# General Yo-Yo **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=25 [Latest](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/categories.md) **Page:** 26 --- ## [A collection of old yo-yos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-collection-of-old-yo-yos/429339)
**Author:** [@aja0961](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aja0961)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/a-collection-of-old-yo-yos/429339 "2025-07-12T19:44:40Z")
Here is my small collection of yo-yos. All wooden. A Goody riveted, Duncan Butterfly, and an O-Boy. Anyone no how to restring a fixed string O-Boy Yoyo? --- ## [🏆 Guess the 2025 Nationals Champions and Win a Prize! 🎉](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-the-2025-nationals-champions-and-win-a-prize/428129)
**Author:** [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/guess-the-2025-nationals-champions-and-win-a-prize/428129 "2025-07-12T19:19:13Z")
Nationals is here! The 2025 U.S. National Yo-Yo Contest runs June 27 to 29 at Westgate Las Vegas, and we’re bringing back the classic YoYoExpert guess to win! ⸻ :bullseye: How to Enter: Reply with your predictions for… --- ## [Houston Yoyo Club](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/houston-yoyo-club/429266)
**Author:** [@LUISYYR](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LUISYYR)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/houston-yoyo-club/429266 "2025-07-11T04:27:44Z")
Hey guys, Im from Mexico, and wanted to ask if there is a houston yoyo club, im going from the 11-19 of july, if you guys are having a meetup or something, Id love to meet some of you guys. (if you exist lol.) --- ## [Anyone know this throw?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-know-this-throw/429213)
**Author:** [@brycie3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/brycie3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-know-this-throw/429213 "2025-07-10T19:26:58Z")
Hi yoyo fam! I’m trying to figure out what this yoyo is, my mom got it for me all the way back in about 2009 for a business trip that she went on. I believe it was in Singapore. Anyways, I have tried reverse i… --- ## [Biggest Beater](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-beater/429181)
**Author:** [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/biggest-beater/429181 "2025-07-10T12:55:14Z")
Call them battle scars or personality marks, it’s inevitable that if you play with a yoyo long enough, it’s gonna get dinged up. What’s your most beat up yoyo and why? --- ## [Duplicate - Plz Close](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duplicate-plz-close/429116)
**Author:** [@Cmchappell97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cmchappell97)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duplicate-plz-close/429116 "2025-07-09T13:10:49Z")
We have all come across them…Insane ebay listing. Where did ya get that number bud? Who told you a Lynx is worth 2 thousand bones? No, good sir your cracked Dark magic is not worth 400$ Lets see your comically finds … --- ## [Information on my gifted YoYoJams and more](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/information-on-my-gifted-yoyojams-and-more/429004)
**Author:** [@Ruecifer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ruecifer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/information-on-my-gifted-yoyojams-and-more/429004 "2025-07-09T01:25:31Z")
Hi I recently came into some yo-yos because I play kendama, however I know nothing about the yo-yos I was given. They were handed down to me from a friend that went to tourneys and was an avid collector. In the end I wou… --- ## [Recommendations for size d bearings that don't rust out?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-for-size-d-bearings-that-dont-rust-out/429050)
**Author:** [@Yo-yo\_Power](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-yo_Power)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/recommendations-for-size-d-bearings-that-dont-rust-out/429050 "2025-07-09T00:31:54Z")
Every size d bearing I’ve ever gotten has always rusted out. --- ## [First attempt at homemade strings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-attempt-at-homemade-strings/428901)
**Author:** [@Hotaru](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hotaru)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/first-attempt-at-homemade-strings/428901 "2025-07-08T20:26:32Z")
I got into yoyoing early last year and have really enjoyed it. I heard about people making their own strings and was curious since I enjoy processes like that. I watched a few videos, bought some thread, got out my drill… --- ## [Small Clyw collection](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/small-clyw-collection/428923)
**Author:** [@bkemp37](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bkemp37)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/small-clyw-collection/428923 "2025-07-08T04:33:19Z")
Small but boy did it cost me! --- ## [How to date Duncan butterfly](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-date-duncan-butterfly/428948)
**Author:** [@aja0961](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/aja0961)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-date-duncan-butterfly/428948 "2025-07-07T23:37:31Z")
I bought a red wooden Duncan Yoyo. Does anyone know the year it was made? It seems to me as though there is no definitive way to determine age beyond the “R” symbol being prior to 1965. Does the color determine it’s from… --- ## [What thickness and where should I get 3a string](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-thickness-and-where-should-i-get-3a-string/409255)
**Author:** [@Thrower4aCK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Thrower4aCK)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-thickness-and-where-should-i-get-3a-string/409255 "2025-07-07T21:05:41Z")
Really any recommendations regarding 3a strings. I’m trying to learn and I’m not doing to hot. --- ## [The Gentry Stein behind the head triangle catch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-gentry-stein-behind-the-head-triangle-catch/428913)
**Author:** [@Niko\_yoyo12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Niko_yoyo12)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-gentry-stein-behind-the-head-triangle-catch/428913 "2025-07-06T21:17:28Z")
Are there any tutorials for this trick? It was done in 2014 worlds Final just before he drops down onto his knees. @gentrystein --- ## [Struggle to be apart of communities](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/struggle-to-be-apart-of-communities/428838)
**Author:** [@MEJBelloz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MEJBelloz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/struggle-to-be-apart-of-communities/428838 "2025-07-06T18:20:45Z")
Hello! I haven’t posted in a long time, but wanted to post about my recent experiences and feelings. Being in my late 30s, I have very little time on my hands - so you’d imagine the ability to socialise online with lik… --- ## [Yoyo formula at it again?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-formula-at-it-again/428629)
**Author:** [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyo-formula-at-it-again/428629 "2025-07-06T17:07:46Z")
Looks like yoyoformula borrowed the design from @MinerJ honeybee model for there new 3d printed beginner yoyo without attributing anything to the original. This of course isn’t the first time they have been accuse… --- ## [Show me your Wangle!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-me-your-wangle/428599)
**Author:** [@zeteczx3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zeteczx3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/show-me-your-wangle/428599 "2025-07-06T02:30:26Z")
I really enjoy the Shutter wide angle, it’s one of my favorites. I’m sure there are colors I’ve never seen before, so show me yours :smiling\_face\_with\_sunglasses: Here’s my 2 Also if anyone has one in this color the… --- ## [What’s your rarest yoyo?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-s-your-rarest-yoyo/309032)
**Author:** [@Anthony\_YYJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Anthony_YYJ)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-s-your-rarest-yoyo/309032 "2025-07-05T01:02:15Z")
My Rarest yoyo is definitely one of these 3 I’m sure which ones the rarest though. --- ## [New to YoYo-ing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-to-yoyo-ing/61378)
**Author:** [@Abstract](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Abstract)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/new-to-yoyo-ing/61378 "2025-07-04T16:25:38Z")
So I am trying to start learning how to yoyo, and I don’t want to start off by buying a crappy yoyo. So If anyone could help recommemnd a good starting yoyo that would be great! My price range is up to around $35 and I w… --- ## [Happy 4th of July Sale! - Running though the weekend! - Ending Sunday 12:00am ET!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-sale-running-though-the-weekend-ending-sunday-12-00am-et/428728)
**Author:** [@YoYoExpert](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/happy-4th-of-july-sale-running-though-the-weekend-ending-sunday-12-00am-et/428728 "2025-07-04T15:01:49Z")
:sparkler:Happy 4th of July! :united\_states: Celebrate with us today, tomorrow, and Sunday during our special holiday sale! Use code THROWJULY25 to take 15% OFF your entire order at YoYoExpert. But hurry — the sale … --- ## [888 Forever](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/888-forever/304773)
**Author:** [@witchgrinder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/witchgrinder)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/888-forever/304773 "2025-07-04T13:07:17Z")
Oh man, oh man, oh man, YoYoFactory changed the Dream titanium facebook page to 888 FOREVER. It looks like Ben is legit building hype for a re-release of the 888. There’s a vote on there for Ti or Al at the moment. I can… --- ## [Matt Mullins Yo-Yos!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/matt-mullins-yo-yos/383813)
**Author:** [@MattC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattC)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/matt-mullins-yo-yos/383813 "2025-07-03T16:39:23Z")
Do you mind adding me on tik tok? I am trying to create content, would love to see others FB: Instagram: Matt Mullins (@mattmullinsyoyos) • Instagram photos and videos Tik Tok: TikTok - Make Your Day Thanks fam. L… --- ## [AAA Throwdown Nats 2025](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/aaa-throwdown-nats-2025/428455)
**Author:** [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/aaa-throwdown-nats-2025/428455 "2025-07-03T09:17:32Z")
Yooo!! I couldn’t make nats this year and friend made this for me. Super cool for me to see so many people playing 3a and shoutout to all the people that hopped in the circle! I really enjoyed seeing all the newer play… --- ## [Worth the money?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worth-the-money/428530)
**Author:** [@Lydia](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lydia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/worth-the-money/428530 "2025-07-02T13:53:52Z")
I found a titanium Godspeed on fb BST for $80. This would be my first titanium and I was wondering if it’s worth it for this one. $80 seems like a steal but is this thing a piece of crap? lol --- ## [Giveaway! G2 Druid - Gumdrop](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/giveaway-g2-druid-gumdrop/427996)
**Author:** [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/giveaway-g2-druid-gumdrop/427996 "2025-07-02T05:46:06Z")
Hey yall, doing another giveaway. This time its for a G2 Druid in the beautiful “Gumdrop” colorway, pink/clear acidwash with blasted rainbow rims. Absolutely stunning yoyo in the hand and on the string. For those… --- ## [What model yoyo is this? Wrong answers only!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-model-yoyo-is-this-wrong-answers-only/413714)
**Author:** [@Mediumwell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mediumwell)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-model-yoyo-is-this-wrong-answers-only/413714 "2025-07-01T01:23:23Z")
Trying to identify this yoyo: Wrong answers only, please. --- ## [Trick Naming Committee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-naming-committee/428408)
**Author:** [@quinton](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/quinton)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/trick-naming-committee/428408 "2025-06-30T18:41:13Z")
Is there a committee I can go to to see if a trick I think I’ve made is original? I wanna name it but I don’t wanna get flamed if it’s not original. Is it like the oracle in 300? Do I need someone to read tea leaves? --- ## [Us Nats 2025 Roll call!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/us-nats-2025-roll-call/427912)
**Author:** [@Sgt1yoyo1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sgt1yoyo1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/us-nats-2025-roll-call/427912 "2025-06-29T03:20:06Z")
Nats is just around the corner and I’m super excited for the contest and to see y’all who can make it! Who’s all coming out to Vegas this week? I know I will be and I’ll be competing in 4a again this year. If you see me,… --- ## [Yo-Yo designs that aid or hinder rejections?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-designs-that-aid-or-hinder-rejections/428277)
**Author:** [@Yo-yo\_Power](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-yo_Power)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-designs-that-aid-or-hinder-rejections/428277 "2025-06-28T15:59:29Z")
What’s some features of a yo-yo that makes rejections easier or more difficult? --- ## [National YoYo Day Sale & Giveaway!](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/national-yoyo-day-sale-giveaway/426692)
**Author:** [@YoYoExpert](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpert)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/national-yoyo-day-sale-giveaway/426692 "2025-06-27T21:35:53Z")
Happy National YoYo Day from YoYoExpert!! National YoYo Day is celebrated on June 6th each year in memory of Donald Duncan Sr. who helped popularize yoyos in the US! To celebrate we have a SALE & a GIVEAWAY! … --- ## [Gentry Stein's 2014 worlds final](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gentry-steins-2014-worlds-final/428190)
**Author:** [@Niko\_yoyo12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Niko_yoyo12)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/gentry-steins-2014-worlds-final/428190 "2025-06-27T18:32:01Z")
Hi. So i love Gentry’s 2014 finals performance and i wanted to ask, if anyone has that edit of Razor Sharp? I really need it for my upcoming school talent show. Thanks. @gentrystein [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=24) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/c/general-yo-yo-forum/5.md?page=26)