Is "bell" yo-yo shape a thing?

There is a trend in yo-yo to produce “bell” shapes. :bell: Like so

Of course we have the W/H/O/V canon, but bell comes up so often as a pleasing mixture that it could be its own distinct thing, perhaps?

I do think this is a reliably great yo-yo shape! Maybe it could also be called “trumpet” shape? :trumpet:

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Yeah cascade is one of the OGs that comes to mind

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U shape please

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I love Bell shape yoyos. and so do a lot of other people, judging by how popular the cadence is.

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Those are some gorgeous colorways. Bottom row especially.

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So bell is conceptually the opposite of organic, angle wise… inverted organic angle. Hence “inverse round”

Lest you think my angles are too extreme… :wink:

Also found this interesting yoyo shapes page I hadn’t seen before.

Though “straight” = V, “round” = O, and “step straight” = W.

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You might be able to break it down into 1-3 primary “cuts” per half, and each cut is either rounded (in either direction) or straight. Bell would be distinguished by having a large inverse-round cut close to the bearing.

The step-straight in their example isn’t really W - W should only have two big cuts, step-straight has 3. It’s like a relaxed H-profile, in that the middle cut isn’t quite vertical.

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Just got a Yoyofriends Magpie and it’s ringing my :bell:, friends!

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VsNYYC Battosai would definitely fit the bell shape. (Pic from High Speed yoyo)

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I’ve been looking at this one lately but I’m worried it would be a little wide for my taste

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It’s an incredible throw. I got the same color (though I wanted purple to match my hummingbird)

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Did someone say bell?

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I see you haven’t added the little dongle side effect yet :wink:

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This is just a render, right? :rofl:

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Oh, I wish it were real! Imagine the side effects… (thanks @ferrocile for the idea)

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Ahaha, it’s so good!

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the Too HOT has a pretty solid bell shape

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to me, inverse round is just another word for U shape.

this is more of a bell
(yyf superwide)

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I feel honored to have that Gradient, I play it every day.

At Worlds one year, Taka used the ginormous “Buddha’s Bell” yoyo for his AP routine and for the World Mod Contest. So definitely bell-shaped (as it was a fully functional bell.)

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