# What was your most influential yoyo? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 25, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-most-influential-yoyo/354732 "2022-03-25T21:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
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Not exactly sure what you mean by influential, since an inanimate object like a yoyo can only influence my play style or feelings to a small degree. I’ll take it to mean the most “important,” since I’m pretty sure that’s what you mean as well. Having over 100 yoyos makes it incredibly hard to narrow this down, so I’ll keep it to a few of the most important. **General Yo Hatrick -** everyone’s probably bored of this story by now, cause I always post about it, but my Hatrick was the first “high end” yoyo I ever bought. I got it directly from Ernie at Nationals in 2009, which started a long relationship of buying his latest throws at various contests from him, and strong love of General Yo throws. My best friend and I made a trip out of the contest, and we both bought our Hatricks together (and still have them) after trying out a bunch of yoyos at the contest and deciding that General Yo’s throws were by far the best. So much nostalgia associated with this thing, both due to the experiences surrounding that time, and the yoyo itself. At the time, and for awhile, it was the smoothest, best yoyo I’d ever thrown. This is one of about 3ish yoyos I’d absolutely never, ever let go of for any reason what so ever. **A-RT Grail -** I love telling this story about obtaining my Grail, which was my “white whale” yoyo for the longest time. > [@Reduce your collection to the yoyos you couldn't possibly live without](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/reduce-your-collection-to-the-yoyos-you-couldnt-possibly-live-without/352419/38): > > Along with the MCMO and a few others, one of the greatest organic yoyos EVER made, if not THE greatest. A modern LEGEND… Obvious stuff aside, this specific Grail was my white whale yoyo. When I got back into throwing not too long after the pandemic started, I did my research and the Grail was probably the most popular yoyo that had come out while I was gone. When I saw the gold one, I KNEW I had to have one. Owning a yoyo called the Grail in the gold colorway just made sense to me. And what made it even harder to find: I wanted a completely mint one, which was a challenge, as there were only 30 made. I spent 8 months searching for one with absolutely no luck, which ironically just made me want one more, so I almost gave up hope that I’d ever find one. But then one day, yoyoretro reached out offering his for sale, and I honestly couldn’t believe it. And it couldn’t have come at a better time, my Grandma had unfortunately passed away a day before and I was feeling really down in the dumps. And while no yoyo could ever begin to cover such a loss, it was a MUCH needed pick me up, so I’m always thankful to yoyoretro for that. Absolutely will never sell this under any circumstances lmao… it was WAY too hard to get and who knows if there are even any mint ones left out there. Proud to be the caretaker of this beauty. **Butter -** My girlfriend got me this for our 2nd anniversary, and held the “number one favorite yoyo” spot for awhile… pretty sure it still does. I also got it right when I got back into throwing, and it showed me JUST how much better yoyos had gotten since 2013. I definitely have more throws I “can’t live without” but these three are just on another level for me. Also, some honorable mentions: Panorama/Diorama (I currently use these the most), Free Solo and KLR (probably my all time most thrown yoyos), and Peak (nostalgia city baby). --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-was-your-most-influential-yoyo/354732)._