I was thinking about this yesterday. Why own duplicates of the same yo-yo? Now I am in no way throwing shade, I currently have 2 models that I have in duplicate. My reasoning is that both are hard to find and I’m very forgetful and worry about losing one and not being able to get another easily(probably a dumb reason but mine). So I’m wondering why you guys and gals might own more than one of the same throw. Though it could be an interesting topic of conversation.
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Silly as it sounds, I am sometimes in a “red yoyo” mood, sometimes in a “gold yoyo” mood, or a “raw yoyo” mood, etc. Having a favorite yoyo in different colors means I will play that yoyo more often because I’ll have colors for more moods I’m in.
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I totally get that. Half of the reason I picked up a second Top Deck was to do a color swap so I could have a gray/pink combo and a cotton candy combo(blue/pink). That and god help me if I lost my first one😬.
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I only have one duplicate yoyo.
One GTR that I absolutely abuse. One GTR that I keep mint.
I’d like to do the same for a few more of my favorites. Just hard to do it when there’s new yoyos to try and buy.
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For throws I really like, I prefer having one I can keep nice and pretty, and then one I’m not afraid to toss around anywhere/can use as an EDC. The “pretty one” will often be a rare or nice colorway as well, like Saturday Market, while the daily driver will be a solid color. I think a large part of it is collectibility too. For example, I’m that guy with 10 Pano/Dioramas. It’s fun to collect all the colors I like, especially on throws I see as being “classics” later on down the line. When I was a kid I used to go through these threads on YYN and here on YYE and be in absolute awe of the people who had 3,4, 5+ Peaks, and realized, I can do that exact same thing now with other yoyos, before they get as expensive. It may sound pretentious but I like to think of myself as being the caretaker of these yoyos, and the curator of a collection/library of throws. Some of these things are legitimately works of art, and some of them are so rare that I know my specific throw is the “only known” mint one - stuff like that. I know they’re in good hands with me, and while some of the multiples are shelf queens, I definitely do play them ALL… they’re meant to be thrown after all.
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I always have at least one 3A pair available, and having duplicates of your favorite yoyos that you either EDC or 5A with is pretty reasonable. Since there’s a chance those can get damaged pretty severely, beyond just getting a minor ding or scrape.
I have no interest in buying duplicates just for colorways, but I will say some releases definitely make it pretty hard to not want to pick up another.
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Because I design them 
other people’s yoyos I don’t own duplicates of
The only duplicate of mine that I didn’t design is the hatrick, and only because one is stacked and powder coated.
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I have ‘several’ Luftverk 000’s.
I figure that eventually if the Zoo ever decides to clone me then we can all have our own yo-yo.
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Sets of three or more are used in competition.
I’m surprised no one brought that up yet…
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I’ve never actually competed and all of the comp players I follow are X-Div players. The 3A players I follow all bring 3 sets to comps though, which seemed a bit excessive but it makes sense. Can you add some insight onto why you’d even want a set of three yoyos for 1A at a competition?
ive only bought a duplicate of one yoyo, the Red Blood Cell. I bought the second because i HAD to have one in my pocket at all times, in addition to the one i kept on the shelf (and stilll played daily at home lol).
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boom, big knot no time to untangle. now you’re down to 2 yoyos lol
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I’ve got three Freehand Ones. Fell in love with it immediately and immediately stripped my 1st. Bought a blue and yellow to halfswap/paint, the stripped one is now a paint tester and l’ll give the other halfswap away, being a cheap throw helps.
May do this for another yoyo if I find one I REALLY like and it has good colours for a halfswap, makes it slightly more unique and personal but yoyos be expensive.
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There are a couple of new releases that I thought were too good to risk only having one so I bought a backup in case of loss/damage (and lack of future availability).
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On older releases: in one case I got a Summit, but then saw a color that I liked more so I got it with the thought to maybe sell the other. In another case that happened and unfortunately the color I liked more had more vibe than the color I liked less, so I couldn’t decide which to sell and still have both.
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Then on a rare occasion, I can’t decide between two colors and get both (so far this has only been on plastics that aren’t too expensive).
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Oh my god if that’s actually the answer I feel like an idiot for not just assuming that lol.
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I have 3 Silenus and 4 Top Deck because they are my best yoyos and those models may go extinct one day.
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Feel you on the Top Deck, I can’t believe more haven’t been made. It’s amazing and lived up to the hype.
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yeah i cant imagine trying to untangle some of the situations competition tech combos get into, id much sooner toss the whole thing and grab a fresh throw in the middle of a routine