Xuperman Powerplay-x: A Rubber by Xu Xin

[Zwill]

I got myself a Powreplay-X Pro at 41 deg hardness a few weeks ago. Since yy B3 bubbled up I have an excuse to take it off and experiment.

It was vacuum sealed just like H3N and had the glue layer on the sponge. Initial impression is quite good actually. It kind of reminds me of Dingtian Young Shine with boost.
The topsheet looks exactly the same to me as the first Dingtian I bought in 2021. The later Dingtian I bought had a different topsheet to it but the Powerplay-X's shine and look and feel reminds me of the first Dingtian that I really loved.

The sponge is also similar to that. It's a medium heavy rubber at 52-3g cut to Cybershape so I guess around 50-51g for normal blade. Stickiness is medium and it feels like it has some catapult to it, doesn't feel dead at all. I will try today.

 

[Oliverpool]

New blade from xuperman; xuperman s1 zl carbon innerfibre, selling for 765 yuan

Where did you see this? Cant seem to find any details on it

 

[vivalavida320315]

Where did you see this? Cant seem to find any details on it

taobao and xuperman's wechat livestream

 

[Wadawada123]

I got myself a Powreplay-X Pro at 41 deg hardness a few weeks ago. Since yy B3 bubbled up I have an excuse to take it off and experiment.

It was vacuum sealed just like H3N and had the glue layer on the sponge. Initial impression is quite good actually. It kind of reminds me of Dingtian Young Shine with boost.
The topsheet looks exactly the same to me as the first Dingtian I bought in 2021. The later Dingtian I bought had a different topsheet to it but the Powerplay-X's shine and look and feel reminds me of the first Dingtian that I really loved.

The sponge is also similar to that. It's a medium heavy rubber at 52-3g cut to Cybershape so I guess around 50-51g for normal blade. Stickiness is medium and it feels like it has some catapult to it, doesn't feel dead at all. I will try today.

How was it !? Any thoughts compared to h3 neo prov/nat ?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Didn't Xu Xin ask Adam Bobrow for permission to trademark Xuperman? I think it is in one of the video made by Adam.

I think it is very gracious for Adam to give Xu Xin permission to use the Xuperman phrase. It is so cool! Just the name.

I love Xu Xin and his style. I rooted for him for many years. He is so entertaining. Yes everyone can see if he plays "more seriously," his records would be better. But he likes to go away from the table, start fishing and only counter when he sees a chance. I am sure he enjoyed his style.

So maybe he is not the most decorated Chinese table tennis player ever (I mean titles wise, we can all agree Ma Long, Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Wang Liquin, Wang Hao, Ma Lin, Zhang Jike, Fan Zhendong, etc. etc. all are much more decorated titles wise than Xu Xin). But I really really hope his Xuperman brand will bring him some serious money! Xu Xin deserves it!

I cannot image how much sweat, hard work it is to just even make it past the provincial team to the national team. Every single one of them plays hurt all the time. They train like 6.5 days a week! It is time for Xu Xin to live a comfortable life and the Xuperman brand of clothing, rubbers and blade is going in the right direction.

I recall something along the lines of Adam saying something about Xu Xin was called Xuperman before already. Apparently Adam learnt this word from Xu Xin, or something like that

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Where did you see this? Cant seem to find any details on it

xuperman has one of the worst international reseller networks for brands coming out of China that are a bit more wellknown. This is a typical problem for many Chinese brands who only focus on the Chinese market first.

so, in terms of information, and then in terms of purchasing/customer service, it will take a while

 

[_ak]

xuperman has one of the worst international reseller networks for brands coming out of China that are a bit more wellknown.

but what is new or special about it? Yet another Hurricane like rubber

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

but what is new or special about it? Yet another Hurricane like rubber

xuperman isn't about rubber or blade, it is about branding.
the have like 2 rubbers (or 3 if you add special edition) and few blades now.
but they have over a dozen clothing or 2 dozen (i've lost count)

 

[Zwill]

It was kind of good advertisement for the brand and rubber that Xu Xin and Xu Yingbin played in the Chinese National team finals both using it on forehand side.

It really shows how the best sticky Chinese rubbers have pretty good potential, H3 BS shouldn't be the only choice as good players can use the other good rubbers about as well.

 

[Silver Server]

New blade from xuperman; xuperman s1 zl carbon innerfibre, selling for 765 yuan

Has anyone tried this blade yet?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Has anyone tried this blade yet?

I know some one has
he is currently Xuperman sponsored and the highest ranked Xuperman sponsored player in the world ranking.
he enjoys it
but I don't know if his is retail, i can ask next time I see him

 

[Silver Server]

I know some one has
he is currently Xuperman sponsored and the highest ranked Xuperman sponsored player in the world ranking.
he enjoys it
but I don't know if his is retail, i can ask next time I see him

Lol I was going to ask in the other thread if you had a chance to hit with it to see how it feels, but thanks. Just looking at it does the quality look good?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Lol I was going to ask in the other thread if you had a chance to hit with it to see how it feels, but thanks. Just looking at it does the quality look good?

haha
i'm afraid I didn't have a chance.
it was a tournament and I was sitting next to him and chatting
and while we got up, I saw his racket was on his bag and I asked if I can check it out.
he was busy talking to the coach - Chiang Peng-lung at that time, so I didn't interrupt.
If there was a table to hit, I would of taken it for a test drive for sure.

maybe some day I will visit the national training center, and I can have a hit.
i'm 2-3 hours away by bullet train, so I haven't really gone there yet.
and when he comes back to Taipei for holiday, he doesn't really bring his TT gear

 

[Silver Server]

Looks like he has an external ZLC blade now called X-AR which stands for all round, but Im not sure if that means “all around” because it sounds fast af.

 

[netdriver]

i ordered the xuperman rubber two days ago when i had a discount voucher on shopee bc im curious on how it would play

i heard from some people that the feeling is somewhat similar to skyline 2 prov (never used skyline 2 before) and i got interested bc skyline 2 prov is hard to procure locally unlike h3 prov

it should arrive by tmr

is it better to just boost it or should i try it unboosted first?

 

[Zwill]

i ordered the xuperman rubber two days ago when i had a discount voucher on shopee bc im curious on how it would play

i heard from some people that the feeling is somewhat similar to skyline 2 prov (never used skyline 2 before) and i got interested bc skyline 2 prov is hard to procure locally unlike h3 prov

it should arrive by tmr

is it better to just boost it or should i try it unboosted first?

I think boost it. It drinks booster like there's no tomorrow. Boostaholic rubber for sure. The biggest problem with it is that it's freaking heavy Otherwise awesome.

 

[netdriver]

I think boost it. It drinks booster like there's no tomorrow. Boostaholic rubber for sure. The biggest problem with it is that it's freaking heavy Otherwise awesome.

my main blade atm is around 86g +/- 2g so i think i wont have any problems with the weight

if anything it might just balance out the 50g stiga mantra pro H that im currently using on my BH

 

[Grumms]

Is the blade available on AliExpress ? I can't find it.

 

[greenbeanmachine]

i ordered the xuperman rubber two days ago when i had a discount voucher on shopee bc im curious on how it would play

i heard from some people that the feeling is somewhat similar to skyline 2 prov (never used skyline 2 before) and i got interested bc skyline 2 prov is hard to procure locally unlike h3 prov

it should arrive by tmr

is it better to just boost it or should i try it unboosted first?

Try it unboosted. You can always boost it more later. It's already somewhat factory-boosted, like the DHS Neo rubbers.

It does feel like Skyline 2 provincial, but with a bit more springy effect.

 

[Silver Server]

Is the blade available on AliExpress ? I can't find it.

Which blade? Prott carries X1, S1, and Apex. He can probably get others too.