or has it? i need your help. from a very reliable source. the X digit of the DDMMYxSP cone code means: revision number revision number is analogous to the 1st/2nd/3rd edition of a book. whenever Yonex finds any issue to improve on, they will do small revision on the design of the racket and then bump up the revision number. a major cosmetic revision also bump the number. most later generation AT700 i have seen have 8 or 9 in the X spot. while most other rackets, without the long history of the AT700, have lower number. so this is what we need to verify the authenticity of this claim. who has a latest database of all the yonex serials? can you plot a graph of a datecode vs. X code? if the claim is true, then the X code should increase with the date code for the same racket type. you will need to find a few rackets that has longer history, AT700, Ti10, etc. if that's indeed the case, then i think the mystery is now solved.
That makes a lot of sense. It's like sofware. Version 2.0...goes to 2.1, 2.2, etc for minor improvements. Version 3.0 for major upgrades.
I have some of the serial but not all, 700 total, do you want me to plot them ? Demolidor's list is longer, so his may be more accurate.
Looks plausible, with AT700 standing out by far, reaching up to 6 in year 1 alone (but starting at 4 in my list, earliest entry May 2003). Most models start out with 2, only MP100 in my list that started at 1. Any possibilty of unarchiving the beginning of the serial # thread? Or making that Part 1 and the current Part 2 ... AT800 starting at 1 as well ...
Armortec 700 asurada 4362424 020532TW Armortec 700 -Eos- 4410562 110634SP Armortec 700 herrysuba 4411556 110634SP US$160 Legit Armortec 700 ckyew 4419927 180634SP Armortec 700 tenghian 4770219 120246SP RM650 Legit Armortec 700 CanuckBur 4954244 290546IP HK$1000 Armortec 700 HawkEyes 6221460 080667IP HK$1450 Armortec 700 Aramistuscany 6228199 120667IP Armortec 700 Aramistuscany 6228282 120667IP Armortec 700 hyper_power111 6319511 260767IP HK$1680 Armortec 700 zcp0516 6356638 190867SP Armortec 700 Davidchen 6370696 280867CH £200 Armortec 700 CrimsonCards 6630629 180177TH Armortec 700 ionoo 6694595 150278CD US170 Armortec 700 kabstah[...] 6719453 260278SP SGD$216 Legit Armortec 700 khawcy 6737978 050378SP SGD$205 Armortec 700 nuriceson 6794048 290378IP RM480 Legit Armortec 700 pine66 6883288 140578CH 1450RMB Armortec 700 Amirfaisal 6907498 230578UK £80 Armortec 700 Jaymez 6924884 300578UK Legit Armortec 700 jas1121 7024505 170778SP US$150 Legit a short messy list of some of the numbers, sorry i dont have a lot of time right now to give you my full list of AT700, but the pattern is there...
earlier serial un-archived here: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php/34502-serial-archive it is a huge thread. let me know if you want to me to dump it out in a different format.
i have a lot of sources. sometimes they are right, sometimes i wonder if they have been drinking too much the night before. this one has given me correct info before so it should be pretty reliable.
well judging from post #6 the information is correct. Can the thread Be formatted into just the racket model and it's cone code/serial number per post, and nothing else ? That is easier to compute than looking through, some posts which are just garbage...
Hmm, well If it doesn't take too long, then maybe just use the posts that follow the correct format, it should be enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt what the "x" has been.
i have a VT80 and a VT80 limited. both with July 2011 date and X code is 2. so perhaps limited's are not considered a revision.
My 700LTD's also have a 2 on the end. And so have all the ones Ive verified. ok, but don't spend to long on it it's not too important
