# protostar
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203
**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance
**Created:** [June 12, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203 "2011-06-12T07:50:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@edgar24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edgar24)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203/1 "2011-06-12T07:50:41Z")
I want to buy a protostar but I dont know how long its response will last??It will last for 3 months or more??and what is the purpose of the its arrow?
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### Author:  [@N0rfolk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/N0rfolk)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203/2 "2011-06-12T07:56:49Z")
My Northstar response (the same as protostar’s response) lasted about a few weeks.
The arrow is for not over tightening your yoyo 😃
Hope I helped 🙂
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### Author:  [@edgar24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edgar24)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2011, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203/3 "2011-06-12T08:00:45Z")
> [@N0rfolk](#):
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> My Northstar response (the same as protostar’s response) lasted about a few weeks.
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> The arrow is for not over tightening your yoyo 😃
>
> Hope I helped 🙂
thank you…then it will not last for long
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### Author:  [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203/4 "2011-06-12T16:21:10Z")
Woah there.
A few weeks? Your yoyo may have some problems. My Protostar response lasted for months. I;m still playing it now and it might even stand much more than months. The response is a few months old and it has no sign of wearing out. And I play it around an hour everyday.
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### Author:  [@hobo-yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hobo-yoyo)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203/5 "2011-06-12T16:28:10Z")
he may play with his a lot more than you which wears the response out quicker. my yoyos wear out after a few weeks too.
one time when i lubed my bearing i got some of the lube on my response pad by accident and the pads fell out a few days lader (the pad sucked up the lube and expanded a little
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### Author:  [@skeletonboy333](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skeletonboy333)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203/6 "2011-06-12T17:02:41Z")
Well yeah, depends on the OP. How long do you play with it in a day OP?
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### Author:  [@dty00](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dty00)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203/7 "2011-06-13T00:02:39Z")
GET A PROTOSTAR!!! My protostar was the best yoyo I ever had used. It was in shape for a month.
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### Author:  [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/protostar/27203/8 "2011-06-13T00:07:42Z")
> [@N0rfolk](#):
>
> My Northstar response (the same as protostar’s response) lasted about a few weeks.
>
> The arrow is for not over tightening your yoyo 😃
>
> Hope I helped 🙂
no. it is a mold marking.