You don’t want to see a wooden chief?
That would be cool
ok… so im gonna get a tmbr soon i think…
so freemont, baldwin, or whats the deal with the mill ends? i like the colors, do they play the same as the freemont?
Well, I’m not that impressed with the Chief, but I guess I support wood in any variety. I just think that a bearing takes away some of the unique playing characteristics of a wooden yoyo. Not that I’ve done any research on it. Just what I think.
throwrw: just get any TMBR and become hooked. Immediately. I recommend the Baldwin if you like undersized. Stalls are a treat with it.
I wouldn’t mind pulling of a thumb grind with a wood yoyo xD
hmmmm possibly… i like the shape of it. that might be my choice.
Another question… would i be able to use 50/50 string or should i get 100% cotton?
Buy any tmbr you can afford and find aesthetically pleasing. You won’t be disappointed.
I can’t imagine 50/50 would last very long before breaking.
yeah i figured…i have one on my awful wood yoyo i got or free… its been lasting sorta
My baldwin should be coming in the mail tomorrow, I will try to get back on this thread and give a first impression of it and just a general idea of the playability of it.
Some footage would be sweet. I dug your BXT video.
Got the Baldwin today. I don’t know why everyone says that it is undersized. It is bigger than my Skywalker in diameter so that is mid sized first of all.
Regens and stalls are great but there is a definite lack in spin time, it is a fixed axle of course. One other note is that this yoyo has to be spinning pretty fast for it to return to your hand or grab the string at all. No slow speed stuff at all on this yoyo.
This is just a first day impression also so it will just take time to get used to it.
The axle came out when I unscrewed it the first time and I don’t think that is supposed to happen since there was what looked like adhesive on one end of the axle. Also the packaging was lack luster. He sat the yoyo on a piece of brown packing paper and folded it a couple of times and then put it in the USPS box. When I first took it out the halves were not properly aligned either. The both faced away from each other at a very noticible angle. I have contacted him to know what is to be expected of wood yoyos and if this is normal (witch I do not think it is) but this is my first wood yoyo.
Not a good first impression at all concerning the packaging and condition of the yoyo and play wise is very very diffrent than expected, not bad but it is the first day. As of right now I still like Ed’s “Eh” from spyy.
Hopefully you’ll like it more as you play with it more. I was blown away by the build quality of my Baldwin and of the ones owned by my friends. Never seen any misalignment issues. I’m sure that Colin will fix it if needed. Still my favorite wood. Fair point on the size, but it’s marketed by TMBR as a smaller yoyo so in that regard, I would say that it is undersized. 
I’ll be looking to pick up a Lovejoy pretty soon so I look forward to comparing them.
I’ve used 50/50 slick 8 in fixed axles for years w/o a problem. Cotton is ok but it wears fast and breaks unexpectedly. 50/50 lasts a long time. Much longer than cotton. I’ve had similar results w/slick 6, though I prefer slick 8.
Ill have to try it. I just assumed it would melt like poly.
My only fixed axel is the imperial, so I wouldn’t know too well about this.
However, I love looping, and all I can say is that there is nothing like the feel of cotton. It doesn’t burn as easily.
Cotton beats 50/50 in my book, but it is all preference.
I have a Duncan WoodBullet that was made in Japan with Japanese packaging. I can’t play it worth beans. I’m not much of a 2a player I guess. Forward toss is about the only trick I can do with it. It’s a great yoyo though. Oh, and I have a pair of Duncan Modfather Pro Yo’s, I never play them though, they don’t even have string on them. Wee! 
How are the proyos modded?
Well I’ve been playing my LOVEJOY for a little over a week. Had the string that came with it snap about an hour after I put it on. I just threw on a random string that looked like cotton on and have been using it since. Loving stall, and trying to hit all my tricks on it. So far Jade Whip is the most “advanced” trick I can pull off. I can do Kwijibo but barely get enough spin to get it back up. Trying to get one handed around the arm stall. So far, no good.
I was wondering, what’s a good fixed axle modified shaped yoyo? I think I’m gonna go to Walgreens today and get a butterfly and and imperial just to mess around with. But I want to get a better modified yoyo or something like a 3-in-1 No Jive or some other wood yoyo that you can do a few loops with and also do string tricks on. I’m not looking for a decayed looper
before tmbr and then my ‘eh’ this year, the only fixed axles i really liked to play were no jive 3-in-1’s. anyone who says they’re not up to anything you want to throw at them just hasn’t worked with them enough.
when i hear ‘modified’ shape, i think ‘proyo’, and i still think those are terrific yo-yo’s capable of lots of awesome string tricks. proflies are also easy to loop with and probably the easiest yo-yo’s to learn stalls on.
what i love about wood is that there’s no such thing as a “good yo-yo”, by which i mean a yo-yo that makes EVERYTHING easier. you have wood yo-yo’s that play like metal yo-yo’s but with less spin time which might make string tricks easier. you have very responsive butterflies which make shoot the moon easier. you have the ones which set up perfectly for old school 2-handed tricks. and pretty much all of those can be made to play well outside their typical range (i.e. kwyjibo on a looper or stalls on a wide gap), but not before your skill set is up to making them stretch.
pretty interesting how much you guys like to talk about wood yo-yo’s right now. if you haven’t already perused them, these olf yyn threads are probably worth a check. lots of good info.
http://www.yoyonation.net/talk/index.php/topic,72717.0.html
http://www.yoyonation.net/talk/index.php/topic,28406.0.html
Is the ‘eh’ for sale anywhere? Or is it just for you?
I think there are only 2. I would love to get one eventually.
I purchased a Baldwin last night. I’m really looking forward to playing it.