Voltric Z-Force II LD White
Model VTZF2LD-W · Lin Dan
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The white half of Lin Dan Exclusive II: the Voltric Z-Force II LD White
The other Exclusive II color
The white Voltric Z-Force II LD was released alongside the bright red as Lin Dan Exclusive II, which Yonex announced on October 15, 2015 and put on sale worldwide in late November. Yonex Japan and Yonex USA list the two colors under a single product code, VTZF2LD, with identical specifications. The white is often called the rarest LD, and sometimes described as a Japan-only release. The second claim is wrong: Yonex USA listed it, and UK and US retailers stocked it. The first can’t be tested, because Yonex never published production figures. What sets the white apart is its history. No match report or photograph is documented that puts it in Lin Dan’s hands at a tournament, while the yellow and the red are both tied to his titles.
Same frame, white finish
Underneath is the standard Voltric Z-Force II that Yonex announced on January 22, 2014, promising an ultra-thin yet stiff shaft and an ultra-aerodynamic head. Yonex describes the LD with the base model’s line, “the thinnest ever shaft and improved TRI-VOLTAGE SYSTEM,” and the same materials: H.M. Graphite, Sound Filter, Nanometric and tungsten in the frame; H.M. Graphite, EX-HMG and Nanometric in the shaft; extra-stiff flex. Yonex Japan adds a new built-in T-joint and the 675mm length it marks as “10mm long.” Weights were 4U (average 83g) and 3U (average 88g), in G4 or G5 depending on market, made in Japan, and Yonex Japan marked the racquet limited quantity without a number. The collection’s shoes, racquet bag and training wear also came in white.
Lin Dan and the white
Lin Dan signed with Yonex in Beijing in early January 2015; the deal was announced on January 9. He played the standard black Z-Force II in spring 2015, the yellow first LD from that May’s Sudirman Cup, and an Exclusive II LD in 2016. Yonex’s reports of his sixth All England title in March 2016 and his Asia Championships run that April link his racquet to the Exclusive II line without naming a color. Retailer and enthusiast accounts place the red in those matches; for the white none is documented. Yonex warned at signing that, as a Chinese Badminton Association employee, he might sometimes compete with unbranded equipment, so the record is incomplete either way. By early August 2016 the Voltric LD Force was in US shops ahead of Rio.
Where the white sits
Three colorways carry the LD code. The yellow came first, in the May 2015 Lin Dan Exclusive collection. The red and white followed together six months later, so the white was not a later addition to the line, even though some retailers labeled it a “new color.” Yonex listed both Exclusive II colors in 3U and 4U. Yonex Japan’s 2016 grip recall names a 3U G5 LD in bright red only, but a UK retailer sold the white in 3U G4, so the white exists in both weights. It ships with a dedicated Lin Dan cover. Above the LDs sits the black Legend Vision Lin Dan of around 2017, and beside them Lee Chong Wei’s dark pink LCW edition of 2014.
What the record shows
The verified record for the white is one sale: a new example sold in the Asian resale market, shown in the price panel above. It sits well below the dealer asking prices that circulate for this colorway, but a single sale can’t establish a market either way. Most figures visible online are asks rather than sales. The white’s reputation as the scarcest LD rests on dealer stock observations, not on production data, which Yonex never released. It also carries less documented match history than the yellow or the red.
Copies and paint
Counterfeit Z-Force IIs circulated while the model was current. A UK club’s 2017 comparison found a clone that matched the artwork closely but not the mold: its T-joint grommet holes were plain rather than slightly recessed in a molded pattern, it lacked the molded channels near the head that keep the main strings off the cross-string holes, its printing sat in slightly different places, and it was lighter. A Malaysian dealer examining another fake found engraved serials copied convincingly on shaft and cap, with the clearest tell in the lettering of “JAPAN” on the butt cap. No fake white LD is documented. Since a white finish needs only paint over the shared mold, the mold and code checks carry more weight than the finish.
Legacy
The white belongs to the last months of Lin Dan’s Z-Force II period. Within a year of its release Yonex had introduced the Voltric LD Force, which its reports list him using by the 2017 All England, and the Voltric line was later retired as Yonex moved its head-heavy range to Astrox. Lin Dan retired in July 2020. For a collector the white completes the LD set, and on the available record it is the one LD colorway that stayed a retail and display piece. Japan-market examples can also carry a trace of Yonex service history, since some passed through the 2016 grip recall.
Check the mold: slightly recessed grommet holes at the T-joint and molded channels near the top of the head that keep the mains clear of the cross-string holes. The documented clone had neither and was light. Weigh the frame unstrung against Yonex’s averages of 83g for 4U and 88g for 3U, and confirm “Made in Japan”. The shaft serial should be laser-engraved, with a separate production code on the cone cap. On a Japan-market 4U G5 white, a cone code ending 1058JP or 1158JP falls within Yonex Japan’s 2016 grip recall; a small “Y” stamped beside it means Yonex inspected the frame. Compare the butt-cap “JAPAN” lettering and the hologram with a known-genuine Yonex, and expect the dedicated Lin Dan cover.
Buy on completeness and documentation: the Lin Dan cover, a clear shaft serial and cone code, and a weight inside its class. Ask sellers of Japan-market frames for a photo of the cone code so you can check it against the 2016 recall list. Be cautious with listings that sell the white as a Japan-only release, quote a production count or claim Lin Dan played it; none of those claims has a source. For play, the red, the yellow and the standard black are the same frame.