# Yo-Yo Confessions **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 6, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945 "2022-05-06T23:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Billipo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billipo/32/162446_2.png) [@Billipo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Billipo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/1 "2022-05-06T23:14:49Z")
Fairly recently got back into Yo-Yoing. I was a kid in the 60’s so I once owned some drug store standards. I pledged to myself that I would purchase a quality metal throw once I became a little trick proficient. Maybe then I could justify the purchase or at least deserve it. One day, I noticed that a model I was eyeing was down to one in stock in the colorway I desired. My skills poor at best, yet I by passed the “wish list” - I skipped “add to cart” - I went right to “buy it now”! My only saving grace was it wasn’t on a Sunday or a Friday during Lent. Please make me feel better about my indiscretion by sharing your weak moment(s). ---
**Author:** ![fos1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fos1/32/150706_2.png) [@fos1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fos1)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/2 "2022-05-07T01:28:59Z")
Like you, I began with yoyos in the 60s. I still like the inexpensive yoyos and buy them whenever I run across a model that I don’t have particularly while vacationing in new places. My skill will never justify expensive yoyos but I have several that are very nice. I still enjoy them and maybe I will grow into them some day. My favorite is still the RBC with the El Mijo a VERY close second or maybe co-favorite. My nicest to date is a Duncan Haymaker. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/3 "2022-05-07T01:45:14Z")
What did you buy?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![rajones19](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rajones19/32/146452_2.png) [@rajones19](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rajones19)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/4 "2022-05-07T02:41:39Z")
Finally, somebody addressed the elephant in the room! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![suspense](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/suspense/32/178499_2.png) [@suspense](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/suspense)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/5 "2022-05-07T02:49:32Z")
If you’re feeling bad about buying a yoyo that’s outside your skillset, don’t be. I think whatever makes you throw more is the best yoyo for you, regardless of your skill or the yoyo’s price., ---
**Author:** ![mable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mable/32/194074_2.png) [@mable](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mable)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/6 "2022-05-07T03:03:08Z")
My biggest weakness is every time it’s cold and I just keep sitting down wrapped up in a blanket thinking “oh, I’ll get up and practice or learn this new trick soon.” Unfortunately 9 times out of 10 I don’t end up getting up and miss out on a lot of practice like this. I might be missing out on a lot of valuable practice time, but at least I’m comfy, sitting down wrapped up in a warm blanket 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yoyo\_cubicle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo_cubicle/32/691750_2.png) [@yoyo\_cubicle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cubicle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/7 "2022-05-07T03:11:10Z")
Confession: My yoyo obsession once got so bad I cut open my mattress and replaced the stuffing with yoyos. I toughed it out for a few days, but the pain in my back got so bad I had to have a reckoning with myself. Now I only sleep with yoyos in my pillow. Thanks and :yo-yo:Happy Throwing! :yo-yo: P.S. - I love each and every one of you (maybe minus a couple of people). ---
**Author:** ![stephencaplanis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stephencaplanis/32/250916_2.png) [@stephencaplanis](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stephencaplanis)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/8 "2022-05-07T03:41:39Z")
I need to see a picture of the yoyo pillow ---
**Author:** ![yoyo\_cubicle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo_cubicle/32/691750_2.png) [@yoyo\_cubicle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cubicle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/9 "2022-05-07T04:15:25Z")
Ok, but I need to figure out how to do it without getting banned. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Izipatia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/izipatia/32/163141_2.png) [@Izipatia](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Izipatia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/10 "2022-05-07T06:10:37Z")
I too am old and prefer traditional yoyos and seriously only own a total of 3 ball bearing yos. 2 of them are beginning Duncan types but one is a Tom Kuhn RD1 in cobalt blue that I purchased when they first released. I felt exactly like you did. To me it was way more $ than I could justify. But it has brought me immeasurable joy over the many years. Life is short and we’re worthy of it sometimes. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![Billipo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billipo/32/162446_2.png) [@Billipo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Billipo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/11 "2022-05-07T06:37:04Z")
I purchased a Gamer Light (Space Invader). ---
**Author:** ![CaptainFoxxButt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captainfoxxbutt/32/197384_2.png) [@CaptainFoxxButt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaptainFoxxButt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/12 "2022-05-08T00:22:13Z")
Wise choice, but the gamer is for any skill set my friend. Enjoy it! ---
**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/13 "2022-05-08T01:22:26Z")
I wonder what tricks or skills qualifies one to ‘deserve’ a yo-yo? Is it pure skills-based? Or is it skills/time? IMHO you ‘deserve’ the yo-yo you want and can afford. Go ahead and indulge; you have my permission 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blaidd\_Drwg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/blaidd_drwg/32/53190_2.png) [@Blaidd\_Drwg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Blaidd_Drwg)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/14 "2022-05-08T03:26:25Z")
This one time at band camp…. ---
**Author:** ![Malachi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/malachi/32/14039_2.png) [@Malachi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Malachi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/15 "2022-05-08T05:39:47Z")
> [@Billipo](#): > > I purchased a Gamer Light (Space Invader). Great choice and the best colorway. My weakest moment was probably last May when YYF announced that they were making a Confusion Ti and started taking preorders… ---
**Author:** ![Billipo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billipo/32/162446_2.png) [@Billipo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Billipo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/16 "2022-05-08T10:53:48Z")
**Qualifies for deserving** - No doubt I can afford a $60 Yo-Yo. I just was using incentive to drive the purchase. I tend to be that way. Jokingly I posted as if somehow I might go to Yo-Yo Hell for my sins by circumventing my personal pact. Hey, I confessed so apparently I must be absolved! Purely in fun. My first Yo-yo I did chores, etc to collect **all** my money to purchase that yo-yo. It took a lot of effort and persistence. Maybe that’s why I still have it so many decades later. Deserving is what you make of it. _“Joy is the Fruit of Appreciation.”_ I already have another throw on my radar. I’ll post a picture when it arrives. Of course, I will stop the collecting before _“the law of diminishing marginal utility”_ applies. Maybe another discussion sometime. look it up. One thing I do appreciate is so many are keeping yo-yo alive and not a footnote in history. Everyone deserves credit for that. ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/17 "2022-05-08T11:02:20Z")
My yoyo collection likely cost me upwards of $20,000 so far and I don’t sell. ---
**Author:** ![fos1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/fos1/32/150706_2.png) [@fos1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fos1)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/18 "2022-05-08T13:25:20Z")
I never sell either. ---
**Author:** ![vinniekowalski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vinniekowalski/32/192899_2.png) [@vinniekowalski](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vinniekowalski)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/19 "2022-05-08T22:10:49Z")
“I can stop anytime I want to. I just don’t want to…” Yeah, my name is Alvin and I have been a hobbyist and rabbit hole spelunker for over 20 yrs! ---
**Author:** ![craZivn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crazivn/32/124648_2.png) [@craZivn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/craZivn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yo-confessions/356945/20 "2022-05-08T23:00:48Z")
Hey it’s my forum-birthday today too! Time to assume the party position and then there will be cake. Ivan