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I always wanted one. Those look so cool.
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Yeah there are just too many releases for most of them to be a big deal. I get that itâs a dream of some people to be able to make and sell yo-yos, but how many of them are bringing anything new to the table? And how well does the really unique stuff actually sell if you choose to go that route?
I just donât see how a lot of these smaller brands will be around 5 years from now. And thereâs at least one larger brand that Iâm not sure will be either. The only sure things (in the Western market at least) are YYF and Duncan.
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Since you own, or have owned, the Draupnir and the Hummingbird, what would you say the Edolass brings to the table that isnât already covered by those two (and others like them, like say, the G2 Elite).
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Never had an Elite. Itâs kind of natural to compare the Hummingbird and Draup because theyâre like in the same category but the feel of the Hummingbird didnât really remind me of the Draup at all. If you have both I donât think you really have the same yoyo.
On the other hand, I mentioned before that the first yoyo I thought of when I threw the Edolass was the Draupnir. Similar kick, feel, and pacing. It doesnât feel quite as dense or jarring to throw probably because of the material and extra width and maybe weight ring placement but theyâre very similar.
The OD was extremely powerful but itâs larger size and weight disguised it a bit and made it feel a little more mellow. Interestingly, while it was a player, I didnât enjoy throwing it that much and didnât find myself reaching for it too often.
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I think the the YYF TooHot was pretty underrated. I really like that yoyo.
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YYF Role Model - A fun organic-ish shape that never really caught on with people for some reason.
C3 Speedaholic - One of the first budget plastics to show that âbudget plasticâ could still mean vibe free yoyo.
YYF Protostar - An outstanding high performance plastic. No, these werenât under-rated in their prime. But in recent years, theyâve fallen out of favor. This is silly. They were a fine yoyo at $35, at todayâs $15 price, nothing can beat it.
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Iâve gotta say it. Yoyojam Surge. I put a nice bearing in it and Iâm scared of only having two (one backup). Iâm up to 12 unresponsive yoyos, some approaching a $100 price tag (my max so far), and I keep pulling out my Surge. Maybe abominable for tricks I havenât gotten to yet, but tossing it around with some combos that start with a trapeze etc. I canât get enough of this yoyo. It feels good, itâs easier for me to land tricks than a Replay pro (for reasons I canât figure out⌠like my reaction times actually prefer the slightly faster one?), itâs pretty darn stable, and it has a long spin time. For a daily plastic throw I might bump on something, I finally got around to getting the Replay, thinking it would play better than Surge, but no; I still like the Surge a bit more. The yellow looks a little plain but certain fluorescent lights you pass by make it flare up like thereâs a black light around, and I can almost smell lemons. If itâs polycarbonate itâsâŚgot less carbon or something. Slightly softer.
Speaking of YYJ, I really wonder what the almost Delrin-like, kinda soapy plastic of the inner portions of Classic is? Nothing like standard polycarbonate. Soft.
I like my YYJ Classic and play it, too, but the Surge spins longer, keeping its forceful inertia, at least as well as my Protostar with its metal ring. I canât believe I only got two Surges when they were clearing them for $7 or $8 bucks here, lol. I just didnât know how in love Iâd fall with it as a daily plastic âmight bump somethingâ throw.
I got three YYF G5âs when they were on clearance here for $30. I thought Iâd take one or two and just pull off the hubstacks and/or the big wide saucer-like hubstacks, along with the external A bearings, and just use them as nice metal H-throws that you canât finger spin (thinking theyâd have more spin time bare), but I learned theyâre designed to have them on, or else they seem like theyâre not as stable (when theyâre bare). Even with the big wide stack assemblies on, they spin a good time and play nicely, and itâs just a bonus to grab them for some gyroscopic fun.
I adore my TopYo Photons, but I guess they get some love openly. To me theyâre underrated, though, even still. Just awesome fun. I wouldnât even throw mine until I had a backup, and itâs nice theyâve made more.
Someone called Photon âscarcely a bimetalâ (because both metals are types of aluminum) but thatâs not so IMHO. Thereâs quite a difference between the two metals (as I make aerospace ad communications parts from 7003 and 7075 used and Iâm convinced if the yoyo was monometal (with exactly the same dimensions and not more of a bulging rim, perhaps) thereâs no way it would spin quite like it does. It doesnât take that much of a density difference between the two metals to enhance the effect of the rim weight.
Will DEFINITELY be getting a Yoyo Empire East Wind to balance quite how big my Thesis Serenede is (will be⌠when it gets here⌠hopefully⌠been some weird delays but thatâs what I get for ordering from a low-volume outfit with âsquabblesâ going on in it instead of YYExpert, but YYE was out by the time I knew about the Serenede). A number of Yoyo Empire throws I want.
I also wish I had a Top Yo Dominator. I know there are similar yoyos even coming down in price even more, but my Top Yo Photons are the deadest smooth yoyos I own, and so it makes me want to choose Top Yo for bimetal (unless I can afford to buy USA).
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So do you feel that the Edolass presents a different enough play experience that it is worth getting if one already has a Draupnir?
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Just look at this performance.
Kinda validates what @andy569 has been saying about the Edolass. It is definitely a very good yoyo. Probably a product of C3YoyoDesignâs knowledge gained throughout the years of evolving the Krown over multiple iterations. That as well as lessons learned from the Atomic Crashâs design.
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yyf horizon
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Everything from 44RPM and CoreCo. These companies yoyos do not get near the attention they should.
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I really do think the Horizon is underrated lol.
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I agree with 44rpm, but I think coreco actually gets a fair amount of attention from what I see on instagram.
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THANK YOU.
This needs to be said more often
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I still canât decide if it is worth it to me to spend $145 on a yoyo that looks like it fills the same niche in my collectionâand scratches the same itchâas my Draupnirs and Hummingbirds and Elite.
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Have to look more, I just see most talk about the Alleycatâs. The Standard was talked about a lot, but it seems to have died, that thing is such an amazing yoyo. But the Tako, Diesis, Parser havenât heard much about. Hoping once people get the Qubit and Mothra in their hands more talk will get going. 2 more great yoyos in their lineup.
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