This is my favourite mini ($20 shipped)
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Is there an English name for this throw?
It’s called the Aoda The Littles.
Talked about it a bit here:
I’d highly recommend one, but I’d change the response to flowable silicone.
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So I have an Aoda Little, YYF Heist, and both versions of the popstar. They’re all fun to throw but I find that I snag a ton when throwing them. Any recs for strings that may work better for mini throws? Should I just pick up some Kitty thin or something?
I also own a YYF mini Avante Garde. Do yoyo’s that size count as “Mini” also? It’s significantly bigger than the size of the aforementioned yoyos but is still quite a bit smaller than many “normal” sized yoyos. It’s small but not tiny like the other yoyos. That plays wonderfully and very much like a full sized yoyo.
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Kitty thin is what I use for my popstar and it works pretty well. Keeping the string shorter than you would on a regular sized yoyo also helps.
I’ve been cautiously optimistic to see more companies go back to A bearings for specific projects. Back int he day, I was Team C over A all the time for unresponsive. But wit the evolution in design/response since then, and the idea that designing a responsive bearing yoyo is okay again, I’d like to see more choosing of the “right” bearing instead of the common one.
Not to crap on your decision or anything. There’s a lot to be said for valuing standardization. It’s not like there are a ton of custom A bearings or response systems out there these days.
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Diamond Virgin.
Agreed. 50 is undersized. I’d consider anything under 50 to be in the mini category.
I own an Aoda Littles, and it’s awesome. It’s actually the reason I’ve held out on the Loonie. If I’m not mistaken, the Loonie is touted as a more modernized premium version of the Littles.
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I have two of these. They are excellent mini yoyos.
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Anyone here try and have an opinions on the One Drop Dingo?
How rare do you think they are to find through BST? I think I might need a green one of these at some point.
They okay yoyos; very much a product of the time. Spin and stability is nowhere comparable to undersized today.
They show up from time to time on BSTs but I don’t recall green ones, although I also attempt avoiding green yoyos (to no avail…), so YMMV.
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Thanks 8bit 
That’s all I need to know!
Can you or someone provide a picture with something for scale. Like a banana or a Duncan imperial?
Thanks in advance
You have good taste @Egon. I would buy them all again, if I were in your shoes.
Executive is probably the better playing that you listed.
Loonie is cool, but I feel like you need specific thin string for it to play well.
I have the 66% Stealth Ogre and gold-rimmed Edge Beyond and prefer the SO. But the EB plays just as competently.
But of all the undersized I own, XP47 still gets the most play.
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I haven’t played a Dingo. I’ve always wanted one, but by the time I started looking for one again, people started hiking up their prices. Since they don’t come up often, people like to ask for too much imo.
But I only came here to confirm that green Dingos do exist.
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So I was sold on the Aoda Littles but can’t find a seller that ships to US. YYE doesn’t have the Stealth Ogre… First world problems
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@twitch77 did you find that pic of the six yoyos online? The top two yoyos on the left are named backwards. The purple/gold is The Busine$$ and the red is the Ministar.
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Just from a random google search.