# What influences your collection?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-influences-your-collection/63458
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [January 31, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-influences-your-collection/63458 "2014-01-31T23:54:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@sumer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sumer)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-influences-your-collection/63458/41 "2014-06-27T22:22:02Z")
1. It has to be new: I don’t like used stuff. Nothing against it but it’s just my personal preference.
2. Color and appeal: I somehow dont like curvy yoyos. I like “edge-y” yoyos. I usually look for the colors that I dont have.
Brand matters a bit.
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### Author:  [@PerspectiveDesigns](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PerspectiveDesigns)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-influences-your-collection/63458/42 "2014-06-27T23:47:03Z")
I read reviews on whether it plays well.
If it looks cool.
And I also don’t like to get a yoyo that looks almost exactly the same as a yoyo I already own.
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### Author:  [@Yo\_2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo_2)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-influences-your-collection/63458/43 "2014-06-28T06:29:32Z")
Nice thread.
I’m not trying to collect a whole bunch of yoyos…although my wife might disagree. I guess the first thing I look for is vibe (not “vibration” but coolness). I think that the first yoyo I bought on vibe alone was the quark. It just looked cool. After that, I have taken things I like about certain yoyos and look for another yoyo that has that quality. So I guess I’m just trying to converge on the perfect yoyo. For example; I really like matador play, so I really don’t want a yoyo that won’t do that easily. I really like undersized yoyos (after experimenting with oversized). I like a wide catch zone. I like a distinctive IGR, etc. So I scour the BST for yoyos that fit with what I want. I also read reviews to find out about playability. A bad review inversely influences my decision. I’ve gone against this formula a couple of times and got lucky.
As far as trading off…I’m not there yet. I’m even keeping the klunkers, for now.
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### Author:  [@Grinch](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grinch)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-influences-your-collection/63458/44 "2014-06-28T06:57:40Z")
i look for specs first, manufacturer second, colorway third. Very strong on the manufacturer though.
If its G-squared-OneDrop-YYF-MFD-C3 or Xcubed, i usually want it or have it. but i do have some other things. PRICE MATTERS TOO. if its ridiculously priced, then no way.
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### Author:  [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-influences-your-collection/63458/45 "2014-06-28T11:38:41Z")
1. Is it a No Jive 3-in-1?
2. Is it a yoyo that I enjoyed as a kid?
3. Is it a yoyo which represents/recalls experiences with close friends (i.e. a signature yoyo, a yoyo that belonged to a buddy, one we had fun with).
I would use “collection” loosely, since, though I’ve accumulated a lot of yoyo’s, I don’t really fuss about keeping them in a state of “like-newness”.
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### Author:  [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-influences-your-collection/63458/46 "2014-06-28T19:10:12Z")
Either:
-Spec suitable with my playstyle and or comfortable.
-“Classicness”
-When I feel like wanting a new different yoyo, I just trade them with some strings (I produce strings), sometimes it’s some random whatever yoyo that I end up liking.
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