I personally like metals better, but as long as it plays good, I could otherwise not care.
I have been playing my Classic a lot, even going back to my DM2 as well. I certainly have much “nicer” or even “better” stuff, but that’s what’s been doing it for me lately.
I have stuff that’s got 2 metals, plastic and metal, full plastic, aluminum, titanium, steel(is the Mighty Flea steel?), Delrin, Celcon, even wood. It’s all fun.
I also regularly see people competing with plastics.
I think you can get more precise control in design with metal. There’s also a lot of amazing plastics. Good yoyos are good yoyos. There’s a lot of good yoyos. Companies don’t want to release bad yoyos. They do realize not everything is a perfect fit for everyone, but they know when they have something good or something bad.
Both types are good. Regularly, plastic throws are limited in their types of designs as well as forms of rim weighting. Plastics such as the Northstar, Shaqlerstar, Protostar are very good.
Another thing I think people don’t take into consideration is that most metals are machined, while most plastics are simply mold injected. If you take a look at 3yo3’s work, you will see high quality plastic yoyos which are spun on a lathe.
I guess what I’m trying to get at is that while there are high end yoyos in each category, plastic yoyos are really the only ones which reach what one would call low end. Even then though, all tricks can regularly be done on any yoyo you choose.
I like the feel of my 888x compared to my Ooch-yo, but I’m definitely open to trying some of 3yo3’s amazing plastic works.