That’s a beautiful collection. And I’m sure that you’re probably selling yourself short to some degree on the whole “low on skills” part. I’ll bet that you’re in the top 1% of people on this planet when it comes to being able to do yoyo tricks!
I joked with my wife that after buying the Kiwi I was shocked to find out that I could do all of Jason Liu’s tricks flawlessly, and that it turned out that it really was the yoyo that made tricks like that possible
Posts like this help me feel a bit better about myself, though, as I too have far more yoyos than talent.
Well if that’s true at all then I better go out go up by myself a new suit and some new shoes. Because all the yo-yos you see in that image are only about a third of my collection.
EDIT: To be read in a David Attenborough documentary voice:
A common affliction. Adult victims can commonly be found in their natural habitats: yoyo forums, and Facebook groups. Eventually, they embrace the condition, abandoning any hope of progress, and adopting the title of “casual throwers”.
Packs of these casual throwers roam the internet, talking of craft beers, knives, and hunting their natural prey: vintage organic yoyos.
If none can be found, then they will settle for modern yoyos, as long as they are slimline responsive, or by such brands as a/rt and MonkeyFinger.
Will scientists ever discover a cure for this affliction? The outlook is bleak. The only treatment currently available involves regular practice, which is known to cause seizures, heart attacks, and in the case of horizontal yoyoing, instant death among patients.
But on the bright side, this is not the worst yo-yo disease know to exist. Lord have mercy on the souls of those who only throw meta tricks to EDM and dubstep music.
(Only joking of course, I love organic yoyos, horizontal tricks, meta tricks, and vintage throws, you name it. It takes all types in the yo-yo community.)
When I got back into throwing as an adult, I never once thought that I wanted to be the best. I just wanted to have fun and show off to some friends with a few basic tricks. I got influenced to get back in after watching an Evan Nagao video, and as much as I was impressed with the tricks, I was inspired by how happy he made it look to perform and nail tricks. Never did I think that id be able to play that good, and now knowing the time and effort it takes, im happy with it as a hobby than a means to an end via competition. I don’t abandon hope of progress, but I am finding it to be enjoyable enough to experiment with variations and combos of intermediate trick elements instead of constantly upping the game.
Im just having too much with “casually” yoyoing at a high-intermediate level to feel the need to keep up. I am noticing continual progress in me getting better; being smoother and more elegant, intuitively knowing how to respond to feedback within various trick elements, etc. Ill occasionally learn a new trick to spice things up, and thus keeps the hobby interesting. Im in no rush to learn everything.
Thanks for the joke though, this scene could definitely be a subset of a yoyo wildlife documentary. The modern competition and short video yoyoers could be relevant as well, since some act like gatekeepers of “true” yoyoing.
I am so thankful for all of those that post pictures of your amazing extensive well curated collections.
It is so useful when trying to preemptively minimize my collection to my wife days before boxes arrive in the mail.
You all have helped me shape my wife’s perception of what a large yo-yo collection is to my advantage. As my collection has grown so has all of yours in the forum so it has been really helpful and continues to be.
I believe it has worked because my wife has asked recently, if I want a yo-yo specific wall mounted shelving system. Winning ( today )
Thank you everyone
Well you better get a 55 gallon drum and bolt a windshield wiper your chest, Because I have three times that number of yo-yos in the pic. That’s just 1/3 of my collection. If I drop dead before my girl, who couldn’t care one bit about the value of the yo-yos.
She will just donate them to the little thrift shop down the street in your dreams will come true. Until then puke away.
By the way…. I know a guy in Arizona that has 5000 yo-yos.
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