YoyoFactory CzechPoint - Fantastic Colorways

Nathan, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you excited about a yoyo that was over 62g. :stuck_out_tongue:

In my case, it’s not excitement in the same way that the CiTizen excites me (take all my money! take it now!), it’s just that a new yoyofactory throw that is kentaro-co-designed, cheap, and a Vashek sig is definately something that appeals to me. The price is the icing on the cake. :slight_smile:

Ordered mine! Gotta love them Eu shipping costs and 1-2 day delivery. I was even cheeky enough to ask if there was a chance that Vashek could sign my Czechpoint if he happens to be around the store. Couldn’t hurt to ask right?

Also took the most of the opportunity of some dead stock and FINALLY picked up an Aviator (after putting it of for over a year), and also picking up a standard green/black acid wash Proton. It’s very rare for me to buy doubles of any yoyo (Rally, Cliff and Doomsday Genesis are my only other doubles), but I really do love the Proton that much. ;D

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For me more the yoyo less priced more hype. Because its good to see less priced yoyos perform.

Vashek sent me mine, and he’d said he’d sign mine. I went for aqua. What color did you go for? :smiley:

Mine should be here Thursday morning

I also went for Aqua… and mine should also be delivered Thursday…

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Buggot, you’re alllllllright. tips hat

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I thought we were already best friends! :-[ :wink: :stuck_out_tongue: #TeamVashek

Hopefully you get yours signed too so we can have identicals :smiley:

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Aaaaan even I want one. I’ll ask vashek for one.

Buy one, support #TeamVashek :slight_smile:
I’ll probably buy another one when the splash colors comes out (:-X ::))

Are you contacting Vashek directly? They aren’t availiable here yet. They won’t be for a while.

I need to get my hands on one though…

#TeamVashek

#teamedward #ihatetwilight #givemeattentionpleaseimdesperate

Yeah, we’re talking to each other via his email. Mine should be here tomorrow, sent all the way from the Czech Republic :).

You can also buy it from another store if you wanted it sooner. :stuck_out_tongue:

I just dropped my request in the “comment” box of my order. Buggot has gone above and beyond, I’m impressed. I hope you let him know that he has a growing fan club on here. #teamvashek :stuck_out_tongue:

Really looking forward to my delivery tomorrow. Those “waiting for my new yoyo” feels. ;D

Didn’t mean to come off braggy or anything. It’s just because we were communicating via email to get my address and color preferences before the CZPoints arrived.
Needless to say, everytime (and the first time especially) Vashek emailed me I was a little starstruck that I had the honor to talk to him :slight_smile:

I’ll tell him about it when I email him tomorrow to thank him for sending me one! I’ll include your name in there :wink:

I’ll be at school tomorrow, but I’m really excited to get it when I get home. Hopefully arrived safe.

IT CAME! I’ll post a review later, but for those in #teamvashek I have something for you, an excerpt from our email:

Sorry for not posting a review sooner. I was busy, because I have finals for all this week and the next (although I did have time to throw it! ;D) Here is my review! Also if you want to see Vashek’s comment on #TeamVashek see above :slight_smile:

YoyoFactory CzechPoint

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Specifications:
Weight (g) 66
Diameter (mm) 56.5
Width (mm) 42.4
Gap (mm) 4.9

Colors:
Pink, Aqua, and Black (green coming soon…! ^.^)
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First Impression: Wow, this yoyo is smooooth looking. Nice, soft color, and it’s a lot less angular than the CZM8. Looks solid. The design in the cup looks niiiiice.

http://i.imgur.com/G6Uytwr.jpg

Shape/Construction:
The CzechPoint and the CZM8 share many similar qualities. The CzechPoint has that W shape, more so than the former CZM8. It gives a better fitting feel in the hand, as opposed to the V-shape leaning CZM8. The shape is comparable to a Protostar (Credit to Vashek for the photo)
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The outer rims are also more rounded than the CZM8. I feel like Vashek and Kentaro designed the CzechPoint as a refined CZM8, making it less angular, softer looking, and a bit more comfortable. Also better playing, but a bit more on that later.

The CzechPoint’s cup area has a smaller flat center for horizontal fingerspins as well as a concave bowl leading up to it rather than the angles like the CZM8.

The gap is moderately wide. Good for multiple layers of string, and allows for great grind times.
Weight-wise, it is heavier than the CZM8 but by no means “heavy”. It feels less hollow.

Response/Bearing
The bearing is a Center Trac. Once you break it in a little, it performs well. I can’t really judge whether a bearing is good or not, but I found the noise minimal and pleasing, nothing wrong sounding.
The response pads are one of two new blends YYF is trying out, pale/pink looking pads. I find them really nice, better than the blue pads on my CZM8. They gave really snappy binds and wasn’t responsive.

Play
The thing everyone (aka 2 people :P) has been waiting for… the performance. Like Dragonegs says, this is like a CZM8 on steroids. It fixes everything that the CZM8 missed. It’s stable and long spinning, great for finger grinds, a bit less generic looking, all around great yoyo and improvement. I was surprised at how much it improved to it’s former yoyo. More solid than it’s predecessor, but less steep and less uncomfortable in the hand, the CzechPoint can easily handle many string layers and it’s forgivability is something that makes it stand out in my view.

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PROS
-It is much more stable. If I thought the CZM8 was forgiving, the CzechPoint is really nice. It never goes off plane, which was a thing that the CZM8 missed out on. It sacrifices a little bit of speed for it, but now when doing tricks quickly you have that controlled speed instead of the frantic, erratic quickness of the CZM8. You can learn tricks really easily on this yoyo, because when you’re halfway through a trick and need to let it spin for a while while viewing the next part of the tutorial, it stays in place. One of the CzechPoint’s high points.

-It is great at fingerspins. I enjoyed doing fingerspins on my CZM8. I wondered if it was going to be as good on the CzechPoint. I tried it out, and it was amazing! Thanks to it’s better stability it stays on your finger, doesn’t tend to tilt out on itself.

-Playable at any speed. The CzechPoint is able to maneuver around at any speed, whether you like to go slow or play quickly. This is another one of it’s high points, and I think many people will like it because of this. I was surprised at how it can change speeds and not ruin your momentum through tricks.

-Improvement at a reasonable price. At $45, you get a lot of bang for your buck. Like many other “budget metals” (should we call them that anymore?), price is getting lower for a lot more performance.

CONS
-It’s not that floaty. It’s a personal term, but I don’t feel like it really “floats on the string”. It’s solid. Nothing wrong with that though, but it’s a preference thing.
-Pretty solid. Another preference thing, but just thought I’d put it out there for people who are absolute light yoyo lovers. Not at all a rock on a string, though.
-No pretty colorways as of yet! Czech back on this later!
-Unique-wise, I don’t know enough to classify if this is a unique yoyo, or “boring” as some people say, but it looks decent. Again, preference. Let me know how it looks to you!

Conclusion:
Thanks to Vashek and Kentaro, we now have a revised and refined version of the CZM8. It pretty much fills in all the blanks that the CZM8 left. It’s better spinning, better controlled and stable, and a little better feeling. I was really expecting a lot for this yoyo, and to my delight it didn’t disappoint. There’s a lot going for this yoyo, and I highly recommend it to those who love the CZM8, thought the CZM8 was boring, own the CZM8, or are #TeamVashek.

http://i.imgur.com/EGeeLEg.jpg

Image Cred: CZPoint and Protostar: Vashek Kroutil
CZPoint colors: YYF
The rest: Lac Phan/Buggot

Some more pictures I took that I’ll leave down here:
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So beautiful. :slight_smile: Waiting for the green colorway dream :stuck_out_tongue:

Let me know what you guys think of my first official review!

Nice review. My FLYS carries YoYo Factory, so I hope they’ll have some of these in stock soon.

Update: Vashek is going on a #yyfadventure 2 with his Czech Point! Czech it out on YYF’s instagram.

yoyofactory #yyfadventure 2 begins NOW. #yyfczechpoint @vashek
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yoyofactory #yyfadventure 2 has begun! We are trying hard to go bigger. So we went international. @vashek in #Iceland for the ultimate test of yoyos for adventures.
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I’ll admit, I was tempted to travel up to Wembley on the weekend to meet Vashek, but I ended up deciding against in since I was busy during the afternoon and didn’t fancy all the travelling in one day. Plus, the drive to Wembley is a bit of a 'mare, I’m really not a fan of driving into London.

Iceland is a great place, really looking forward to going back. Lets hope we get a sweet Vashek x Palli video out of this trip. Unlikely, but it would be cool. :stuck_out_tongue:

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yoyofactory #yyfczechpoint shipping to stores Worldwide August 2015. #yyfadventure
http://yoyofactory#yyfczechpoint shipping to stores Worldwide August 2015. #yyfadventure

yoyofactory
Glacial wonderland. We expected extremes in Iceland but today turned out pretty flawless. We explored, played and just soaked up the beauty around us. #yyfadventure is becoming a way of life, a thing we do. We love yoyo and exploring with it. @vashek #yyfczechpoint
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Also go on their instagram for a stunning video of Vashek doing a cool trick

Man, all these Iceland photos are getting me all nostalgic. I remember climbing around on that plane wreck. It’s in the middle of absolutely nowhere. ;D

That being said it never occurred to me how awesome of a spot that would be to film a yoyo video. I’m sticking that on my ‘to do’ list for next year.

I left out the yyfadventure pics with other yoyos in them, after all this is the CZPoint thread :slight_smile:

yoyofactory
Location: Earth.
Player: @vashek #yyfadventure

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yoyofactory
Almost certain @vashek doesn’t know the word ‘no’.
#yyfadventure #yyfczechpoint

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And lastly here’s the best pic, with an alleged different CZPoint colorway. I think it’s green splash, what do you think? It’s definitely confirmed to be the Czech Point, and it is not blue, pink, black, or black (wyyc). Excited!

yoyofactory
Some weeks are harder than others to top. #yyfadventure @vashek tucked in behind a waterfall with the #czechpoint, his go-to for any adventure, in the south of Iceland.

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New CZPoint colorways coming August!