Even Coca-Cola thought New Coke was going to be the next best thing.
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What I think is new is that it takes so long to re-stock if they do not have enough. In the old days you would just put in a new order. Now you need to get in line at the busy Chinese factories.
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Today, iāve learned a new yo-yo term. I was throwing with my stepdaughter and she was trying some of my yo-yos. When she put them back in the case, she arranged them in a special order.
I asked her about the meaning. She said:āThe bottom row are the Hard-Binders.ā
I chuckled and even if the answer was obvious, I had to ask whatās a Hard-Binder.
āA yo-yo thatās hard to bind! Quite simple!ā
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yall ever justā¦ get an axle knot on the first throw of the sesh?
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then pick it, go to restart and bind only to get another one.
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The pain
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Dudeā¦ Idk what it is recently, but there is an unusual amount of great looking expensive performance-based yoyo drops that either just happened or are going to happenā¦ itās hard to keep up with from an informational and financial standpoint lmao 
Forreal thoā¦ we have:
YYF Shutter Evo drop today, $159
Unprld Motif drop today, $125
YYFriends Tachyon drop Sept 19th, $110
Outlier 3, later this year, probably $120ish
Thatās $500ish on top of whatever Iām doing to fund my organic addiction. Worth it though, these are pretty big drops. Just donāt tell my girl. 
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I love a quiet bearing as much as the next thrower, but trying to make a bearing, especially a non-shielded bearing, completely silent requires so much lube that it severely hampers spin time and is not worth it, IMO. I just canāt relate to those folks who are willing to make that trade-off. 
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Anyone else excited for the new Duncan MG? Canāt decide if Iām going to get the large bearing or small bearing version.
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Super excited. It has to be the large bearing version for me. Small bearing does have more of a nostalgia/fun factor to it, but the large bearing One AL is what I always reach for because it just feels so much more modern/versatile. I have to be in the mood to want to play a small bearing yoyo, but Iām always in the mood to throw a C bearing.
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Do you have any more info on these? Always wanted one!
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No info on this yet. Maybe @bjardin has some extra details.
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Color errors, but working on it!
The way we release it is going to be different because we sourced the final product in 4 different factory.
This is one of the most fun, yet challenging project for sure. Will never forget!
Should be this month 
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Oof I do remember this.
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I think lower barriers to entry are great. Itās pure capitalism. Besides, I think it gives plenty of people to have their personal dream yo-yo made. I know when I had the Independents designed it was more for myself. I just had a few extras made to offset costs and for people out there who wanted what I did. Although if Duncan came out with their small bearing Freehand Al sooner I would have grabbed one of those and saved myself the trouble.
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Is yoyoexpert doing anything for Halloween this year? @AndreBoulay
(Edited it since Garrett got a new job)
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We do have a sale and we have talked about doing the annual Halloween photo contest again! So stay tuned this week!
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Does anyone else have issues with hitting some tricks some days? It seems some days I can hit a new trick I learned most of the time and the next I canāt hit it to save my lifeā¦
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That happened to me with beef hook, first day i hit it i was super consistent and the next day I literally only hit one out of dozens of attempts lol
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currently it is brent stole for me. I first learned it a couple weeks ago, hit it maybe 60-70% of the time. Now all of a sudden I canāt hit it to save my life. Sometimes may only hit 2 our of 10 attempts.
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