# What makes a yo-yo "built for competition"?

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-makes-a-yo-yo-built-for-competition/83460
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [March 12, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-makes-a-yo-yo-built-for-competition/83460 "2017-03-12T20:03:27Z")
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### Author: ![SteveOnDrums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@SteveOnDrums](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SteveOnDrums)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-makes-a-yo-yo-built-for-competition/83460/41 "2017-03-20T04:35:35Z")

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> [@StillinKansasCity](#):
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> There was a guy who won Worlds with a Northstar, which is pretty cheap and made of a primitaive yoyo material called “plastic.” I had a Northstar once, but I couldn’t get the darn thing to win at anything.
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> Player matters, yoyo does not. “Competition” is a marketing term.

This “plastic”, which I assume is pronounced “placed-ice”, what is this you speak of? Lol

I guess that was my initial thought. My three main players, right now, are a Musashi, a Skyva, and a qv 5000. I can feel the different response from each of these throws, but I’m just as confident attacking a trick with the 20 dollar Skyva as I am with the 170 dollar Musashi.

I see a lot of the same throws being used in competition, but I’m curious why I don’t see an inexpensive plastic in there. It might not be as precise as a high end metal/bimetal, but you can still pull if the same maneuvers.

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### Author: ![KiLbUcK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kilbuck/32/794_2.png) [@KiLbUcK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KiLbUcK)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-makes-a-yo-yo-built-for-competition/83460/42 "2017-03-29T12:25:56Z")

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Quality materials designed with proper assembly.

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### Author: ![Throwto100](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwto100/32/87184_2.png) [@Throwto100](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Throwto100)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-makes-a-yo-yo-built-for-competition/83460/43 "2017-03-30T03:46:53Z")

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Duncan tournament. “Duncan tournaments are tested and approved for all tricks.”  
If it isn’t a duncan, it isn’t a yoyo😉

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