# Rain City Skills is closing up shop **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 28, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917 "2025-03-28T19:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/61 "2025-04-29T03:47:43Z")
I think the coins are slammers for the pogs, btw! ---
**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:** [April 29, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/62 "2025-04-29T03:51:55Z")
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, that was absolutely fantastic, haha! ---
**Author:** ![ShpoonZ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shpoonz/32/245679_2.png) [@ShpoonZ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ShpoonZ)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/63 "2025-04-29T03:57:36Z")
Fantastic stuff. Officially one of the greatest yo-yo unboxings of all time. Thank you RCS for everything :heart: ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/64 "2025-04-29T04:31:03Z")
I love the flat earth! I actually already had one but when I saw they were closing up shop I couldn’t pass up the mystery fondling add on before the opportunity was lost forever. ---
**Author:** ![Gr3g](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gr3g/32/609230_2.png) [@Gr3g](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Gr3g)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/65 "2025-04-29T07:54:21Z")
The picture reveal had me, RCS until the end. Thank you for sharing with us! ---
**Author:** ![TryCatchThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trycatchthrow/32/171307_2.png) [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/66 "2025-04-29T21:09:27Z")
This video triggered some moderate anxiety for me because you were unboxing in your car! ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/67 "2025-04-29T21:16:10Z")
I was slightly concerned there would be glitter, shaving foam, or something else that would make a mess but then I asked myself: would it be anything worse than what my kids have already done to the van? ---
**Author:** ![TryCatchThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trycatchthrow/32/171307_2.png) [@TryCatchThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TryCatchThrow)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/68 "2025-04-29T21:18:53Z")
I’d be more concerned about losing things. I lose an incredible number of spacers just around my attic workshop. ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/69 "2025-04-29T21:19:58Z")
I did see a croc jibit take a tumble out of the flat earth bag lol ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/70 "2025-04-29T21:31:41Z")
Oh nooo haha thank you. I’ll have to go digging for it. ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/71 "2025-04-29T22:47:52Z")
Offending jibitz located. ![IMG_8918](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/1/1/111a8772e10ab31ee5e12d4630297521e76f5cd2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/72 "2025-04-30T17:51:48Z")
I didn’t even notice the duck at first! :joy: ![IMG_8928](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/5/8/258edd2cb4f6d388da4159dd88d125b3157d7b1b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SleeperHit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@SleeperHit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SleeperHit)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/73 "2025-05-03T23:36:40Z")
I was lucky to come back to yoyo when I did, to at least catch the tail end of this Rain City Skills run. When I found out about them I immediately liked their vibe. Had been pacing my purchases but the closing bittersweetly enabled and sped up the schedule. Grabbed the unique/funnest ones I could. Always a surprise starting with the packaging. I can imagine the deluge of orders. Finally got my last order. SETI is an incredibly fun oversize throw and feels fast on the string. BFD is similar fun with a fatter rim for performance and it’s relatively slower. The Flat Earth is awesome for slimline lovers, I got a second one to make responsive. The Author is a relatively light (~56g) but performative non-competitive throw and is a joy to practice and develop tricks with. Thanks to this thread I learned what jibbitz are. I was utterly perplexed trying to separate what I assumed was a pin back but was one piece. ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/74 "2025-05-10T16:55:41Z")
Story time. When I saw RCS was closing I emailed Jeremy and begged for the CAD file for the dumpster fire. It was one of the only notable throws missing from my RCS collection and since there would never be any more made I wanted to try my hand at 3d printing a garbage copy. I was genuinely shocked when he said yes and gave me the file! I loaded up the file, revolved it into a 3d shape and printed it. Thus began a journey of failure worthy of the dumpster fire. Support failures on the cup. ![IMG_8770](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/e/3/be3f7ff00b90db19588920783d3d689f39cbf2c6.jpeg) Regular plastic was too light for the design so I switched to a 60% stainless steel plastic composite. Still had suppport issues. I tried water soluble supports. They worked okay until the plastic broke apart during assembly. ![IMG_8812](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/4/f/14faf0364f268e7870c5111f61030b6a9200c9c1.jpeg) ![IMG_8813](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/1/2/b12fd7e9a12e6caf2f5ea90919bc518127cdc647.jpeg) I loved the original dumpster fire lube video and I got bored during the failures and experimented with making my own Dumpsterlicious lube from things like honey, bike chain wax, and blue stuff. ![IMG_8776](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/1/c/31c88b5f7e586124b71772d3984e0292b7367ba3.jpeg) Eventually I gave up printing in one piece and sliced it into a couple pieces so I could take advantage of the weight of the stainless steel filament but use stronger plastic where the hardware sits to avoid breakage. Which brings me to today. More than 40 (probably more than 50 but I lost count) failed prints later I have managed to produce two Dumpster Fires in my workshop. One for me and one for a friend. ![IMG_9010](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/7/f/77fb410d9b004507995e62bd520424679b10e1b9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/75 "2025-05-10T17:13:07Z")
Ohh that’s amazing so happy it came along well and blessed that we got to see some of the steps along the way ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/76 "2025-05-10T20:37:47Z")
The only thing worse than a dumpster fire is a 3D printed dumpster fire. Nice job. ---
**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/77 "2025-05-15T02:43:58Z")
That’s dedication right there! Would it have truly been a Dumpster Fire without several dozen failures? ---
**Author:** ![MrYoyoThrower](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mryoyothrower/32/21004_2.png) [@MrYoyoThrower](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrYoyoThrower)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/78 "2025-07-27T04:01:40Z")
You are correct! ---
**Author:** ![MrYoyoThrower](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mryoyothrower/32/21004_2.png) [@MrYoyoThrower](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MrYoyoThrower)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/79 "2025-07-27T04:03:39Z")
That is freaking amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Niekro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/niekro/32/1541_2.png) [@Niekro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Niekro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/rain-city-skills-is-closing-up-shop/421917/80 "2025-08-02T08:28:04Z")
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