I have a 75 dollar budget and am looking for a yoyo besides yoyo factory. I am an advanced player and really need to know if dark magic two is a good choice? I only wanna spend about 50, but 75 is my top dollar. Please post suggestions and help!
Basically any metal or bimetal (metal & plastic) yoyo is great for most tricks. After a certain point it’s mostly just preference; go for what looks cool if you don’t know what you want.
Yoyofoot nailed it. Just buy whatever looks coolest to you. There are gobs and gobs of killer throws in your price range. Just pick one, or two, and throw til your heart’s content.
Absolutely nothing wrong with a DM2. One of my absolute favorites.
Other items worthy of consideration include the C3 Capless and the werrd Hour. However, I no longer buy Werrd products so I can’t say how this plays. I do hear good things. Also don’t ignore the sOMEThING Firmy or V.
Don’t feel you need to spend it all. In the $50 or so price range. The C3 DiBase is also excellent, many of the God Tricks stuff(including the Cyclone, Destiny and Bounty Hunter).
Also, while not a model I am interested in, I can’t imagine the new delrin Severe not being awesome.
Don’t ignore the Duncan Raptor, but it may need a bearing cleaning.
There are other YYJ metal/plastic yoyos to consider as well. Other favorites of mine in your price rangeis XCon Pro, Hitman Pro and Speeder 2. The Phenomizm is worth considering but just above your budget.
DM2’s lose there value pretty easily based on my experience. So if your price point is $60 or less, then go with the Di Base. Or if your patient, look for a onedrop yoyo designs Burnside. Ive seen them go for as low as $40 on the BST on this forum. But if your looking to purchase a brand new yoyo, go for the C3 yoyo designs Di Base. They are $55 on yoyoexpert. Both are easy to like metals.
I think this is taking things in a wrong direction. You’re advising purchase based on what it can go for on BST. Not that I’m arguing.
However, I feel in this case, a new purchase is in order. If he wants a DM2, let him get a DM2. Better or worse, it’s all preferences. However, I think we can all agree that for horizontal play, the shape of the DM2 is not that good for that style of play.
I’ve had my dark magic II for over a year. Learned literally everything I know on it. Just got a C3 Token… blew it away. To me, there are better yoyo’s for the price. I did love my dark magic II, but now I’m just sorta tired of it I guess. Still like it a lot more than a bunch of other throws I’ve tried, but eh, the Token is amaazzzinnnnggg.
Thanks for the help! I’m new to these forums so its pretty cool to be in contact with so many other yoyoers.
I think I might end up getting a di base or dm2.
My only thing against the DiBase is that if you’re not into that size or shape, then that would be your only issues against it. I got one at CalStates. It was a model I wanted. I sure am glad I got it. So inexpensive and so amazing.