is that when the collar is unbuttoned, the material that becomes visible is white and stands out a mile.

the less subtle discrepancies... the proper shirt has black lines running vertically down the shirt and is not present on the 'fake' shirt.

across the chest of the possible fake shirt the black slowly merges into the red with an inch or two of black and red spots, whereas on the proper shirt there is a distinct line where the red meets the black. still not convinced... the replica shirt feels like its made of cardboard too.

can someone explain these differences or is it actually a fake?

thanks for your time:)


http://i8.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/47/c2/2d_1_b.JPG

http://i19.ebayimg.com/04/i/04/e3/53/41_1_b.JPG

I agree that it sounds fake. Look at the buttons... do they have "Yonex" on them?

Its not fake. its just a diff version

it's the 'high cotton' polo (sorry i dont have the appropriate textile jargon).
the bottom pic is the 'polyester' version (more expensive, does not really absorb sweat much, etc.)


8man

i know someone with this shirt, its nowhere near as nice as the real one/other version. Its a thick cotton shirt and the finish of the design is not as clear; you can see white through the pattern. did u find that on ebay?? i was thinking of buying something from that seller

it's the 'high cotton' polo (sorry i dont have the appropriate textile jargon).
the bottom pic is the 'polyester' version (more expensive, does not really absorb sweat much, etc.)

8Man: are you saying all polyester versions of the Yonex shirts don't absorb well or just this particular one? Thanks.

i know someone with this shirt, its nowhere near as nice as the real one/other version. Its a thick cotton shirt and the finish of the design is not as clear; you can see white through the pattern. did u find that on ebay?? i was thinking of buying something from that seller


yeh on ebay. where else? lol! and yes it does have yonex on the buttons, and yonex pretty much everywhere.
if its a different version then technically its not a fake. But that wont stop me having a go at the seller as they claim lin dan wears this shirt and given the choice i think he would wear the polyester one because it looks better and wont restrict movement like this cardboard/cotton version.

having thought about it a bit more...

why would yonex have two different designs for the same shirt? any ideas?

and for fast3r... does your friend with the not so good shirt have white around the collar. difficult to describe what i mean, but on my shirt when you undo the buttons, the flap with the buttons on, and the reverse side of the flap with the holes are white and it looks silly.

Well... my wife actually thinks most the Yonex shirts I've collected look kinda silly.

having thought about it a bit more...

why would yonex have two different designs for the same shirt? any ideas?

and for fast3r... does your friend with the not so good shirt have white around the collar. difficult to describe what i mean, but on my shirt when you undo the buttons, the flap with the buttons on, and the reverse side of the flap with the holes are white and it looks silly.

im not sure... but he got it off ebay and a lot of white cotton is visible

Well... my wife actually thinks most the Yonex shirts I've collected look kinda silly.

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I swear... they're all cool looking shirts... my wife is crazy. :D

hehe, that's still my favorite shirt ever made. I wear it for just normal occassions all the time. Ohhh yeah!

They are not fakes.. one is VeryCool Material and the other one is Coolfit which is made from cotton.

The coolfit ones are cheaper and are usually distributed in SEA.

JP vs SP? since yonex clothing are country coded, maybe they could have serial numbers too :D

the one waer by those PRO and always made in japan jespo type which is VERY cool and light (which is the so call true ones)

in the market wat we see is always the cheaper cotton one with slight diff here and there...

8Man: are you saying all polyester versions of the Yonex shirts don't absorb well or just this particular one? Thanks.


ummm i dunno......

the cotton t-shirts with printed patterns all over them can get quite stuffy coz the 'printing' has covered all the holes a cotton t-shirt would normally have.

i personally prefer yonex cotton t-shirts cut and sow versions.... or those with minimum printing. hey........ its a warm and humid country here.


cheers

8man

not fake... just different materials... i have 2 shirts with similar design but different material. polyester and cotton. polyester one is more expensive...

Is there anywhere is europe where you can order these kind of nice looking t-shirts? Im from Sweden and i would like to get my hands on a few, here ive only seen that they sell like plainly white or similar as boring.

i've seen where this shirt came from on ebay - anybody care to take a look at this guy's stuff and tell the rest of us if it's fake? the shoes look a bit odd.. dunno if that's just because they're not UK one's tho? anybody clear it up for us over here?

cheers

oh.. the guy's ebay name is valuebuy2005

cheers for any help :)

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http://www.badmintonmaster.com/product.php?id=65&PHPSESSID=bc0cd068d0bf363375bb302ce1cb6b36

i bought 2 of these....what's teh quality check? will these be teh cotton/cardboard ones? or teh sweet-yonex-ultra-light-quality stuff?

I bought 2 from this site as well. I think they are the high quality ones. Still waiting for mine to arrive.

when did you buy them?

Ordered them on the 14th last month. They should have been shipped on the 16th, and the website says max 15 business days. 11 business days passed so far.

ok thanks...hoping tghey're there with christmas...

were is that store located? china?

Srtill havent received them! they will get to next monday efore i call.

Srtill havent received them! they will get to next monday efore i call.

have you recieved your shirts yet? i'm thinking in buying a couple from that site. do they ship it only on business days?

check your post office....i received two fabulous verycool shirts 10 days after order....didn't get them on my doorstep, but at a post-office...

Really? But. How will they know if the shirts are mine? I got a "tracking" or order number when mailing them, is that the one I need to giev to the post office?

Yes!! They arrived on the 21th of november, but my mom didnt tell me they arrived, because they are a christmas present :) Very good shop.

has anyone bought the yonex shirt 1461 from badmintonmaster?

http://www.badmintonmaster.com/product.php?id=65 if so is it a verycool shirt?

uhm , nike ftw , adidas blows , fila owns .

yonex clothings sucks and look low class.. LMAO .

ok , ignore this .. just thought that clothings from yonex are totally not attractive compared to the one's by nike, adidas .

yonex clothign rules...1461 at least does..
i also find a lot of yonex's 14xx shirts very nice

bademintonmaster.com..there 1461 i a verycool. i have oen from them