# What is the difference between a prototype and a regular yoyo?
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**Created:** [January 19, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299 "2013-01-19T03:27:05Z")
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### Author:  [@newquezadabreed3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/newquezadabreed3)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/1 "2013-01-19T03:27:05Z")
Is there a difference. Just wondering any help would be appreciated
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### Author:  [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/2 "2013-01-19T03:30:02Z")
A prototype is something that a brand would make to test out and improve on before it comes out. I hope this helps!
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### Author:  [@newquezadabreed3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/newquezadabreed3)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/3 "2013-01-19T03:33:28Z")
> [@WilliamB](#):
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> A prototype is something that a brand would make to test out and improve on before it comes out. I hope this helps!
i know that. but will the prototype have more vibe than the regular yoyo
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### Author:  [@yoyofoot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyofoot)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/4 "2013-01-19T03:35:22Z")
That would depend on the case, they’re not all the same…
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### Author:  [@stookie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stookie)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/5 "2013-01-19T03:37:43Z")
The prototype is likely to have vibe where the full productions wouldn’t. Doesn’t necessarily mean all protos vibe, but by the very nature of what a prototype is, it’s likely to have issues the production versions won’t. You also wouldn’t be that concerned about matching halves or anything you might do with production yoyos to reduce vibe since the purpose isn’t to sell.
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### Author:  [@newquezadabreed3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/newquezadabreed3)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/6 "2013-01-19T03:51:21Z")
What about the avalanche does the prototype have vide or none
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### Author:  [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/7 "2013-01-19T04:06:18Z")
> [@sushi](#):
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> What about the avalanche does the prototype have vide or none
Some might. Some might not… every yoyo is different… Proto’s are just early unfinished versions of a particular throw… Hence “prototype”
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### Author:  [@supbreh1234](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/supbreh1234)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/8 "2013-01-19T06:35:17Z")
> [@sushi](#):
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> What about the avalanche does the prototype have vide or none
It depends on which one you get! Many of these protos and prepros have slightly different designs. I tried a prepro code 2 whoch was much more center weight than the production code 2s. Its probably not as smooth as the production, but for high ends like general yo, clyw, onedrop, spyy, and even yyf and yyj, even the b grades are still very smooth, so the protos and prepros definetely should be fine.
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### Author:  [@newquezadabreed3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/newquezadabreed3)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-prototype-and-a-regular-yoyo/48299/9 "2013-01-19T06:46:25Z")
> [@supbreh1234](#):
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> > [@sushi](#):
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> > What about the avalanche does the prototype have vide or none
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> It depends on which one you get! Many of these protos and prepros have slightly different designs. I tried a prepro code 2 whoch was much more center weight than the production code 2s. Its probably not as smooth as the production, but for high ends like general yo, clyw, onedrop, spyy, and even yyf and yyj, even the b grades are still very smooth, so the protos and prepros definetely should be fine.
Thank you supbreh I been waiting a answer like this