# The evolution of the yoyo shape **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-evolution-of-the-yoyo-shape/292386 **Category:** General Yo-Yo **Created:** [August 27, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-evolution-of-the-yoyo-shape/292386 "2018-08-27T18:24:51Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 10
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [August 27, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-evolution-of-the-yoyo-shape/292386/10 "2018-08-27T23:24:28Z")
I kinda disagree with this: > [@andy569](#): > > Then, in 2013, we pretty much hit the “peak” of yoyo design with the Draupnir. Draupnir is peak _bimetal_, but as far as peak _mainstream monometal design_ there’s no question that it is … ![shutter-fade-edition](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/0/0/100f1b744eb218ff3073386340ad431b4ebae1c3.jpeg) the **2013 Shutter**. What’s magical about the Shutter in particular is the way it merged all the W/H/O/V shapes ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/f/4/2f4b1c85140c23df17e495674fe5e2fd31843d01.jpeg) into one platonic ideal: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/a/a/4aab57358e1919347e3878bccbea20d9083fd25e.jpeg) 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! > [@Standout modern yo-yo timeline?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894): > > Does anyone have a year-by-year timeline of modern yo-yos that are standouts? By standouts I mean, as recognized by the yo-yoing community, yo-yos that are unique, innovative, popular, horrible, etc. I’m thinking of mainly just one or two a year (or 3, or 4 :)). Beginning arbitrarily at 1976 when the Duracraft ProYo was introduced by Donald Duncan Jr., here is a start from my collection database (laughably incomplete, please fill in/correct as appropriate; also dates tend to be introduction … 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-evolution-of-the-yoyo-shape/292386)._