I kinda disagree with this:
Draupnir is peak bimetal, but as far as peak mainstream monometal design there’s no question that it is …
the 2013 Shutter.
What’s magical about the Shutter in particular is the way it merged all the W/H/O/V shapes
into one platonic ideal:
It’s sorta organic and smooth for comfort, but also kinda H shaped for better spin and that nice fat middle, yet still V shaped for performance, and a bit step-round W shaped … all at the same time! It’s a really solid combination of shapes that merges all the good things about each one. It is the most “modern classic” of any yoyo released in the last 8 years, IMNSHO.
Size is also a factor. 56mm diameter of the Shutter is basically mainstream now, whereas 50mm yo-yos were the norm 8 years ago. Yo-yos prior to 2010 are undersized compared to yo-yos today!
Anyway, the primary narrative of yo-yos in 2010-2015 isn’t a YoyoRecreation story, except on the bimetal front. It’s a YYF story, and specifically a Shutter story…