# Has anyone tried the Sengoku Lotus?

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**Created:** [November 1, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-sengoku-lotus/412757 "2024-11-01T17:36:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-sengoku-lotus/412757/1 "2024-11-01T17:36:07Z")

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I just randomly found it while browsing today and it looks really weird. I’m not looking to buy it, just asking for anybody’s experience.

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**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-sengoku-lotus/412757/2 "2024-11-01T18:43:07Z")

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> [@(New CRAZY bimetal sneak peak!) Sengoku: News Thread](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-crazy-bimetal-sneak-peak-sengoku-news-thread/400663/10):
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> With the close by release of the new Lotus, here’s some more info! The Lotus is the latest in a series of experimental hole designs by Sengoku, following the Hattori and the Hanzo. This, while entirely functional as demonstrated in a video below, is primarily a study in aesthetics and machining techniques. The idea was to make a four petal “flower” out of a yo-yo, that could also reach the full potential of the “ghost yo-yo” illusion that the Hattori and the Hanzo started. The holes in these…

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**Author:** ![Afkor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/afkor/32/608770_2.png) [@Afkor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Afkor)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-sengoku-lotus/412757/3 "2024-11-02T02:04:07Z")

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Got my friend to buy it and he let me try it out. It sounds amazing with the wind rushing through it. But it’s definitely a gimmick throw. Much more of a shelf queen yoyo. I still really like it.