Congrats! Amazing performances by both!
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Introducing Netrunner - yoyofriends’ first ever 7075+SS bimetal and hollow SS ring yoyo. Built for the current competition stage and beyond, Netrunner ushers in a new era of performance in the yoyofriends lineup.
Netrunner was used by both Stephen Madden and James Heder at PNWR. James also won NER with Netrunner.
Netrunner Specs
Material: 7075+SS
Weight: 65.6g ± 0.5g
Diameter: 57.96mm
Width: 50.00mm
Gap: 4.56mm
Bearing: Concave bearing
Axle: M4*8 mm
Price: 110-120USD
Release date: TBD
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instacop.
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I’ll be fleshing this out more when more info becomes available!
Congratulations to yoyofriends player Matthew Wallsten for placing 2nd at the United Yoyo Contest. Here is the freestyle. He used his signature prototype.
Here are the freestyle for PNWR, where James Heder placed 1st place using the Netrunner and Conor Neumann placed 8th using the Peregrine X.
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The official video for the mini peregrine X featuring the incredible Ryota Komatsu! Shout out to Tomoki Toyama for filming.
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Melzi Specs
Material: 7068 w Stainless
Total weight: 63.68g
Diameter: 56.3mm
Width: 48.00mm
Gap width: 4.57mm
Axle: M4* 10mm
Bearing: Concave bearing
Pad: 19.214.21.2mm
The Melzi is yoyofriends Japanese player Tomoki Toyama’s second signature yoyo. Compared to Da Vinci. Melzi utilizes a more aggressive wrapped around SS ring. More center cup weight and a wider catchzone. The result is a fast accelerating, high speed and high pace yoyo just like the Da Vinci. However due to the changes there are significant upgrade to power, stability and catchability. Satisfying Tomoki’s high demand which is borderline physics defying.
Price: 95-100 USD
Release date: September 20th 8PM EST
Here is the official video of Melzi by Tomoki Toyama and edited by Nestle clip studio.
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@Mazdarx7FD do you guys have plans to ever develop a more 5a oriented yoyo?
Forgive me if you have already and I just missed it.
Yes! Tony Sung, our 5A players is working on it. Also alot of our 1A model could handle 5A as well.
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Updated instructions on how to change the LED modules and replacing the battery on the light up Rio.
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Awesome thanks for the reply.
And yeah 5A definitely isn’t super specialized when it comes to designing a yo-yo but there are certain design factors that lend themselves a bit more towards the style.
So whenever a 5a player gets a new model I like seeing what they come up with.
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Introducing Artifice, the signature yoyo of James Heder. James has been a star, having recently won the Northeast Regional Yoyo Contest using the Yoyofriends Netrunner. He placed 6th at US Nationals, 16th in the world and won the recent New York State Yoyo Contest using Artifice. Artifice is the ultimate Yoyofriends monometal flagship, combining mutiple past Yoyofriends design features to build James’ ultimate yoyo.
Artifice Specs:
Material: 7068
Weight: 66.0 g
Width: 51.5 mm
Diameter: 57.5mm
Gap: 4.52mm
Axle: M4*8mm
Bearing: Concave bearing.
Price: 55-60USD
Release date: November 3rd 8PM EST here OK yoyoexpert!
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So sick!! Congrats @JamesMH 
well deserved signature model for sure. Excited to try this one!
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