# An unofficial guide to identifying the new Duncan Butterflies
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957 "2022-11-16T17:34:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Sleeper80](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sleeper80)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/22 "2022-11-28T21:16:17Z")
you won’t know before purchasing except that every purple amazon i got (4 ) all new mold. you can tell by the markings once you get it.
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### Author:  [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/23 "2022-11-28T21:18:27Z")
Is the purple one the only (Amazon) one that is coming out of the new mold?
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### Author:  [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/24 "2022-11-28T21:19:14Z")
@zslane According to @bjardin, they didn’t make a purple version of the current butterfly. This colour is exclusive to A. and was produced with the new mold.
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### Author:  [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/25 "2022-11-28T21:20:58Z")
Yes it is a bit heavier, but also the plastic feels and sounds denser. It is supposed to be a higher quality grade of plastic and you can feel the difference in hand. Even just tapping it with a finger nail, it sounds higher pitched and less hollow. Almost like glass.
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### Author:  [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/26 "2022-11-28T21:23:38Z")
If Duncan never made the old (current? this is very confusing) Butterfly in purple, then why/how does the purple Amazon-exclusive model have the old silkscreen graphics on it? I thought the ones coming out of the new mold all have the new graphics. Is that not the case?
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### Author:  [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/27 "2022-11-28T21:26:29Z")
I agree it’s confusing to me too. I think it’s from a mock up. - I bought one and it is the new 2020 mould. Everybody else had the same result.
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### Author:  [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/28 "2022-11-28T21:33:25Z")
So I presume that getting a “new-mold” Butterfly in any other color (than purple), from anywhere except a brick & mortar store where you can look at them in person, is a complete crapshoot based on whether or not the (online) retailer has exhausted their stock of the old version and is now (only) sending out the new ones?
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### Author:  [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/29 "2022-11-28T21:34:35Z")
Yes likely, other than any of the new special edition ones like the psychedelics.
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### Author:  [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/30 "2022-11-28T21:34:44Z")
they’re about 52g, old ones are about 48g
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### Author:  [@cowmamba](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cowmamba)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/31 "2022-12-07T01:09:09Z")
Y’all a bunch of NERDS 😆😄😝
_(just kidding btw)_
I’m going to have to have a look and see if any of the new ones hit my neighborhood!
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### Author:  [@Hojo-YoYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Hojo-YoYo)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/32 "2022-12-07T03:36:10Z")
I had good find at my local Target store for 3.00 each. 2 pinks, a red, a blue and a couple of Imperials. All were in the same packaging with the 2022 date, did they do a new mould for the Imperials or the same one they have been using?
I actually have a new Imperial in the mail to me in a 2020 package that I can compare it to when I get it next week.
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### Author:  [@Beverchakus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Beverchakus)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/33 "2022-12-07T05:25:30Z")
Came across a whole bunch today! Def the new ones! Super fun!
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### Author:  [@bheinz63](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/bheinz63)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/34 "2022-12-07T05:26:48Z")
dude how awesome!! green and orange in that shelf!
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### Author:  [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/35 "2022-12-07T12:39:34Z")
Is that a hardware store? A pink/green swap would be amazing!
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### Author:  [@Sleeper80](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sleeper80)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/36 "2022-12-07T13:49:28Z")
still looking for orange and green ones too…
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### Author:  [@Sleeper80](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sleeper80)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/37 "2022-12-07T18:16:59Z")
I take that as a compliment.
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### Author:  [@Beverchakus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Beverchakus)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/38 "2022-12-07T19:08:09Z")
I can sang a few for you if you want. The store is just a few block from my house. They had tons of all the colors
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### Author:  [@Sleeper80](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sleeper80)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/39 "2022-12-07T19:13:40Z")
thanks for the offer but no need. i’ll find them eventually, its part of the hunt, lol.
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### Author:  [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/40 "2022-12-07T20:18:28Z")
Hey @Beverchakus , I would love to take you up on that offer if it still stands! I’m looking for the pink and green Butterflies, if they have them. I tried scouring my local Target and no joy.
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### Author:  [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/an-unofficial-guide-to-identifying-the-new-duncan-butterflies/365957/41 "2022-12-08T00:34:53Z")
If it’s not a Target then they won’t have the pink, but @adamantiumpops may still have one up for grabs?
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