# Dollar Store Yo
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [June 22, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487 "2009-06-22T16:58:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@JM1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JM1)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/1 "2009-06-22T16:58:40Z")
I just went through the boxes in my closet and I found this $2 Yo that I bought 3 or 4 years ago from a dollar store: It was one of those (Imperial Style) spring loaded auto-return Yomega rip-offs.
Curious to how much it would let me get away with, I threw a poly string on it and started messing around. I managed to get it to sleep for 12 or so seconds and went through the usual dog walking and craddle rocking. I tried a trapeeze, and no dice. The force of the breakaway actually killed the Yo.
I tried a split bottom mount and it actually worked quite well. I was suprised how easy it was to land it with such a small gap. I returned it to my hand and went for the whole shabang!
I threw the strongest sleeper I could, landed another split bottom, put in some finger work and BAM. I pulled off a no-holds-barred Split the Atom on a $2 Yo. ;D ;D ;D
Point is kiddies, you dont need an $80 Yo to have fun (I still love my DM more of course.)
[http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/616/snapshot2009062260t.png](http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/616/snapshot2009062260t.png)
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### Author:  [@Spencer\_L](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Spencer_L)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/2 "2009-06-22T17:01:56Z")
Cool. Thats like my post.
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### Author:  [@Robert2393](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Robert2393)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/3 "2009-06-22T19:24:29Z")
I bought one like yours. It flew apart on the first throw. Don’t much care for them. Later.
Keep it spinning™
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### Author:  [@dcgreen97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dcgreen97)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/4 "2009-06-22T22:07:29Z")
Amazing. A new feat in the world of yo-yoing! If I could put in a clapping emoticon right now I would.
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### Author:  [@Iron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Iron)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/5 "2009-06-22T22:56:30Z")
My friend had one of those. He couldn’t get it to sleep, so he asked me if I could. My first throw I got about 10-12 seconds. On my second throw, the string broke. ☹
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### Author:  [@Smoke770077](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Smoke770077)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/6 "2009-06-22T22:59:02Z")
I have a ton… You can bust off the caps and take out the clutch and its not so bad…
I had one and its only response was the clutch, so it was dead unresponsive… It had no weight though so sleep times were aweful
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### Author:  [@Shisaki417](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shisaki417)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/7 "2009-06-23T00:07:17Z")
I remember when my firends were having a competition of who could get the lonegst spin time and I won with a Yomega Power Brain XP with 10 second sleeper and everyone was like :o :o :o
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### Author:  [@mattsk8nike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mattsk8nike)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/8 "2009-06-23T03:57:01Z")
HA I remember when I bought a cheap 1 dollar yoyo from Chinatown.
It broke in 5 minutes.
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### Author:  [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/9 "2009-06-23T04:25:18Z")
I still have my Brain. I love doing Trapeze and Double or nothing with it. Even Eli Hops. Then I do some loops and continue on with my day. It’s fun! ;D
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### Author:  [@Smoke770077](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Smoke770077)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/10 "2009-06-24T03:54:45Z")
Yeah. every now and then responsive play is fun, flying dismounts and alot of regens.
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### Author:  [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dollar-store-yo/3487/11 "2009-06-24T20:11:06Z")
I sometimes like to be a kid again and throw my John’s Incredible Yo-yo.
BTW: Why is it the Dollar Store sells yo-yo’s that claim to be Yomegas but they’re not?