# What was your first non-budget metal? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 19, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323 "2019-03-19T14:53:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/22 "2019-03-19T19:17:40Z")
Well I could easily name a yoyo that half the forum will say, “That’s a _budget_ metal, dude.” even though I might consider it a non-budget yoyo. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/23 "2019-03-19T19:18:34Z")
It really depends on the time frame. Top of the line Dif-e-yos were in the $75-$85 range way back when. I believe I paid $80 or $90 for the Fluchs in the same time period. Those were about the most expensive yoyos available at the time. ---
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/24 "2019-03-19T19:20:48Z")
Okay, well, when I bought my first metal yoyos last Fall, it seemed like the Shutter was considered a budget metal throw at $45. That being the case, I’d say that my first _non_-budget metal (purchased at the same time as the Shutter) was: a **YYF Edge** (1.5). ---
**Author:** ![Lukoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lukoyo/32/24789_2.png) [@Lukoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lukoyo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/25 "2019-03-19T19:23:41Z")
Mine was a second hand Luchador back in 09. Still one of my favorite throws. I keep it on my bedside table. ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/26 "2019-03-19T19:28:23Z")
There you go! That’s it! You did it! I’m proud of you @zslane.😛 ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/27 "2019-03-19T19:34:55Z")
First non-budget for me was a CLYW Arctic Circle ---
**Author:** ![c0dy46](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/c0dy46/32/47755_2.png) [@c0dy46](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/c0dy46)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/28 "2019-03-19T19:43:24Z")
I just discovered this one too and I’ve already decided I need one for every day of the week 🤩 Before the Boa the most I’ve spent was on a Recess Komodo and I think that was like a week before. So within a week (give or take) the two throws I’ve spent the most on and they’re both reptile related 😋 LOL. [Edit] You know another post reminded me something I completely forgot about, probably because I don’t like remembering, my very first premium metal throw as a teenager was a Dif-e-yo Wide Load. I was never so excited about a new yoyo up to that point and I left it in Tokyo from a family trip, ahhhhhh 😭 ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo_man/32/109666_2.png) [@Yoyo\_Man](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/29 "2019-03-19T19:48:17Z")
CLYW Manatee 🐳 ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/30 "2019-03-19T20:12:21Z")
YYF Nightmare. One of the best playing bimetals i’ve tried. I still have it and it’s still in great shape. ![nightmare12_2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/0/0/5008810f6e89658f8930b931e2a995f7ca6fbd25.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![French](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/french/32/70748_2.png) [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/31 "2019-03-19T21:17:28Z")
Spin Dynamics Nickel Plated OG Flow…still love that yoyo! ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/32 "2019-03-20T00:24:19Z")
I went and looked up my first YYE purchase in my YYE account … 🤣 it was a matte red Draupnir, Oct 20, 2017. Order #20199074 ---
**Author:** ![HVizier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hvizier/32/48785_2.png) [@HVizier](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HVizier)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/33 "2019-03-20T00:41:57Z")
A Groovy Black Werrd TFL88 ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/34 "2019-03-20T00:46:56Z")
Mine was a YYF nightmare too! Stripped the axle treads long ago😥. Still think about it sometimes though! ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/35 "2019-03-20T04:55:45Z")
At the time (2011?) it may have been my RecRev Fig4 (Which all along I thought was a No.9 until recently when I found out that the 9 is slightly larger). I got it at a budget metal price but it felt like a premium throw compared to what I was learning on - my Yomega Maverick, Metal Drifter and Pocket Pros Zombie. I still have my Fig4. It has had a ton of mileage as I would grind through the trick list. As you can tell, I have a soft spot for it. My first “Triple Digit” throw…I believe it was my YYJ H3X, also my first bimetal! Also learned a lot with this throw. ---
**Author:** ![Pendantduck177](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pendantduck177/32/49208_2.png) [@Pendantduck177](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pendantduck177)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/36 "2019-03-20T04:59:04Z")
Where’s the line at? Is it $50? My first $50 throw was the SK from the OD site. First $60 is the par avion from here, first $70+ (and only for now, except for a used dang2 on the way right now) is the Float, from here. I got yye’s last float :). Bought them all February/March. Lol. Edited to add the pick of the float :wink: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/3/b/43b12269159dd92cf85d4feddc7c7730d9850172.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![d34dj3d](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/d34dj3d/32/105169_2.png) [@d34dj3d](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/d34dj3d)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/37 "2019-03-20T06:37:55Z")
My first metal was a custom axl elite, at least it seemed expensive at the time. When I got back into the hobby late last year my first bimetal was the Edge Beyond. Also, a YYJ Bill de Boisblanc freestyle was my first hybrid. ![IMG_0659%20(1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/6/7/a677039453998f3726ec3d2be07a57bc86ba4ea4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Pendantduck177](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pendantduck177/32/49208_2.png) [@Pendantduck177](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pendantduck177)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/38 "2019-03-20T07:10:33Z")
That’s awesome. I have my TBB and Turbo still too (glow in the dark for the win) and came back and just started snatching stuff up :joy: ---
**Author:** ![anon24651](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@anon24651](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon24651)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/39 "2019-03-20T07:16:20Z")
still did not buy one. ---
**Author:** ![Sinister\_Yoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sinister_yoyos/32/114006_2.png) [@Sinister\_Yoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Sinister_Yoyos)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/40 "2019-03-20T20:12:07Z")
I got a OD Prescription, OD Terrarian, and CLYW Manatee for Christmas two years ago. I still have them and I don’t play with them as often as I should. I still like the OD throws, but, now that my taste in yoyos has changed, I don’t really throw the Manatee that much at all. I still think it’s a great yoyo, it’s just a little wide for me. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/41 "2019-03-21T05:20:04Z")
> [@d34dj3d](#): > > My first metal was a custom axl elite, at least it seemed expensive at the time. When I got back into the hobby late last year my first bimetal was the Edge Beyond. Also, a YYJ Bill de Boisblanc freestyle was my first hybrid. Have a hard time calling the YYJ B de B a hybrid. It’s a just plastic yoyo with a metal weight ring. Not much different than the custom axl elite, a Duncan FH2 or a Spintastic yoyo with a fat rubber o-ring. Let’s not embellish things… :wink: [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323.md?page=3)