Voltric LD Force Crystal Red
Model VTLDF-CR · Lin Dan
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Voltric LD Force Crystal Red: the phoenix design Lin Dan approved in 2019
A phoenix on a black frame
On April 19, 2019 Yonex announced a new design for the Voltric LD-Force, the racquet its English release called “Lin Dan series-exclusive.” Called Crystal Red, it sets an image of a phoenix spreading its wings on a black base. Yonex Japan said the design befitted the legend still reigning as the “King of Badminton,” and Yonex’s English release said it had his personal stamp of approval. He was to start using it at the Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan from April 23, four days after the announcement. Yonex announced the racquet itself for late May 2019, in China according to its English release and in limited quantity according to Yonex Japan. It was the last LD Force color Yonex announced. Yonex documents two, the Premium Gold of 2016 and this one; the matte black of 2017 is known from retailers and Chinese media.
The 2016 frame in new paint
Yonex lists the same build as for the 2016 original. The frame is high-modulus carbon with tungsten and Nanometric DR, a tougher, more resilient carbon used around its whole circumference; the shaft is high-modulus carbon with Nanometric, Toray’s Nanoalloy technology as Yonex applies it. Yonex Japan adds a new built-in T-joint and the Voltric line’s Tri-Voltage System, and says the frame improves both hold and the speed at which the shuttle leaves the strings. It called the LD-Force a model for hard hitters, built to sharpen Lin Dan’s game of moving an opponent around the court and then finishing the point. Yonex USA rated the LD-Force stiff. The Crystal Red came in 4U and 3U, both with grip 5, made in Japan, and at open price in Japan, so Yonex printed no list price. The frame’s history, from its launch before Rio to how it differs from the Z-Force II, is on the Premium Gold’s page.
Lin Dan’s LD Force seasons
Yonex’s tournament reports list Lin Dan’s racquet as the Voltric LD-Force from the All England of March 2017. Yonex Japan’s report of that month’s Swiss Open, which he won in straight games in all six matches, lists it again, and the reports keep naming it through April 2019. On April 7, 2019 he won the Malaysia Open, recovering from losing the first game 9–21 to beat Chen Long 21–17, 21–11 in the next two, and Yonex Japan again listed the LD-Force with no color named. At Wuhan, where Yonex said the Crystal Red would make its debut, he lost in the second round to Chou Tien Chen, 21–10, 21–10. Yonex’s reports name the model, never the colorway, so no result after April 2019 can be tied to the red frame specifically. Lin Dan announced his retirement on July 4, 2020.
Two Yonex colors and one from retail
The Premium Gold came first. Yonex Japan’s product page marked it new, on sale from early August 2016 in limited quantity, item code VTLD-F, made in Japan, at open price, and it was the only color that page or Yonex USA’s 2016 page listed. The Crystal Red followed in 2019. A matte black LD Force of 2017 appears in retail listings and Chinese launch coverage, but no Yonex page or release names it. Yonex gave the Crystal Red no separate item code; dealer SKUs such as VTLDFCR are retailer labels. Around the LD Force sat cheaper Lin Dan Voltrics: Yonex’s international Voltric list of November 2016 shows the LD-Force beside the LD3, LD9, LD100 and LD200, each with its own page, and the Taiwan-made 7LD and China-made 1LD came from his earlier Exclusive II collection.
A limited run with no Yonex listing
Yonex announced the Crystal Red in limited quantity and gave no production figure and no end date. It never had a Yonex product page. Yonex USA’s LD-Force page appears only in captures from August to November 2016, and its Voltric list no longer showed the LD-Force by March 2017. Yonex Japan’s racquet list carried no LD Force in its captures from 2019 to 2021. The two April 2019 releases are its whole Yonex record. Japanese listings are not always reliable on color: at least one LD Force sold under a Premium Gold title described the phoenix design, so the photographs, not the title, settle which colorway is on offer. The verified sales shown above are pre-owned frames from Asia resale. Its interest for collectors is that it is the last LD Force color Yonex announced, for the final seasons of Lin Dan’s career.
The red Lin Dan frame to rule out
The likeliest mix-up is another red Lin Dan racquet. The Voltric Z-Force II LD came in red in 2015; it is a genuine Japan-made frame, but a Z-Force II with that model’s compact head, not the LD Force’s regular-sized one. The cheaper Lin Dan Voltrics carry his marks too, so the model name on the frame matters more than the LD logo. Counterfeit Yonex racquets are common enough that Yonex publishes its own guidance on spotting them, and its checks apply here as to any Japan-made frame.
The last LD Force color
For a Lin Dan collector the Crystal Red closes the LD Force story: the Premium Gold of the Rio year, the matte black of 2017, and the phoenix design he approved some fourteen months before announcing his retirement, at 36, after 20 years on China’s national team. The frame itself is the 2016 LD-Force unchanged, so its interest lies in the design and its timing rather than any new technology.
Confirm the model before the color. Yonex’s item code for the LD Force is VTLD-F, so the code proves the model and the livery identifies the edition: a black base with a red phoenix design. Dealer SKUs such as VTLDFCR are retailer labels. The frame should be marked Made in Japan; a Taiwan- or China-made Lin Dan Voltric is a cheaper model, such as the Voltric 7LD or 1LD. The model name should read LD-FORCE, and the head should be the LD Force’s regular-sized isometric head, not the compact head of a Z-Force II LD, which also came in red. Yonex sold the Crystal Red in 4U and 3U, both with grip 5. On genuine frames the codes on the cone are laser-engraved, and Yonex says a genuine hologram sticker is hard to peel off.
For a Lin Dan collection the Crystal Red completes the LD Force set after the Premium Gold and the matte black. Look for an example with clear photographs of the phoenix livery, the LD-FORCE name, the Made in Japan marking and the cone code, ideally with its original cover. Be wary of listings that name a color without showing it, of red Z-Force II LD frames offered as LD Forces, and of any claim that a frame was Lin Dan’s own.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.