# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![ClaytonDM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@ClaytonDM](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ClaytonDM)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/42 "2019-03-21T05:35:32Z")
> [@c0dy46](#): > > Before YYF Edge. Or shutter if you count that. ---
**Author:** ![crackout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crackout/32/44608_2.png) [@crackout](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crackout)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/43 "2019-03-21T06:17:11Z")
Came-Yo Moonstar in wine red. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/a/4/4a4bb238224c890497409cfa4358626a07098633.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 21, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/44 "2019-03-21T06:39:37Z")
HAH! Yeah, it’s barely there. I have a few other YYJ hybrids from the late 90’s-early 00’s, nightmoves, spinfaktor, hitman. Maybe I got a spinfaktor first… impossible for me to say. The axl was the only all metal I managed to acquire back then, I know there were others I really wanted but money was tight. Making up for that now though :+1: ---
**Author:** ![Jeffreymgibson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@Jeffreymgibson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jeffreymgibson)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/45 "2019-03-21T07:06:21Z")
I have a fluchs too. I was disappointed with it because it handled like a brick. It looks good though. ---
**Author:** ![noodles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/noodles/32/36467_2.png) [@noodles](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/noodles)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/46 "2019-03-21T08:51:43Z")
i think mine was a nine dragons… ---
**Author:** ![Cptawesom3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cptawesom3/32/45022_2.png) [@Cptawesom3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cptawesom3)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/47 "2019-03-21T09:58:43Z")
My G2 Wolf ![20190115_175806](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/1/9/319ebe9d16c8d6325a59a25063497a67ae6df868.jpeg) ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/48 "2019-03-21T16:08:39Z")
> [@Jeffreymgibson](#): > > I have a fluchs too… I’ve always been happy with mine. ---
**Author:** ![JeiCheetah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeicheetah/32/612192_2.png) [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/49 "2019-03-21T22:55:13Z")
Mine was the first release of the YYF 401k :3 ---
**Author:** ![gcoomans](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gcoomans/32/25166_2.png) [@gcoomans](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gcoomans)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/50 "2019-03-21T22:57:31Z")
Those are beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/51 "2019-03-21T23:39:39Z")
My first non-budget yoyo was a purple Dang2 that I bought from Colin Beckford on a BST last year, maybe a month into my yoyoing journey. ---
**Author:** ![Z\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/z_car/32/72879_2.png) [@Z\_Car](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Z_Car)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/52 "2019-03-21T23:40:40Z")
I believe my first more expensive throw was either my CLYW Dune or General-yo ministar2. I was ahead of myself with getting such a nice pocket yoyo. My skill level just wasnt there yet, ended up trading it for my Kuntosh. Pretty happy with the trade, It is still one of my favorites. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/53 "2019-06-18T14:49:28Z")
Werrd TFL88 ---
**Author:** ![Legit\_yoyostrings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legit_yoyostrings/32/136873_2.png) [@Legit\_yoyostrings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legit_yoyostrings)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/54 "2019-06-18T14:56:37Z")
my was a yotricks atlas and a iyoyo iceberg I got both of them on x-mas ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/55 "2019-06-18T14:59:00Z")
The first metal yoyo I ever owned was a ColdFusion, then a Cold Fusion GT and an Isotope. Then after that was in 2013/14 I bought a CLYW Puffin. Didn’t buy a “budget” metal until 2015 or so when I bought a Shutter. About 2017 I got a Metal Drifter from Nate Sutter, so I guess that may have been my first “budget” metal. I went in reverse when it comes to yoyos. ---
**Author:** ![witchgrinder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/witchgrinder/32/57591_2.png) [@witchgrinder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/witchgrinder)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/56 "2019-06-18T15:07:15Z")
Mine was a Dif-E-Yo GTO. Got it new sometime around 2003-2005? I just remember being in high school when I got it, and airbrushing it purple like a real genius. ---
**Author:** ![MattE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/matte/32/90162_2.png) [@MattE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattE)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/57 "2019-06-19T00:46:26Z")
I got a yoyofactory MVP a short while after it came out, and it is to this day my favorite throw. ---
**Author:** ![YotoyImages](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yotoyimages/32/61972_2.png) [@YotoyImages](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YotoyImages)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/58 "2019-06-19T00:52:13Z")
Original Red Duncan MG. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/johnnyj/32/94616_2.png) [@JohnnyJ](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JohnnyJ)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/59 "2019-06-19T00:56:53Z")
My first premium metal was a general yo hatrick when they first released. That thing was a beast ---
**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/60 "2019-06-19T00:58:30Z")
Mine was a Summit, after a shutter. ---
**Author:** ![TheYoyoer27](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyoer27/32/49058_2.png) [@TheYoyoer27](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheYoyoer27)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-first-non-budget-metal/300323/61 "2019-06-19T01:07:48Z")
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