i voted on ozora, because they are really consistance and the best on the market, and i did learned all the tricks i know on those,
Sweets kendama nowdays are really good as well, the ken feels solid and they have much difference kind of paint, the best thing of sweets is they paint all the tamas they sell and the marbles are unique .
so they come up with good not slippery and resistance paint, i tested a couple and i must say they are getting there to be one of the best,
About Mugens , i have a couple of them and they were a gab in my wallet, but totaly worth it, the paint is solid and have grip, the ken is very good balanced and the wood sounds like no other,
i’m also happy the get back in business, but they will be difference then the old ones, because the JKA have patent on the model, like Ozora, Shin Fuji and TK16, and Mugen will not coorperate with hte JKA again, so they can’t use the same measurements of the new mugens, let’s hope they can make very solid ones again,
like Bakednaked said, the KendamaCo have good kendamas too, the new Zen are cool and solid too, and the ones painted by Mr. Sourmash are the bomm, i have 3 of those and they are lovely in play, sticky but great for learning tricks.