Trick Assassin by Phat Yo

[Reg718]

Hey guys , just joined other day. Just got back into it after about 12-15 yrs away. Ended up finding old spintastic tornado while packing for a move. Caught my interest again. Anyway I ordered a YYF velocity and Champion edition One from the shop with some accessories, just to get myself a few diff throws to get started. This whole unresponsive style is new to me. Over weekend I went to a local hobby shop byme to see if I could find anything. They didn’t have much but I did up buying a trick assassin from spintastics. Just to pass time till the others come. On box it says it has 120 diff setting response system and goes for beginner to pro level. However aside from adding the extra spacers that come with it. I do not know how else to adjust the response. So basically I can get 2 levels of response,not the stated 120. When I type in the web site they list it no longer exists. Anyone familiar with this yoyo?? And if so can you give me some advice on setting it up and what not? Thank you

[Xore237]

Welcome to the forum!

Couldn’t find much about the yoyo but I’d guess you just unscrew a little to make it unresponsive or tighten it to make it responsive.

[Reg718]

Thanks for he welcome. I thought that but if u unscrew its lose. Even though I’m just getting back I saw there are some yo yos you unscrew a bit to help with response. But this one seems lose and wobbly if I unscrew even alil. Thanks for help though.

[Jdrabik]

I believe the trick assassins are made by Spintastics, try checking their website.

[jhb8426 (Resident Curmudgeon)]

How many spacers does it come with? If it comes w/more than 2, perhaps you can mix and match for different settings like the Yomega Raider EX.

BTW - the Spintastics website has no info on setting it up.

Here’s a review from “elsewhere”

The first time I saw the yo-yo, I didn’t think much of it. The sidecap design is quite simple, overly simple in fact. The caps only have the name of the yo-yo and the company on it, nothing else. When I threw it, it sounded poorly made, the caps rattling all over the place even though they were held in with screws. It’s very slim, around as wide as the Yomega Hyperwarp Wing if it had domed caps. The weight rings kind of make it look like a Spintastics Eclipse.

A glance at the packaging and I was laughing so hard. This was a case of older peoples trying to lure in a ‘fresh and new’ ‘new and fresh’ crowd of hip, cool kids. I quote from the packaging… “Join the PhatYo crew. Learn Rip’n moves and sik tricks.” It really doesn’t work and sounds out of place. Another thing that was really annoying was that they continued to refer to the website that was, and still is at time of writing, barebones. There’s barely any content up and yet, these yo-yos are always telling you to go to the site.

Now to the yo-yo. The shape, like I said, is slimline and feels even thinner than it is. This makes it a bit hard to catch on the string, but much easier when you’re trying to thread it through a spiders-web of string. It’s around the diameter of a Yoyojam Dark Magic.

The response is something called “Mega Sweet Response Cookies”, another lame attempt at connecting with kids like I said before, but it’s an innovative technique. It’s a rubber disc, like a rubber dif-pad a few millemeters thick. One side is smooth while the other has small protrusions, kind of like a starburst. They’re reversible and can be taken out relatively easily. With one in, it provides modest response and only a few snags on the string.

The concave sleeve is another interesting concept, the bad thing about this being that you can’t take the bearing out easily to clean it. It does come semi-clean already, which means you get a good spin right out of the box. I’m running mine stock and it still works fine. The bearing is held on the axle by a pair of tapered cylinders (don’t know what else to call them) that screw onto the axle.

It has a fixed gap, but the width can be adjusted by interchanging the screw on spacers. They enclose two spacers which are a bit longer so you can get a larger gap. I didn’t see much of a difference between the two, to be honest, but it might work for others.

With the weight rings placed so close to the edge of the yo, it plays a lot like a metal-rimmed yo-yo, the sleepers nothing to laugh at, even on the string. It’s pretty smooth on the string and it seemed to me that suicides are easier to catch on this yo-yo. It’s got a shiny finish so grinds are really difficult, epsecialy in the hot weather we’ve been having. It’s not made to grind either.

With only a few easy modifications prepared by PhatYo, this yo-yo does turn into a pretty good player, although it does seem a bit fragile and breakable.

[Reg718]

Thanks for posting that review. Must be old though, cause box I got with it has none of those sayings. I did switch the original spacers for the extras that came on side and gap is alil larger. Didn’t realize at first that they where a bit longer. However I still don’t get how it has a “120 different response settings” system. And there is no info on the spintastics website about it and the website on box phatyo.com.au does not work. My problem is that it plays pretty unresponsive out of box “I did put the original smaller spacers back in”. And just coming back after years away I’m not that great binding and long string tricks yet. I guess I’ll just wait till my velocity gets here. Should be any day. I was just itching to learn and bought this on a whim. Thanks again.

[anon19434144]

Trick Assassin. 1998. As I was putting the contents of my Misc. Yoyos I Do Not Use Box into actual cases I came across this. I bought it in 2015. Transaxle / response pads. Anyone have any memories of it?