# Incredibly Looney Listings
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [December 24, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528 "2020-12-24T05:08:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 35
### Author:  [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/701 "2026-09-18T18:35:11Z")
They meant the Elbrus one.
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### Author:  [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/702 "2026-09-18T18:40:17Z")
Because it’s not engraved?
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### Author:  [@YounisA](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YounisA)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/703 "2026-09-18T18:42:56Z")
Basically. Its a perfect yoyo but the anodizing didnt come out perfect so they didn’t engrave it @SlowThrow
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### Author:  [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/704 "2026-09-18T18:59:40Z")
Buyers Just Beware there are Bootlegs of this colorway on Taobao. Pictures from Taobao retail site, Elbrus and all
Use Google Lens to find the site links
@da5id
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### Author:  [@NuroVolt7](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NuroVolt7)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/705 "2026-09-18T19:11:52Z")
Remind me how to tell the real from the fakes?
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### Author:  [@mandubabulam](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mandubabulam)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/706 "2026-09-18T19:13:17Z")
I saw a thread here before showing the differences, mainly the anno/finish is off (not pyramatte) as well as the engravings
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### Author:  [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/707 "2026-09-18T19:16:16Z")
> [@mandubabulam](#):
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> thread here before
# **[SUMMITS Buyers Beware (but also rejoice?)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/summits-buyers-beware-but-also-rejoice/431668)**
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### Author:  [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/708 "2026-09-18T19:16:52Z")
At least they did a terrible job of recreating the splash pattern and the engraving text…
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### Author:  [@YounisA](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YounisA)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/709 "2026-09-18T20:02:08Z")
Best way to tell is by the finish. It should have a glossier finish. From the pictures i can tell the finish is nothing like the factory summits. Fake ones looks bland and matte where the splash patterns on the real summits are random and aggressive. If that makes any sense
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### Author:  [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/710 "2026-09-18T20:20:39Z")
> [@YounisA](#):
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> Best way to tell is by the finish. It should have a glossier finish.
If you don’t know how a photo was lit and what camera configuration it was taken with, then trying to infer things like surface finish from it is not really possible. Additionally, finish can be replicated as easily as the shape of the yoyo. The most truly reliable ways would be:
1. A paper trail (each previous owner can attest to having sold it to the next owner, all the way back to the original owner, who has some way of proving that they bought it new)
2. Thorough visual comparison against multiple known-legitimate models in the same colour. This would obviously require having them to hand though…
Scepticism is your friend when avoiding scams. Relying on a single detail will only make you vulnerable to being duped by a more sophisticated fake.
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### Author:  [@YounisA](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YounisA)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/711 "2026-09-18T20:29:33Z")
So i actually found out a really good way spot a different!
Brief Explanation : the real summits colors blend way differently then the fakes. Summits have insane color fades in the ano (example 1) and fakes colors do not blend or ever so slightly (fake 1) my advice is to ask trusted collectors for advice or help if you need help identifying authenticity. Might take some eye training to know the difference.
Example 1 :
Fake 1 :
Example 2 : glossy (real)
Fake 2 :
I hope that helped!
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### Author:  [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/712 "2026-09-18T20:35:15Z")
> [@YounisA](#):
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I feel like these are a bad example because they’re actually so obvious that I feel like they didn’t even try.
Like come on, it’s not hard to make one letter line up with the rest of the letters.
Hell, these guys didn’t even bother to use the right typeface. There’s no prominent machining line in the cup. They didn’t even bother to match the shape of the cup correctly either. This thing is a joke.
Again, I’ve seen examples of better fakes.
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### Author:  [@Tempura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tempura)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/713 "2026-09-18T21:31:26Z")
Aren’t all NQPs just yoyos with ano flaws though?
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### Author:  [@SkyHighYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SkyHighYo)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/714 "2026-09-18T21:32:10Z")
Machining and engraving should be trivial to 1:1. Pyramatte is as simple as getting a Roto-Finish and experimenting with media mixtures. The hardest part seems like it would be emulating the splash anodize.
Looks like they are casting a wide net, trying to clone anything that receives hype (peak, grails, summits, every single clyw, etc) and the results are mediocre. Let’s just hope they don’t focus up and try to 1:1 anything.
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### Author:  [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/715 "2026-09-18T22:03:42Z")
@fradiger compared some engravings
> [@SUMMITS Buyers Beware (but also rejoice?)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/summits-buyers-beware-but-also-rejoice/431668/18):
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> yes i have fake ones (gotta keep the community informed on what the fakes are!) no you should not make more summits (summit 2 or other new pls) how to tell them apart is the engraving on the fakes looks almost too good to be true they also tend to have more hub damage due to tolerance issues (blue summit is fake) real: also the finish is totally off the fake seven summits are laughably bad though, anyone would instantly be able to tell even without a real one …
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### Author:  [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/716 "2026-09-18T22:29:10Z")
You’re precisely correct. 🙂
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### Author:  [@hsb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hsb)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/717 "2026-09-18T22:40:08Z")
There are also machining issue NQPs.
The photo:
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/onedropdesign/52619171262/)
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### Author:  [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/718 "2026-09-18T23:30:51Z")
True. To be more accurate, NQP is always for _visual flaws_.
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### Author:  [@da5id](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/da5id)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/719 "2026-09-21T17:51:18Z")
True.
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### Author:  [@Bigjeezus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bigjeezus)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/incredibly-looney-listings/331528/720 "2026-09-21T18:15:55Z")
Wow, I didn’t think fakes were out there. Although the only one I can really tell is fake, is the Vinson.
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