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Could be if ESN ships by train (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing–Xinjiang–Europe_Railway China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany...), could also be a problem due to lockdowns in Shanghai...

https://www.amazon.de/Stiga-Sports-Carbon-Tischtennis-Schläger/dp/B07L19ST1T That's 91€ (136 SGD) for the Stiga Royal 5 Star premade bat... Bad value for the money at least over here... I would get something like Donic Appelgren Allplay ~25€ or Yasaka Sweden Extra ~33€ with 2x Xiom Musa (2x...

Some got cheaper, some stayed the same and some are now much more expensive... https://forum.tt-news.de/showpost.php?p=870836&postcount=24 (contains some pages from an old 1985/86 tt catalogue) Donic Offplay Persson (afaik this is the Persson Powerplay today) 40 DM, Stiga Offensive 58 DM, Stiga...

Maybe this one https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001593341412.html "LOKI 250ml Professional Table Tennis Water Glue with Brush Organic Ping Pong Rubber Adhesive Booster"

Definitely a good blade. I've used it when starting with TT again three years ago. It's a quite linear blade so might not be the best match for hard, tacky rubbers and it has a relatively thin and long handle (flared and anatomic, don't know the straight handle). The Tibhar Samsonov Alpha has...

https://tt-japan.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4996 https://tt-japan.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4993 Xiom Omega 7 Tour i48 and i50 can be bought for around 65€... but Spinfactory posted yesterday...

Stiga OC is thinner (5.3 - 5.5 mm vs 6 mm), slower, lighter, more flexible, vibrates a lot and is maybe All+/Off- depending on weight. The YEO is usually (never heard of anything below 85g) solid OFF (maybe on the lower OFF or even upper OFF- end by todays standards but the only faster blade I...

Some additional data points: H8-80 37, black, uncut weight incl. foil 67g (area: 16.4 cm x 16.9 cm - 4x ~2.5 cm² = 267 cm²), cut weight with 2 + 1 layer of PimplePark Viscoso Pro Velox glue (no ammonia smell, sort of like Nittaku Finezip but more fluid) 50g on a TSP Swat (15 cm x 15.7 cm)...

Yes, Aliexpress prices includes VAT at least when ordering from Germany but this does not explain the massive price increases that I see e.g. for the V14 Pro. Bought mine for around 34€ or 40€ incl. VAT but now the cheapest offer is 53€ incl. VAT and stores like Ali Battleship want 75€...

Seth Pech has some great serve return tips 1. Ability to let the ball come to you. Don't chase the ball 2. Ability to predict the future location of the ball/go to that position and be very passive with the ball And a lot of tips on how to deal with heavy backspin serves, sidespin serves, how to...

The Primorac is still a good blade and fast enough. Just wait a little bit until your ball feeling, technique, muscles etc. are back again or get some training lessons to speed that process up. Butterfly: Rozena is somewhat between Sriver and Tenergy (much closer to Tenergy). Yasaka: Rakza 7...

Maybe 40 hours for the topsheet. Grip level in the main hitting area is now significantly less than e.g. at the edges.This may or may not effect your game because the topsheet is quite soft and flexible so thick contacts still work but thin contacts do not.

Last November Tabletennis11 answered "We still have the possibility to order Stiga Mantra from Japan and Stiga told us they do not plan to stop this production." when I asked them how long the Mantras will be available.

https://www.schoeler-micke.de/search?sSearch=hurricane (these are the same guys that are behind andro) now also sell Hurricane 3 national and provincial. Interestingly only the blue sponge variants with 39°... Pricing is quite good when you buy at least two rubbers (must not be the same rubbers)

I never played with a Rakza X and the Etika 47 is currently only on my list of rubbers to try if I do not continue to use the X5-S on my backhand.

Good to know. The firmer, less elastic topsheet might explain that I have to use more wrist action/acceleration to produce spin with the X5-S than with some other rubbers. With the harder sponge of the X5-M the contact/dwell time is further reduced. Maybe I should boost the X5-S a little bit...

Computer simulation of table tennis ball trajectories for studies of the influence of ball size and net height https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258567952_Computer_simulation_of_table_tennis_ball_trajectories_for_studies_of_the_influence_of_ball_size_and_net_height "The analysis confirm...

20th Century Fox ;)

I'm not a chemist but I can lookup and read some patents. Baby oil (the real thing) = mineral oil/paraffinum liquidum/white oil (not precise but im still not a chemist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_oil) 1. Yasaka "Swelling agent of rubber for table tennis"...

(somehow the images didn't make it into my post above...)