I recently grabbed a custom reactor at auction for pretty cheap. It had significant pitting but I bought it anyway because I’m interested in the different response systems that Custom has used, and I hadn’t tried out the Silver-Bullet style fixed sleeve.
Here’s the picture from the listing. (Warning. The picture after this one features a de-anodized semi-classic yoyo.)
It throws pretty well, considering the condition. It feels solid and smooth while sleeping, but the pits and a ding on it also felt like they might be sharp enough to mess up the string, or maybe a hand, so I decided to strip, sand, and polish it. Here’s the reactor in its current state:
Yeah I would live and let live, your modding efforts would be harder than finding a clean one on eBay. Throw it and enjoy it.
Also, nice Dr. Strangelove ref.
If the pits are no longer sharp I would consider living with it myself. Pretty cool though. A very well loved yoyo given a second life. Someone like my wife would have tossed that in the trash.
Shhh we are all cool bud. I was gonna find those yo-yos and add them to the list regardless. Your just helping the process. Honestly I think the deal is becoming every new yoyo that doesn’t fit on the shelf needs to send two away till I back to an equilibrium of yo-yos that fit in my defined storage.
This to me means more shelving but we will see if that works out.
Leave it as is and rock the “Mad Max” Apocalypse look.
Something easy to try, and reversible. Crayon. Maybe red? Color the pits in with the crayon. The wax will fill the voids. Rub excess off with a rag/paper towl. This gives you non permanent experipentation. But wont last forever either.
Epoxy the pits, Polish smooth. Could use color with this too.
Yeah, it’s really cool that Custom still has old stock, but the ones they have probably all use Custom’s sticker response. (I have a couple of those. Great undersized responsives!) This one uses Custom’s earliest “fixed” transaxle response.
