Inside the US it would. (I assume) These can’t be sold to people in the US becasue they come with bootleg KK bearings. They can be sold w/out the bearing.
Some of these are just sad how much they look like really ones. I had to read the side of that “spyy” one to see it wasn’t.
The thing is most of the bootlegs are made out of the US, where patent laws can’t touch them. It’s just that they can’t sell to people in the states. However, I know that Yoyofactory gives some rights to the hubstack to some companies. So that would explain the hubstacks. The full on design of the yo-yo’s though, I’m not sure. The first yyf bootleg pictured looks identical to the 888. The z-stacks look straight out of the g5’s book too. I wish you said what company they were from so we could get a better look.
Well, to me, bootleg yoyos are for the people who can’t really afford to spend like 120 on a yoyo and want a specific shape. Bootleg yoyos help for this and they really don’t undercut the profit of the companies they are copying from because 1. They are not 100% exact. 2. They are usually not as high quality. 3. It’s not a popular company so usually people will go for the popular names for their yoyos because the name and specific yoyo emits a certain internal feeling
Then 3 goes up to the fact that what if the bootleg company is the said popular company in the area? Then what happens? Well, the true larger name company is probably not in the area so its not like that area is targeted for profits. Besides, the yoyos will be sold eventually.
i know all of those yoyos, and thrown most of them.
in the OP, the first is a aoda radian, second is aoda rainbow, its an 888 LB copy, third is an aoda flying master S, and forth is an aoda PXY.
im quite sure that PXY is not a bootleeg.
well, i think i will be also pissed off if my design got copied by other company that only aim money.
that is.
Every business is out for money. Everyone likes money.
“Lyn Fury with weight rings” is a Dark Magic copy.
I want some “bootlegs.”
Don’t know why Chinese companies just copy everything though.
It isn’t that hard to design a yoyo.
$100 for a yoyo is ridiculous IMO.
Consider that the case price for a Sunshine is $8 per yoyo, packaged.
Aoda L2 case price is $13.
Auldey L3 sells in China for $25. Online here, $50, international shipping is hurts though unless you’re filling a $5000 container and shipping by sea instead of air.
Auldey Virus sells in China for $18.
Aoda Lyn Fury case price is $1 per yo.
Aoda Dark Magic/Hitman/SFHG case price is $4 per yo.
If I had a patent, yes I wouldn’t appreciate it being ripped, but I don’t so LOL.
Some patents are ridiculous.
There’s a patent for using hypertext to display crap or something, essentially a patent on a website.
Theoretical every website owner in the world should be sued for patent violation.
Everyone copied Duncan’s butterfly.
Everyone copied putting bearings into yos.
Why don’t yoyo companies all pay royalties for Pedro Flores’ family.
If patents didn’t expire, all these new yoyo companies like YYJ and YYF wouldn’t exist.
