Interesting. Looks like itās taking some design cues from the sfx. Do you have any info on what exactly is changing? Price drop? Bronze or aluminum weight rings?
As Preinfalk has already mentioned>>> and backed up by me(from Yoyojam), that is a Destiny(older colorway by the way) with Phenomism caps. Nothing more, nothing less.
Nothing wrong with the yoyo; just a silly attempt at āsillyā.
Hahah, itās cool :D. At first I was likeā¦that canāt be. And I start doubting myself when I saw the original caps with Mickeyās name on it.
Ever since Mickey left YYJ, the text/font on caps of new runs of Mickeyās old signature models haveā¦in my opinionā¦looked uglier.
I have to agree with the caps not being as nice on the new issued throws after Mickey left. Starting with the Phenom. Thank goodness I got mine in November 2011.
Dave Bell and the good guys at YYJ should have at least kept with the font design because that worked best. Sure, they design and produce great yoyos, but when it comes to cap art itās just bland. Like, I canāt take it seriously anymoar. Likeā¦the face value of the yoyo just went down just because itās not aesthetic to the eye anymore.
Iām glad I have a deal with a friend to score a PHENOM and PHENOMizm when Mickey is still with YYJ :]
I got my Phenomizm in December, a month after getting the Phenom. Iām wondering if Mickey had some rights to the font because I see the same kind of theme on his new stuff on YoYoAddict brand merchandise. Might be some copyright issues at play here as well as intellectual property.
I bought a Speed Maker at YYE last week. I wanted to ensure it was the OLD caps, not the new ones. Fortunately, my color choice was the older caps.
In the meantime, I feel Mickeyās new stuff is over-priced. I love the way it looks though, and his designs work very well for me. The Speeder 2, Chaser, Phenomism, Phenom and Meteor are among my favorites.
I donāt think thatās the case. Iāve seen that font around lying in the Internet. I just canāt remember where. I donāt think Mickey has exclusive rights to that font he used. But Iām still going to stick with the lack of aesthetics on the new cap art.
Nice! Lucky you! Get that Speeder2 soon to complete your collection! Or so I recall that you still dont have it.
As for his yoyo prices, keep in mind that the USD-Japanese Yen exchange has a role to this. But I also read that heāll be releasing a full-sized throw with economy in mind. He markets it as āyour very first metal yoyoā so Iām guessing itāll be very cheap. he said itāll be between 5000-6000yen. So about $61.
Read up. I do have the Speeder 2. Itās also on display in my big āblue yoyo collectionā shot for April 2ndās Light it Up Blue thread in General Discussion. All I want now is an original Speeder.
Regardless of who owns the font, weāre both in agreement with the artwork on the caps. Too boring now.
I canāt wait to see what he can come up with in an affordable metal throw. Hopefully he can release the metal chaser prototype as an economy metal.
I think micky just take whatever his when he parted with yoyojam.
Maybe, he design the cap, so yoyojam, in order to respect micky, donāt use them anymore.
I feel this because one of the older speedmaker caps has micky family stamp as the design.