Hey guys. So I have read every reply with on this thread and thought it would only be appropriate to respond.
First, some background information. I have been a member of the yoyo community for 10+ years and the Salamander is a design I have worked on since 2016. The Salamander is machined at the Foxland machine shop in the USA and was anodized by Gruntbull. The string included is actually a custom design that kitty string did exclusively for Exotic Throws.
My goal with the Salamander was to make a premium USA yoyo that shows the full potential of monometal design. I really do believe that the Salamander is the one yoyo that can do everything you would need on the stage and off. Because of this the yoyo is going to retail at $120.
Now that being said, the main concern seems to be vide and the anno not matching up which is actually two of the same issues. After I reached out to Gruntbull I was promised a a burgendy colorway which is the one you received. I hadn’t seen anything like this before and wanted to use this as the special color for the monthly throw so that the subscribers would have something truly unique. About 6 weeks went by and I had received the order back from Gruntbull. I had only ordered enough to fulfill the order placed by the monthly throw and started testing what I had. Certain halves that had too much ano caused a little vibe so we had to swap for the smoothest possible throw with what we had. That is why there is often a lighter half with a darker-less shiny one. The shiny haves balanced out the darker ones as best as I could.
Since then we have reached out to Gruntbull requesting some sort of compensation back for the inconsistency. I am truly empathic to those of you who are disappointed with our new throw but I am still extremely proud of how it plays and I really do believe it is one of if not the best monometals around.
In the future, we will be more vigilant about the quality of our products. I never wanted to make anybody feel like they were ripped off and it truly hurts to see this reaction but it is completely my fault.
I hope everybody is at least happy with how the yoyo plays and realizes that the monthly throw is a good group of people that would never do something like this intentionally. I ask you guys to blame me for everything and don’t let this leave a bad taste in your mouth about the monthly throw.
As far as social media, we do have an Instagram which is Exotic.throws and a website which is exoticthrows.com that will be up and running soon.
I really do appreciate everyone’s feedback. Thanks for growing with me. I will do better for you guys.