Post your un-aesthetic half-swaps

The oddest I’ve tried is the Duncan x C3yoyodesign “Big Token” aka “Small Fun”:


The token half actually weighs more than the big fun half. And yes, it fingerspins.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_0pqlBo-N/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

What are your worst half swaps? I’d love to see them!

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@Marm

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I gotchu when I get home

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I put together the most extreme half swap I could… half Dread G (80g version), half Smashing Crucible (50g). Massive difference in shape, diameter, and weight, see for yourself :rofl:

Again… dead smooth on the string. It does list heavily to the side and it wants to turn because of the weight differential, but it’s perfectly vibe free. Seriously.

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dv888 and tiwalker

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Just got my Franken-Reaper!

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I wonder how in the world that would possibly work? That just doesn’t make any sense, how can manufactured A grades have vibe at times, but a half swap like that can be dead smooth? Crazy yoyo Gods…

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holy crud, I thought I was the crazy one doing this with my Horizon and Atlas like 2 years ago :laughing:

lol that and a shutter-canon halfswap were my first insta posts

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Post them here!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYmi1HPBSDU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BYmkwUEhUiu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Can’t tell you how these played since it was a while ago, except I do remember them vibing while also being surprisingly smooth lol.

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I really dislike starburst response, and one time YYJ came out with a hybrid response yoyo (black knight), half o-ring and half starburst. I found a guy who liked starburst and traded him for the o-ring half. Even after that, I still didn’t care that much for the yoyo with o-ring response.

(I bought the black knight primarily because it was a local boy’s signature yoyo.)

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Interesting, I’ve been thinking and wondering why starburst fell so far out of favor, we really only see it on loopers now? It is kinda … noisy?

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From my experience it produced too much friction & affected play. If I did a simple trapeze on a Butterfly XT the spin time would be basically cut in half.

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Love how you named the Shutter/Cannon swap Shannon!

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I liked the Hatlas (Horizon & Atlas) better :smiley:

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Yeah, but I never met a Hatlas before.

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Apparently he’s an insurance agent!
https://agent.amfam.com/stanley-hatlas/il/norridge/4701-n-cumberland-ave/

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The names Hatlas… Stanley Hatlas. :grin:

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The Convergible

Converge & Crucible

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