Muscle Power 29 Light
Model MP-29
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Muscle Power 29 Light: titanium mesh in a Taiwan-made Muscle Power, 2006–07
Titanium mesh, further down the range
The Muscle Power 29 Light brought titanium mesh into the lower reaches of the Muscle Power series. In Yonex’s 2006 export lists, the only other Muscle Power with titanium mesh in the frame was the Japan-made flagship, the MP-100. The 29 Light, new that year, paired a graphite and titanium mesh frame with a graphite shaft, medium flex and a 3U weight, and Yonex printed “Made in Taiwan” under it in its 2006 and 2007 catalogs. Yonex’s own name for it was “Muscle Power-29Light,” shortened to 29LT in its spec charts; “Lite” is a retailer’s spelling. It was an export and Asian-market racquet, and Yonex Japan’s lineups never included it.
New for 2006
Yonex’s 2006 export catalog introduced the Muscle Power-29Light with a new tag, in navy blue. It listed medium flex, a graphite frame with titanium mesh, a graphite shaft, 3U (85–89.9 g) with a G4 grip and a frame 10 mm longer than standard, with badges for the Muscle Power frame, titanium mesh, the isometric head, the built-in T-joint and Yonex’s Shockless Grommet. The spec chart rated it 3 for power and 4 for control, the lowest power mark among that year’s Muscle Powers, and recommended 17–22 lb. Yonex publishes a recommended range like this one, not an upper limit. A US retailer was selling it as new for 2006 by March, and Yonex USA’s web list caught up later in the year: in June it still ended with the Muscle Power-30 and MP-23 POWER, and by November the 29Light and the Muscle Power 21 had taken their places.
No player on record
No professional is documented using the 29 Light. Yonex never named a player on it, its international tournament reports of 2007–08 name the Muscle Power 88 and 99 among finalists’ racquets but not this one, and Yonex Japan didn’t sell it. Yonex’s 2007 racquet chart places the 29LT on the soft-feel side, close to the line between smash-based hitters and control players, and a US retailer typed it in 2006 as an all-around racquet for intermediate and advanced players.
Navy blue, then black and red
Yonex documented two finishes. The 2006 catalog showed the 29 Light in navy blue; the 2007 catalog flagged a new color, black and red, with the specification unchanged: medium flex, graphite and titanium mesh frame, graphite shaft, 3U only, 10 mm long, made in Taiwan, rated 3 and 4, with the same 17–22 lb advice. Its sibling in both catalogs was the Muscle Power 21, a flexible graphite model without the mesh, which went from green and 2U to silver and turquoise and 3U in 2007. Yonex’s China site carried separate MP-29LT and MP-29 pages in its December 2007 model list; what separated them isn’t recorded, and Yonex USA and both catalogs name only the 29 Light. No player or limited edition exists.
Two years in the catalogs
Yonex’s catalog record of the 29 Light is short. It appears in the 2006 and 2007 export catalogs, and the 2008 catalog has dropped it: its Muscle Power columns are the 45, a yellow 22 LT and the aluminum-framed 7. Yonex USA listed it from late 2006. Yonex’s China site still had a page for it in January 2009, but the same model list kept long-finished racquets such as the MP-100, so it isn’t evidence of sale. Yonex’s international Muscle Power page never carried it; by June 2007 that page showed only the 99 and 45. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Namesakes more than fakes
No counterfeit report specific to the 29 Light has been found; a 2009 BadmintonCentral account of fakes at one club named Nanospeed 8000s and 9000s, Armortecs and Muscle Power 99s and 100s. The confusion buyers meet is with later racquets under the same name. Indian online retailers sell a “Muscle Power 29 Light New 2020 Model (Slim Shaft),” and current specification sites quote balance, flex and string-tension limits for 29 Lights that come from those newer frames. The 2006–07 original is the medium-flex, 3U, Taiwan-made racquet in navy blue or black and red that Yonex’s catalogs show.
Where it fits
The 29 Light belongs to the last phase of the Muscle Power line, when Yonex’s export range took Taiwan-made models at the bottom and its international list shrank to two racquets. It shares the Muscle Power frame and titanium mesh with the Japan-made MP-100, but with plain graphite where the 100 used ultra-high-modulus graphite, a softer flex and a lower power rating. In a collection, it shows how far down the range Yonex took titanium mesh in 2006 and 2007.
Read the name: Yonex calls it the Muscle Power-29Light, and its catalog photos show the Muscle Power name and 29 printed on the shaft. Yonex lists medium flex, a graphite frame with titanium mesh and a graphite shaft, 3U (85–89.9 g) with a G4 grip only, a frame 10 mm longer than standard and Made in Taiwan, in navy blue (2006) or black and red (2007), with the Muscle Power frame, titanium mesh badge, isometric head and Shockless Grommet. A 4U or slim-shaft frame sold under the name is a later model. Yonex printed no balance for the original. Yonex’s counterfeit guidance of the period gives general checks: a hologram sticker, if present, should resist peeling, the O in YONEX should be narrow, and the code on the cap above the handle should be laser-engraved.
Buy the 29 Light as a period club racquet with a documented specification rather than a story; no player or edition attaches to it. The checks that matter are the Light name, the 3U weight class, the Made in Taiwan marking and one of Yonex’s two finishes. Inspect the grommet ridges, joint and grip on any frame of this age, and keep the 2006–07 original apart from the later racquets sold under its name.