I find sometimes the packaging and/or the method of shippng can make the item seem smaller than it really is. My Asteroid seems a lot larger outside of the cardboard tube, for example. In some cases, the yoyo seems like āhow the heck did they cram that into the boxā because the box is relatively small, such as in the case of my Essence.
The packaging is secondary. I do save my boxes though
happened with both the GE and the AC for me when I got to try them the first time (I never bought a GE) and even though they are both like 54 mm (almost full sized) they both felt small, and the GE felt like it was actually quite undersized.