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Homegrown by Sweets

Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by olivetree, Apr 14, 2021.

  1. olivetree

    olivetree n00b

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    Anyone know what’s up with the Sweets Homegrowns? Discontinued temporarily because of covid? I noticed that the homegrown section on the sweets site is gone...
     
    Apr 14, 2021
  2. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    Pretty sure the Homegrown brand is gone, at least for the time being. Even the Homegrown Team isn't listed separately anymore. I don't think COVID had anything to do with it though. I can't remember their last release but it's been a while.
     
    Apr 15, 2021
  3. olivetree

    olivetree n00b

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    ahhh i see, i was wondering because i noticed they haven’t released in awhile as well, thank you!
     
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  4. Emil Apostol

    Emil Apostol DS Legend

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    Matt Sweets himself categorically said on stream that they would no longer make Homegrowns. This was around the time they revealed the Sweets Splices.

    It's a shame too, never got to own one.
     
    Apr 15, 2021
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  5. xplodit

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    Last HG I’m aware of were the Mugen collabs, but HGs were all prime not boosted. I know the shape aspect is not as important everywhere, but in the US, interest in smaller sized kens has nearly vanished.
     
    Apr 17, 2021
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  6. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    IIRC The first (OG) HGs were F3 shaped and the Next Gen were Prime shaped. Also the Prime shape is still semi current and seen in the Target Sweets models.
     
    Apr 17, 2021
  7. xplodit

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    The ebb and flow of what is “hyped” in the kendama world is so crazy. It changes so quickly. Just sticking around for a couple years is long enough to see evolution of shapes, play styles, and mainstream tricks. A lot of the same tricks get “invented” or more so rediscovered after a couple years. I’ve learned that first hand when I used to think I was making up new tricks, but then someone would tag me in a 5 year old post with an unknown OG banging out the same trick. You learn that kendama isn’t about ownership of ticks/styles, but more about sharing, community, building from each other, performance art, etc. We’re all standing on the shoulders of giants.
     
    Apr 17, 2021
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  8. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    Getting all Zen on us.

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    (At least you can click on this one to see it)
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    Apr 17, 2021
  9. xplodit

    xplodit Slayer

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    Can’t click on it
     
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  10. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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  11. Emil Apostol

    Emil Apostol DS Legend

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    True that!

    Thankfully in Europe, it's not exactly the case. Some companies like DA\O are keeping standard cups alive.
     
    Apr 17, 2021
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  12. xplodit

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  13. olivetree

    olivetree n00b

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    ahhh i see, that’s a bummer. i never got to one one either
     
    Apr 25, 2021
  14. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    You can still find them on the secondary market. Quite often they are NIB so it's just like the 'old days' :D
     
    Apr 25, 2021
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