@Gentry_Stein has now sold over 100,000 signature yo-yos making him the most successful professional player to endorse a yoyo in the modern age! To celebrate, YoYoFactory has produced a run of his signature shutter in the original specifications with a killer deal! You can snag a classic Shutter in these four colors for $34.99. Deal ends June 14th!
Glad to see yoyoexpert now has these. Cause I know theyâve been out for a week or 2 now.
I built these!
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Does this mean that all these years YYF has been selling us a worse version of the shutter?
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worse for who? Itâs all preferences.
The original Shutter is heavier, in a recent thread on this forum, being heavy was portrayed as bad, but to some, it is desirable.
In terms of precision, finish and overall performance, I would rate these as some of my favorite Shutters we have ever produced, and at that price, Also the best value.
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This number is staggering to me.
@yyfben2.deactivated do you have a specification comparison for the different Shutters? YYE has the same specs listed for all of them it seems.
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Yeah I didnât realize there was a change in weight
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In Gentryâs words, this spec, which was used to win worlds, has more stability and spin time, to me that sounds better, at least for competing. Maybe Iâm confused and itâs always been the same shutter.
These are the ones listed as âClassic Shutter Promo Editionâ?
A huge number and quite the accomplishmentâŚbut I canât think of any clip Iâve seen from Gentry that doesnt include âBUY A SHUTTERâ lol
I also just realized I typed this with a shutter in hand 
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The weight of the shutter on the spec sheet on yoyoexpert right now is the original shutterâs weight. Yoyoexpert never updated the weight of the shutter across the runs and they also usually donât do so:
Later runs of the shutter reduced the weight by a bit to 66 grams and then to 64.4 grams, which is the current shutterâs weight.
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I guess I have the middleweight version. Showing 66.5g.
Kinda curious about the heavier one though.
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You can get the heavier one right now! The OG Specs they are talking about and discounting is the heavier one (67.8g).
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correct.
Manufacturers dont typically inform us of any design tweaks, so if a yoyo has the same name it gets put it on the page without rechecking specs. I missed that post about the Almighty specs though, Iâll make a note to change those. 
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Ah I see. Manufacturers should inform though, itâs quite important to consumers. Well if I find anymore specs that have changed Iâll be sure to bring it up to you!
Definitely, feel free to send me a PM if you notice anything that needs to be changed/edited on pages.
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Are you as good as Gentry?
Maybe its not better for you.
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How important actually is it? as no brand has ever done it and right now you are learning this for the first time⌠should every yoyo be specâed in case there is variance between one yoyo in a run and another? what if you buy a yoyo and the specs are different from that advertised? 1gm? .5 gm? .1gm? .01gm? what variance is acceptable?
If you buy 5 examples of any brand and weigh them you will probably find some variance, so the specs are almost always âbadâ.
In theory, every yoyo is identical, but they art and anyone who tells you otherwise is umâŚ
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Does it really matter how good I am? Iâm nowhere near Gentryâs level and I donât see the point in you asking me. Instead you have ignored my question and questioned my ability with a yoyo, which has nothing to do with what we were talking about.
To ask you again, this spec has more stability and spin time, does that sound like a better yoyo to you?
Im not questioning your ability, just your determination that one set of specs is BETTER than another, which you actually questioned in the first place.
Its preference⌠based on SKILL and TRICK COMPOSITION.
Gentry started doing more change of direction and regain tricks. At the time, stability was a negative and spin time was irrelevant as he generated enough spin out of the lighter weight.
If a certain set of specs were absolutely better we would just make 1 yoyo at the better specs and everyone would play with it⌠but people are different.
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