Should one of the big brands try to release a competitive plastic for under $10?

[rizki_yoist]

Because the word ‘competitive’ doesn’t go together with ‘cheap’.
Being competitive basically means you need something with no compromise, since the goal is to win you need every advantage you can get, and it costs something. When you design a yoyo with cheapness in mind, you will need to compromise; less material, lower quality material, cutting corners, and the result will not be the best you can use to win.
There is no ‘cheap race cars’ for the same reason, it’s either a cheap car or a race car.

[ThinkH2o]

@yoyodoc

And I think the Federal Government should set up a Nationwide Financial Subsidy program to assist all the poor saps that can even afford the 2 buck toy.

I’d totally sign up for this.

[da5id]

@yoyodoc

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And subjective could be defective if your perspective isn’t particularly effective. But if you focus on subjective from a posture that is corrective; that would assist in reality based clarity.

Considering that 95 percent of All people that have or will even touch a yo-yo to those that will throw for hours a day; will Never compete at any level… The question that initiated this thread is of little concern or consequence.

sir, you are on fire.

[Tvelto]

I love the ReplayPro for $16. The variety of colors is really what sets it apart.

[codinghorror]

I can confirm that you can get the MagicYoyo K1 Plus for under $8 each if you buy it in the gift box that has 3 of them!

Best value yo-yos for giving away to kids?

One thing I like to do is give away yo-yos to kids that I meet (or my kids meet, I have 9 year old, and two 6 year old twins). I want to encourage people to enter the hobby! So I’ve been on the hunt for the best “value” yo-yo that is still a good yo-yo! So far the best value I’ve come up with is these MagicYoyo K1 Plus gift boxes: [image] For each box I can make three of these: gift bag instruction sheet yoyo glove 2 extra strings MagicYoyo K1 plus (strung, lubed and tested) It ends up bei…

[NoT_ATHROWER (Ken)]

Creative man

[NoT_ATHROWER (Ken)]

They won’t make enough money to pay off the money spent on research and development as it is very hard to experiment with materials cheap enough and make a yoyo good enough for competition.