Yoyo Appraisal Thread III

Any idea a value on these guys. Both minty, spellbound has cardboard box and paperwork , sabre has paperwork.
Thank you!

saber is probably around the $150-175 mark with the case

spellbound i’d probably put closer to $80-100 but i think this one will be harder to sell than the saber

maybe to a collector they’d be worth slightly more but IMO the demand isn’t there to justify going much higher

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Thank you for this !! I had no idea where to look as I can’t find much info on them .

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no, this was Robot Vs Ninja Moose.

I don’t think that color had a name

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BvM?

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Yes, it’s a BvsM. The RvsNM is a very rare colorway (12 made if I remember correctly) and takes its name from the body color (gun metal and yellowish splashes, the body and fluid of a Robot) and the red splashes (the Ninja’s blood spatters)… the colorway @ajcheeta asked for the name of, however, is from one of the very latest releases of this yo-yo model and in the last editions, a name wasn´t often given to the colorway and it was quite common (in the sense of not extremely limited), so much so that if I remember correctly it was distributed in stores. The Robot vs Ninja Moose (one of the rarest and most sought-after BvsM) has a very different value than this one.

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That makes me feel a little better, I got it kinda cheap, and it vibes strong enough to the point of a wobble, nearly. It makes sense that this is from a larger run.

It’s still an interesting yo-yo, and it even has a nice color scheme in my opinion. The fact that it has a significant vibration is probably due to some issues during the manufacturing of the cups, and it’s obviously a B-grade (Fool’s Gold for Clyw) not so much for the number of pieces produced but in the end, for a low price, it’s an interesting yo-yo, excellent in my opinion.

The robot Vs Ninja Moose colourway name was picked as part of a competition, my friend Kieran suggested it, and received one as the prize. I’m afraid I don’t know how exact reasoning.

You’re totally right that the one originally shown was a different edition though, my mistake! I vaguely remember it having a name too, but that’ll be lost to the days of Yoyonation…

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Hi, I haven´t doubt that your friend was the one who suggested the name in the contest (a contest I wasn’t aware of, thanks for sharing). Ask him if the idea behind the name is the same as mine. I’ve always given the interpretation that seemed most logical to me, but perhaps he was inspired by other factors. Congratulations, anyway, for owning one of the objects that have most intrigued me, but above all because he’s the “putative father” of this historic yo-yo!

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