# CLYW Leaf is live
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [December 20, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509 "2024-12-20T00:57:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/1 "2024-12-20T00:57:36Z")
I haven’t seen any hype around this one. Anyone jump? I’m excited as I’ve never even played the OG. Looks like one colorway for launch.
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### Author:  [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/2 "2024-12-20T00:59:47Z")
I am flat broke, otherwise I would have been all over it. But I love what I have picked up, so no regerts.
Okay some regerts.
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### Author:  [@yoyojoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyojoe)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/3 "2024-12-20T01:20:51Z")
I hope it’s good, but I’m concerned they made it too wide.
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### Author:  [@kawaii.kaede](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kawaii.kaede)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/4 "2024-12-20T01:43:34Z")
Looks like it would play really nice i think, hopeful the extra width offbalance the "thud’ old chief have from playing kinda heavy with all that rim buff. all of the chief-likes since chief have been great, so im sure this will be fun!
Aesthetically, not sure why they castrate the nub and make it a VSNewton button-nose. Some of you might like, i think it is much uglier than how they used to look. Looks like chief got punched square in his face and made a stumpy pug chief ☹
I feel like one of CLYW very unique visual separation from other brands was the snow-man nose that have seen on yoyo since BvM (or pointy like chief/wm/cf). sad to me that it is disappearing in recent releases and turn into a pug-face
i will buy when the new color come! i hope 28s on this as good as beater was
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### Author:  [@JEA86](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JEA86)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/5 "2024-12-20T01:52:09Z")
Bought one can’t wait to give it a throw.
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### Author:  [@Lex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lex)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/6 "2024-12-20T02:00:07Z")
> [@Shwa](#):
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> Looks like one colorway for launch
My understanding is these blues were the first to arrive and Steve wanted to give people a chance to buy before Christmas. But the full first run will have a couple other solid colours (same colours as the first run of the Chief, so will have at least clear/grey and I forget the third).
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### Author:  [@Fancy-0](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fancy-0)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/7 "2024-12-20T02:26:26Z")
Guilty. I haven’t bought anything in months. Bought the Leaf, and a gold YYE mystery bag. I don’t know what got into me that day…
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/8 "2024-12-20T02:37:36Z")
Finally, As unusual as it may seem, Kaede Said something that I fully agree with. Absolutely no argument in sight.
When she said CLYW Should not have castrated The nub and turn it into a VS Newton button nose, that was a fact that almost seemed like it was magnetically extracted from the holy Bible.
Since obviously no one expects everybody else to know everything, I have dropped by to lay down a little actual history on this situation
If you knew anything about Canadian folklore, you would know that they made that change in honor of a Canadian Indian that was loved by many.
I just coincidentally happened to know this fact, I’m about to reveal because I knew the man himself. His name was Chief Stumpy Pug. I used to play poker with the guy every Thursday night at the Ontario bowling alley and laundromat. He never raised on a hand unless he had four of a kind or a royal flush.
His ranch House was called the Caribou Lodge. Most of his neighbors just thought he was a yo-yo.
He was the choreographer for Pee-wee Herman‘s dancing scene in the Pee-wee Herman‘s big adventure movie.
So there you go, Kaede Is correct. I agree with her 102% and that’s one less thing we all have to wonder about.
The leaf is no doubt going to be one of the most popular yo-yos that Chris has ever re-leafed.
Now that I’ve been helpful, I will get back to the task that I interrupted to make this post
I have the daunting task of removing hard water spots from my wife’s favorite coffee cup in complete darkness because we had a blackout. I should be done in about 12 hours.
Sad to report that the chief died several years ago after buying a custom hat with a plastic edge on the brim. 15 seconds after he put on the hat and ran down a flight of steps as he left the store, he fell dead in his tracks. The cause of death… A most unusual one was listed as fatal vibration.Witnesses said they did not hear him scream, but they heard the weirdest ringing sound. They said it almost sounded like a titanium school bell.
Fact is stranger than friction
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### Author:  [@Sven](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sven)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/9 "2024-12-20T05:49:26Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#):
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> extracted from the holy Bible.
What now?
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### Author:  [@Snoopy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Snoopy)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/10 "2024-12-20T05:57:46Z")
@yoyodoc’s middle name is definitely “Tomfoolery.”
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### Author:  [@Lukoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lukoyo)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/11 "2024-12-20T06:54:11Z")
I’ve been looking forward to this release for a while so I ordered one straight away. It’ll be interesting to see how it compares to the Chief because I honestly don’t know how they could improve on the design.
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/12 "2024-12-20T07:08:13Z")
They did…
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### Author:  [@nothingfaced](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nothingfaced)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/13 "2024-12-20T10:42:50Z")
Likewise - I’ve got 1 or 2 Chief’s and am very interested to see how this plays. I coined up for the fastest shipping but not expecting it to land this side of Xmas.
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### Author:  [@Siggy-06](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Siggy-06)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/14 "2024-12-20T11:49:58Z")
I’m waiting for more colors. Pickaxe will keep me happy till then.
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### Author:  [@dickytwothrows](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dickytwothrows)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/15 "2024-12-20T13:17:24Z")
Been anxiously awaiting this release so I picked one up. I haven’t played a Chief since I regrettably sold mine back in like 2018, but I’ll report back as to how it plays.
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### Author:  [@mikeydoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mikeydoe)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/16 "2024-12-20T13:29:41Z")
“castrate the nub” lmao
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### Author:  [@Augie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Augie)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/17 "2024-12-22T08:49:18Z")
I jumped! Xmas gift to myself.
Will report back!
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### Author:  [@reverend](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/reverend)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/18 "2024-12-22T10:03:05Z")
Shortest yoyodoc response ever.
You ok over there?
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### Author:  [@reverend](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/reverend)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/19 "2024-12-22T10:03:47Z")
> [@kawaii.kaede](#):
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> not sure why they castrate the nub
Ahhh. A true poet.
Love the look of the leaf\*. Blown my budget for the year but can’t wait to snag one
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/clyw-leaf-is-live/415509/20 "2024-12-22T13:06:07Z")
.yes
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