There is a trend in yo-yo to produce “bell” shapes. 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?
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Rosenberg
(Bring back factory vibe)
August 29, 2018, 11:48pm
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Yeah cascade is one of the OGs that comes to mind
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E2_yoyos
(Ethan Evans)
August 30, 2018, 1:43am
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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…
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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MarkD
(Mk1 Yoyos)
August 30, 2018, 12:06pm
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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 , friends!
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vegabomb
(LJ)
September 12, 2018, 11:04pm
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VsNYYC Battosai would definitely fit the bell shape. (Pic from High Speed yoyo)
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Rosenberg
(Bring back factory vibe)
September 23, 2018, 7:15pm
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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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ferrocile
(Brian Datz)
September 23, 2018, 7:40pm
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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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ferrocile
(Brian Datz)
September 28, 2018, 10:20pm
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I see you haven’t added the little dongle side effect yet
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This is just a render, right?
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MarkD
(Mk1 Yoyos)
September 29, 2018, 9:11pm
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Oh, I wish it were real! Imagine the side effects… (thanks @ferrocile for the idea)
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noodles
January 14, 2019, 1:54pm
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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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JWaugh
(Jacob Waugh)
January 14, 2019, 4:37pm
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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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