It is all preferance, but I could list the 15 greatest yoyos ever. Based soley on what has contributed the most to yoyoing.
In no particular order:
FHZ (most modded yoyo)
888 (made a name for undersized)
Hitman (the original grinding yoyo)
Dark Magic (first thumb grindable yoyo)
Grind Machine (original metal w/ plastic cap construction, started project redalert)
Raider (most used 2a yoyo ever)
Bigyo (biggest production yoyo)
Bapezilla (…do I need say it?)
Butterfly (started it all…)
Proyo (just pure awesome)
Pyro (changed the way people looked at yoyos, litteraly)
3in1 No Jive (greatest fixed axle ever.)
401k (the original metal yoyo with the dail technology)
G5 (introduced hubstacks)
Loop 720 (string response on a yoyo for the first time)
M1 [the original affordable metal yoyo (besides the Metal Zero)]
There’s a ton more, but these are just a few off the bat.
…You think the Dark Magic was the first yoyo you could do ring grinds on? Wrrrrrong.
And yeah, you do need to say why the Bapezilla is on that list. It wasn’t innovative, play is mediocre compared to other yoyos of the time…
Very little of that list makes sense.