# Throw w/ Similar Profile to Velocity?

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**Category:** Looking for Help/Recommendation\
**Created:** [September 8, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/throw-w-similar-profile-to-velocity/42491 "2012-09-08T05:39:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![WretchedRapture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wretchedrapture/32/1124_2.png) [@WretchedRapture](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WretchedRapture)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/throw-w-similar-profile-to-velocity/42491/1 "2012-09-08T05:39:01Z")

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I was recently messing around with my girlfriend’s velocity, because I borrowed it for a day to do some maintenance on the bearing, and I found myself growing very fond of the profile shape. For reference it’s a 2011 Velocity, not the newer rounder 2012 version. The only problem is that I’m not a huge fan of the dials, they simply make the yoyo feel cheap to me. And not cheap in a $20 sense, it’s a fantastic value at that price, but cheap as in it’s just a little shakey. Almost like there are too many parts and it leaves it lacking that nice solid feel. So is there any yoyos out there with a similar shape/profile to the Velocity? The first thing that came to my mind was a G5 just because of it’s thin shape, but I don’t feel like dropping a bunch of money on a high end on whim. And preferably a plastic! 🙂

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**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/throw-w-similar-profile-to-velocity/42491/2 "2012-09-08T05:41:17Z")

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Looks a bit like a thin Whip or maybe a Saber Raider from Yomega?

Yuki

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**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/throw-w-similar-profile-to-velocity/42491/3 "2012-09-08T07:58:50Z")

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the werrd poo is a similar profile and wideness iirc

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**Author:** ![wcrase](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wcrase/32/80_2.png) [@wcrase](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/wcrase)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/throw-w-similar-profile-to-velocity/42491/4 "2012-09-08T10:57:40Z")

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Take the dials apart, then glue the shaky bits back together. In  
My experience, including having owned a g5, the Velocity has a feel all its own.

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**Author:** ![theTopo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thetopo/32/1065_2.png) [@theTopo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theTopo)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/throw-w-similar-profile-to-velocity/42491/5 "2012-09-08T11:02:50Z")

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> [@dynikus](#):
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> the werrd poo is a similar profile and wideness iirc

I was thinking ILYY Greyhound which is very similar to the Poo. Both have a slightly more modern shape than the Velocity and they both play much better.