I see a lot of political reasoning speculated on why @Gentry_Stein change the trick name. But the real reason he changed the name is that he is after one of those elusive Nike / Jumpman Air Jordan contracts, Gentry is about YoYo Sport and the World Champ needs endorsements. I still think he needs to hit up Johnson and Johnson and get that Head and Shoulders deal with that hair though.
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Not to mention, he has the jumpman colorway shutter on his website
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I got a Shutter in a trade a while back, pretty darn good mono. I agree the engraving is a little hokey but to be fair, I didn’t make the camera connection right away.
Now the Butter is next level IMO, one of the few throws that I have multiples of for playing purposes.
On the subject of the trick renaming, I imagine the trademark on that name probably expired after 20 years so he is free to do whatever.
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As for why I have not bought a shutter, I cannot decide which one. I thought about getting the bi-metal because so many people praise it, but I also worry about the posts I have read about how easily it is damaged. Wide angle is tempting, but should I get a wide angle before I have a regular? I need simpler choices. … … … I’m easily confused. 
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I’m probably gonna go with the Wide Angle as I have a Shu-ta.
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I like The American more than my Shutter which I rarely pick up. The American has a bit of a Shutter feel but is more exciting. The American is supposed to be the missing link between Gentry’s Super G and Shutter.
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Agreed that the American is a way better rendition of a shutter. Way more stable, more forgiving. I can see that the shutter would be great for speed and tech but it’s so unstable–gets thrown off-plane in the middle of a combo way easier. and it always missed binds for me.
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In MY hands I find it preferable to the Shutter but I ain’t Gentry who designed the Shutter and won stuff using it. Maybe the missed binds you’re getting with it could be the string. I dunno.
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Every time I look at buying a Shutter, I remember they still sell Horizons.
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I can’t stand either of them.
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The Shutter just never did it for me. I don’t think it’s a bad throw or anything. And its popularity surely shows that it isn’t. But for whatever reason, I was always kinda “meh” on it.
I did at one point have the coolest looking version of the Shutter ever made, the Jason Lee edition.
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I’ve never bought a shutter cause all the ones I owned were trades. 
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Because I have enough yoyos… 
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I just keep on Shuttering… WA Galaxy on the way!
Silly you have a reason not to get one!
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What? This comment makes no sense at all! 
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Well after all, the title is “Silly reason you have not bought a Shutter”
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