The Ask G2 Jake Thread

Next week :slight_smile:

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Iā€™m missing an Arkham Nessie so I might have to do some trading as well ā€¦ or buying.

As for a question: Does the other halve of G Squared play yoyo as well?

The Blue and White ball one is the one i like.

Also, do you plan on making any fixed axle throws?

The EH.

Which of the current offerings of unresponsive yoyos besides G2 do you like/admire??

Nope. She does like the pill and kendama a good amount though.

The Cliff, i really like what Chris did with it. One of the yoyos out there that wasnā€™t just hype because of the names attached.

79ish. I bet some were hiding

Think Iā€™m caught up, bring on some more questions!

Given how fast they sold out and the obvious demand, do you plan on doing another run of 7075 tritons?

No plans on more for now, it will be down the road a little bit if I do decide to make more. As always it will be mostly based on what you guys want.

Whatā€™s your favorite song?

Wow, I think that might be an impossible question. Changes based on mood, time if year, and daily :slight_smile:

Lets go with this for today

Ask me tomorrow it will be different.

Seeing as they sold out in less than an hour, and specially for the big bang anoed one, why is that? Donā€™t these make a good profit? Is it for marketing reasons? To keep the brand on a desired state?

I donā€™t understand why the coolest of all yoyos are the ones that are manufactured the least. Iā€™d love to buy one of the big bang tritons, too bad thatā€™s not possible :frowning:

In the future, if possible, please make the great looking runs like the big bang the mainstream and use the less cool runs for the limited releases

The reason for making the BIG BANG limited is the fact that it is very expensive and very time consuming to have that much attention and detail put into anodizing.

AL7 Triton was a small run because that is what I have done in the past, and this one turned out to be our favorite and its an 7075 of what I consider to be our best yoyo and one of the top 2 of 2013 so far.

Both of these limited releases make less money and take a greater investment to complete along with the fact they are more likely to produce
Glitches.

Itā€™s nice to have something rare and beautiful pop up everyone once in a while. If there were 100 Big Bang Tritons I donā€™t think it would
Be the same.

I guess I understand the need for greater quality control on these, but I donā€™t understand how they make less money. The big bang triton looks like a work of art, specially when itā€™s spinning, you could easily charge 20-30$ more and I would still pay for it.

I disagree with this, I think it should be in your best interests, as a manufacturer, to have the most satisfied costumers while making what you like. Clearly, the big bang colorway, and the triton itself, are your favorite releases so far, so you should be happy to make more costumers happy.

I understand that there is a market for rare stuff, but I donā€™t believe that market should be targeted by the manufacturers themselves, and I specially donā€™t think you should make less money on it, on the contrary, you should make much more than you do on the normal releases.

That big bang triton is too pretty to only be owned by a happy few. I myself, live in Brazil and will never even see one.
Job well done on that yoyo!

In order, what do you think are the top 5 yoyos of 2013? And which one do you think is the top other than the triton?

The BIG BANG was limited due to its being anodized by MFD. They are friends of mine and like to take on challenging projects, not mass produce the same thing. That was another part of it being limited to build on top of it being much more expensive and it having a much higher rate for Glitches. Could I have charged more than I did yes, does that mean I can order more no. Payment is due up front before the units are sold. So being a small company I only have a limited capital.

Also I like giving people options on color ways. Not mass producing just a few.

Man I sure would like to see more of them. I kind of wish I hadnā€™t spent my money on the 4th of July sale and waited for these. Although I did get a bvm2 and a cliff Iā€™m very pleased with.

What is your design process for making yoyos? Do you already have target characteristics before you start that you try to achieve, or do you just go wild with the design and see what it leads you?

How many man hours does it take to design a yoyo? Are there simulation tools that you can test the yoyo in before a prototype is made? And how many different prototypes do you usually make before getting to the end product?

Do you only design the profile/CAD of the yoyo, or do you also have to deal with the machining side, optimization of the milling process and whatnot?

There seem to be a lot of design my own yoyo in this forum, how do you feel about that? Do you think it helps the industry, hinders it or is it irrelevant?

How did you start G2 and making yoyos? Is it a fulltime business yet?

When can I expect a titanium G2?