# Giving the Mantis some love

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/giving-the-mantis-some-love/291518>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [August 6, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/giving-the-mantis-some-love/291518 "2018-08-06T19:50:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/giving-the-mantis-some-love/291518/1 "2018-08-06T19:50:16Z")

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I absolutely love this yoyo. To me, it is the perfect shape, perfect size, perfect weight, perfect weight distribution, comfy, 7075, and just all-around amazing. It is not the most stable yoyo on the planet. Yes, stability is nice, but that’s not what makes a yoyo “good” in my opinion.

This thing is just an all-around fun, solidly designed yoyo. I have a fleeting suspicion that it was a draft of the Dang 2 that after a full production run was made, Paul did not like it as much as he thought he was going to. Instead of deeming that whole process as a waste, they just decided to release it as a limited run. Since the shape is really similar to the Dang 2 and was released just before it. That’s just my theory anyway…

Either way, this thing is in my top 3.

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**Author:** ![Applepooh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/applepooh/32/40751_2.png) [@Applepooh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Applepooh)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/giving-the-mantis-some-love/291518/2 "2018-08-06T20:00:20Z")

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Such a fun throw. Def a favorite.

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**Author:** ![GizzmoTheGreat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gizzmothegreat/32/41183_2.png) [@GizzmoTheGreat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GizzmoTheGreat)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/giving-the-mantis-some-love/291518/3 "2018-08-07T01:59:14Z")

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The Mantis is fantastic.

I got the gold colorway in the mystery buy. As always, OD did a fantastic job with developing a very well balanced…_slightly_ undersized (really more “normal” sized but there are a lot of big throws out there these days) yoyo that does exactly what you would want. My ONLY minor complaint is that I didn’t like the finish that much, but that’s subjective. I tend to like bead-blasted finishes more…personal taste.

Not talked about much…but a solid one in my top five since it’s release.

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**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/giving-the-mantis-some-love/291518/4 "2018-08-07T02:02:50Z")

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I even love it aesthetically. It’s so simple. I agree, the finish does get a little annoying especially on a hot summer day when my hands are clammy. But that’s probably the only complaint I have too. So glad I got one