# One Drop general discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 25, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267 "2026-05-25T06:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Son-of-Morris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/son-of-morris/32/250533_2.png) [@Son-of-Morris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Son-of-Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/21 "2026-06-10T21:25:53Z")
@rkalajian you have some explaining to do on that sweet colorway :wink: ---
**Author:** ![rkalajian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rkalajian/32/672584_2.png) [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/22 "2026-06-10T21:29:30Z")
Ha! Man, id love to get my hands on an old Throw Yo throw ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/23 "2026-06-10T21:50:31Z")
Being cryptic is unhelpful. ---
**Author:** ![hsb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hsb/32/193274_2.png) [@hsb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hsb)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/24 "2026-06-10T22:49:18Z")
Looks like a defunct UK store: throw-yoyo Check the [May 25th, 2013 snapshot on the Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20130515000000*/http://www.throw-yoyo.co.uk). ![tyy-burnside](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/c/d/0cdacea260a22fc060edb0c20fec23c31fe458c4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/25 "2026-06-10T22:56:41Z")
Aha, that looks to be the one! Thank you so much! P.S. One Drop misspelled retailers’ names like that very often. ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/26 "2026-06-10T23:04:16Z")
Also, if anyone knows anything ‘YoYoYuan’ then that would be tremendously helpful. It may be a retailer or alternatively some kind of yoyoing event. ---
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/27 "2026-06-11T18:21:27Z")
Heads up, I have a onedrop ano reference spread sheet I’ve been working on for a few weeks that should be ready to go live shortly. Over 500 entries from the Flickr alone. I’ve also been cataloging the physical museum at the shop in Eugene that has ano examples that are not shown on the Flickr. ---
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/28 "2026-06-11T18:23:16Z")
Saw these yesterday at the shop. These were made specifically to mask the catch zone for the MMC so the blast wouldn’t cut strings. Insanely labor intensive process. ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/29 "2026-06-11T18:48:34Z")
Does it list what yoyos those colours were released for? If not then it might be helpful for at least speculatively naming some colours that I haven’t got a name for. Does it have pictures? ---
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/30 "2026-06-11T19:06:23Z")
V1 has pictures of everything but the standard solids. There are a few named solids (Kuntosh) in there. V2 or 3 will have some updates including (hopefully) models for each colorway, release timeline, and who the ano artist was for which version of each. I am still working my way through the museum drawers at the shop and finding examples that don’t exist online. There aren’t a ton, but there are definitely some one offs and just things that didn’t make it to the flickr. I started an instagram for the museum (mentioned above) at @onedropmuseum and will eventually also have a fully searchable spreadsheet for the collection with all the onedrop stuff as well as the rest of the collection of other brands. ---
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/31 "2026-06-11T19:17:24Z")
Screw it, we are LIVE! I will make a separate post for this, but for now here is a [LINK!](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSfB7NrP4DzILMoqWvAuaaO8zD0xkOkVWeUuFhrZ3L_8MElJaOHPUID8tONxoKK8Kq_ZnoEa8cmsr0V/pubhtml) ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/32 "2026-06-30T17:13:07Z")
Does anyone know whether nickel/copper plated One Drops came with a Pyramatte finish or a polished finish? I’ve never owned a non-blasted one brand new so it’s hard for me to tell. ---
**Author:** ![washyjoshe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/washyjoshe/32/612061_2.png) [@washyjoshe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/washyjoshe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/34 "2026-06-30T17:21:14Z")
Early MMC in nickel were blasted. MCMO were pyramatte. So, both. ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/35 "2026-06-30T17:26:36Z")
Well, obviously blasted ones are blasted lol. Am I right that it would be done similar to anodising where the finish is done before the plating? I know they explicitly did a ‘polished’ nickel plated yoyo once but it doesn’t look much shinier than the other ones to me, which is why I was asking. ---
**Author:** ![Upmanyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e68b1a/32.png) [@Upmanyu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Upmanyu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/36 "2026-06-30T17:34:37Z")
I have never seen any of the nickel ones to be pyramatte, just seem plated/polished. ---
**Author:** ![washyjoshe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/washyjoshe/32/612061_2.png) [@washyjoshe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/washyjoshe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/37 "2026-06-30T17:35:59Z")
I was under the impression my MCMO was pyramatte, I guess it could be patina though. ---
**Author:** ![washyjoshe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/washyjoshe/32/612061_2.png) [@washyjoshe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/washyjoshe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/38 "2026-06-30T17:38:26Z")
I just guessed if they weren’t blasted they would be pyramatte, as it’s a much easier and passive way to prepare/clean the metal before it’s treated for anno or plating. I guess polishing could be realatively automated if it happened immediately after cutting while it was still held in the machine. ---
**Author:** ![Upmanyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e68b1a/32.png) [@Upmanyu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Upmanyu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/39 "2026-06-30T17:39:07Z")
Would be odd to do any surface finish on a shiny metal! Pyramatte just adds a bunch of scratches essentially, the shiny nickel yoyos dont seem to have that! ---
**Author:** ![washyjoshe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/washyjoshe/32/612061_2.png) [@washyjoshe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/washyjoshe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/40 "2026-06-30T17:40:03Z")
[Markmont. Classic Magnum Opus (B-Grade) — Markmont.](https://www.markmont.shop/shop/p/magnum-opus-bgrade) these pictures look like pryamatte to me, what do you think? (hard to communicate tone, I’m truly curious, not trying to be argumentative) ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267/41 "2026-06-30T17:43:04Z")
I think those are B-grades because they have some patina. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/one-drop-general-discussion/446267.md?page=3)