I always had the opposite opinion. I think C3 is easily in my top 5 for best anodizing. YYF is my #1 though. By the way, this M.O.V.E. is a great player, at a budget price. It plays the way it looks too. Don’t sleep.
I’m not sure guys, but MP might mean that he thinks they would do better if they did more different shapes, and more varieties of them.
What do you think of this one? I always thought it was beautiful, and spins sort of copper. C3 does their ano different, and I always liked that about them. I might be posting more evidence of nice C3 ano soon.
OMG, I got love from C3, that’s so cool. ;D They get all the credit, because there are no special effects or filters on my photos, just the yo-yos looking the way they made them. Here’s another gorgeous one. What do you guys think of this one?
Umm… TP is mainly H shapes and most of their yoyos have the same shape which is a reason I love all their yoyos. I also think C3 has variety. Even if it is all V shaped yoyos, all their v shapes are different and unique. It is like they should do what they are the best at doing and that is to make v shaped yoyos.
I appreciate all the opinions here. Gauging these different opinions is what this was all about. Apparently there are some that like this acid-wash festival of C3 anodizing. I will say; I find it interesting that the “best” anodizing all seem to have a two-color, high contrast anodizing. SOME of those look …OK. But when they add a third color… maybe not so much.
The biggest change I would like to see is a move away from; or at least some anodizing options that do not have that horrid acid-wash. Even as a foundation, unless it is very subtle, it just looks like Sherwin-Williams threw-up all over my new yo-yo. How about a splash or two? Something to break up the monotony.
And as for you anti-V shape players: that shape is the most efficient shape for a yo-yo. Have you noticed the shape of the best yo-yo currently on the market? Yeah, the Draupnir has this same boring shape. It just happens to work really well too.
C3, in my opinion, specializes in yo-yo’s that cater to one thing only: performance. If you want funky shapes and boutique performance, then try CLYW or Oxygene. C3 makes the best performing, lowest cost yo-yo’s out there. If they choose to use V’s that is good enough for me.
In general, I much much prefer acid wash to splash. It’s not even a contest. I do prefer (as mentioned earlier) when the colours are from a palette that shows transition rather than contrast (which C3 does a LOT, so they’re pretty good in that regard).
Splashes look really dated to me. I wish they’d go away for the most part. I do own some nice ones (can’t avoid it!) and will own nice ones again (my next yoyo, the Alter Ego, has splash anodizing)… but overall it makes me go, “Ugh. Enough with splash already.”
First off; what does this have to do with the OG topic?
Second; who is whining?
Again, you post off-topic information with the sole purpose of attacking an individual to make yourself feel better. Is this somehow about Yuki Spencer? Or, trolling yoyogeezer using the word: “whining”? Regardless, neither makes any sense.
Let me guess Yoyodoc; you were a “Special” child… right?
I used your exact words from the text in your post just above Gregp’s reply.
Don’t you even pay attention to what ‘you’ say?
Your ‘OG’ topic was clear enough. Would C3 sell more Yoyos if they had better ano jobs?
Did I jump on you about that? No. Your question sounded perfectly fine and logical to me.
Then you stray from your own topic in the post just above Gregp’s throwing a little ‘insulting dig’ at Oxy and CLYW. < You said, “If you want funky shapes and boutique performance try CLYW or Oxy”.
What do yoyo shapes and performance have to do with your ‘OG’ topic?
You talk out your exhaust port and then try to cover yourself by putting the blame on me?
You must be bi-polar.
How can you outsmart me when you can’t even outsmart yourself?
You need to understand what you are saying before you attempt to comprehend anything else.
Low contrast, finely divided acid wash can often benefit from a matte finish such that the subtle patterns do not become blurred by the reflecting light. I haven’t looked at a recent c3 closely enough, but as of the krown and pwave their blast finish was still significantly shinier compared to for example yyf premium which is known for their galaxy variants, or even clyw. Their colors also often seem to have a lower saturation/lightness which is further suppressed by the drawn out and very loosely defined boundary between each color. This effect is most evident when the two colors used mix into a duller one, which often happens with low saturation complementary colors.
I’ve been impressed with C3’s ano and acid washes. I like that they finger and thumb grind well without being blasted. They look good while spinning.
I’m a bit of a cheapskate, I don’t like to pay more for a finish,C3 takes care of that for me by not having so many non acid/splash color ways to choose from.
