# My 1$ yoyo **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [November 12, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-1-yoyo/61149 "2013-11-12T18:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-1-yoyo/61149/101 "2013-12-03T18:41:49Z")
Jumped on the $1 bandwagon… Plays pretty good even with the vibe after cleaning the bearing and melting down the response star!  I noticed the bearing had a plastic ring to seat the bearings but acetone didn’t melt it so it’s easy to clean the stock thick grease out.  Then instead of dry it turns much better with a tiny drop of VM4 with the plastic seating. I tried sanding off the response on a one then melting another like in the breaking bad video tribute and the melting plays unresponsive better imho!  No sharp edges if melted a bit and rubbed!  Ha ha ha…  If you don’t have access to a lighter I imagine the stove top would work too?  Don’t over-do it as the plastic is soft. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/c/5/6c5fc759041c7210678727a05981399dfa31facf.jpeg "Team Dollar Tree Yoyo - Breaking Bad Tribute") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbzkWW4UjT4) ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-1-yoyo/61149/102 "2013-12-03T19:58:35Z")
What a Great documentary/Yoyo adventure video! Excellent idea. Excellent execution. Very nice mod plan on the yoyos, too. …I don’t personally know the guys in the video, but I usually see them when I am helping set up at the BLC/DXL Contests. And I know the one kid ‘is’ the Videographer. \< he has some serious video/camera equipment. So combined with his mad skills, the quality of the video is not a surprise. The surprise to me is the actual quality of the story combined with the great cam work. Superb balance in presentation. Thanks for posting… ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-1-yoyo/61149/103 "2013-12-03T22:28:00Z")
> [@beherenow](#): > > Jumped on the $1 bandwagon… > > Plays pretty good even with the vibe after cleaning the bearing and melting down the response star!  I noticed the bearing had a plastic ring to seat the bearings but acetone didn’t melt it so it’s easy to clean the stock thick grease out.  Then instead of dry it turns much better with a tiny drop of VM4 with the plastic seating. > > I tried sanding off the response on a one then melting another like in the breaking bad video tribute and the melting plays unresponsive better imho!  No sharp edges if melted a bit and rubbed!  Ha ha ha…  If you don’t have access to a lighter I imagine the stove top would work too?  Don’t over-do it as the plastic is soft. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbzkWW4UjT4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbzkWW4UjT4) AWESOME! Breaking Bad is a great show! nice mod. ---
**Author:** ![SketchMan3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@SketchMan3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SketchMan3)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-1-yoyo/61149/104 "2013-12-04T04:31:54Z")
Just got 4 of these little guys and WOW, haha, this is the perfect yoyo for me right now, unmodded. Certainly plays better for me than the $3 Duncan butterflies (which are actually going at my local walmart for $1 incidentally, along with the imperial). I’ll keep 2 for myself, one for modding, and give one to my little sister as a stocking stuffer. I’m having a great time learning the trapeze and the stop-and-go and stuff. I also picked up one of those Ja-Ru Stunt Wheelie looper yo-yos because according to the package it’s “Great for tricks!” It fell apart on the 3rd throw :S But it does have grooves running along the inside of so I might fill those with clay to make them heavier and then glue the axle down or something. My little cousin bought the 2-pack ja-ru light-up yoyo (those things are DUMB light, yo!) for a quick string refill for his Scorpion 😛 But for $1 HPYY (“High Performance Yo-Yo”) has been really fun and totally worth it. The score: HPPY = 1 Ja-Ru = 0 (would be a -3 but you get 3 cotton strings out of it) ---
**Author:** ![Mrjackthepoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mrjackthepoodle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mrjackthepoodle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-1-yoyo/61149/105 "2013-12-04T19:32:35Z")
> [@SketchMan3](#): > > Just got 4 of these little guys and WOW, haha, this is the perfect yoyo for me right now, unmodded. Certainly plays better for me than the $3 Duncan butterflies (which are actually going at my local walmart for $1 incidentally, along with the imperial). I’ll keep 2 for myself, one for modding, and give one to my little sister as a stocking stuffer. I’m having a great time learning the trapeze and the stop-and-go and stuff. > > I also picked up one of those Ja-Ru Stunt Wheelie looper yo-yos because according to the package it’s “Great for tricks!” > > It fell apart on the 3rd throw :S But it does have grooves running along the inside of so I might fill those with clay to make them heavier and then glue the axle down or something. > > My little cousin bought the 2-pack ja-ru light-up yoyo (those things are DUMB light, yo!) for a quick string refill for his Scorpion 😛 > > But for $1 HPYY (“High Performance Yo-Yo”) has been really fun and totally worth it. The score: HPPY = 1 Ja-Ru = 0 (would be a -3 but you get 3 cotton strings out of it) Hey man! Glad you like this yoyo. I don’t know if you just started out but I assume because it sounds like your going through the learning section which is what I did. Awesome for only a buck! Btw, welcome to the forums. ---
**Author:** ![SketchMan3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@SketchMan3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SketchMan3)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-1-yoyo/61149/106 "2013-12-05T00:16:46Z")
Thanks for the welcome. Yeah i guess you could say that im starting out. Bad news the sides keep coming a’loose. Tried some thin thread seal tape. It helped a little. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-1-yoyo/61149.md?page=5)