I think the YYJ Transcend is one of my favourite throws released this year. It just plays so comfortably for me. I have never been a huge fan of the look of side caps so most yoyojams just don’t do it for me.
What in particular do you find wrong with it. It seems to work pretty good on the 4 or 5 YYJ yoyos I have.
It’s prone to cracking I believe.
However I have an Odyssey that now still works like new, and a dead smooth Phenom… before someone borrow it and return with vibe.
The major issue is it sacrifices durability. Over time, from carrying the YoYo in your pocket or even just screwing it together and unscrewing it, the plastic will begin to wear ad cause the system to strip. Because the system is the entire bearing seat and not just the post, but the shim as well, that’s what allows the system to fall out.
Honestly, IDK
Recently, I was making a review on the phenom: http://aidinyoyo.blogspot.com/2015/12/yoyojam-phenom-yoyo-review.html
But as I was using the phenom, I felt like the technology was just “old”
If they want to really stay in tthe game, they need to make something new and big
Most Yoyojams doesn’t have too much kickback or medium at most (at least the ones I have tried), and yes although it’s shaped “modern”, Phenom feels somewhat classic, not as stable as most yoyos out there so I can see why some people tend to avoid it, but it’s the very reason I like them. Fun to throw, lack of rim weight making it seems like it wants to go fast, I don’t mind sacrificing some spin time and a little stability for that kind of agility.
Definetly a fun yoyo. Unfortunately, they just do not get enough play anymore. I love the phenom but I feel like its kinda overpriced :-\
Just my opinion, but I think it’s a vast improvement over the brass inserts that they used in their older designs. They seemed to loosen up or become dislodged from the body fairly easily, particularly if you banged the yoyo or overtightened it. At least now the bearing seat is metal. In the old design it was plastic that was prone to wear.
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You say that while your fave throw is an orca…lol just found that humerous (understandable why da lodge does the pricing though)
I personally like a lot of the YYJ line, but they are slipping just a bit
Orca performs much better. My opinion though, as is all of this.
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If they sold B grade Phenoms at $60 I would be in.
I do not own a Clyw Orca
I own a Clyw B grade Orca with ano flaws
Orca-2015
Phenom- 2011
Maybe there is a pattern 
Newer doesn’t necessarily mean better 
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Maybe more up to date?
Sorry if you took offence to what i said, didnt intend to offend anyone
i agree, if there were b grade phenoms at $60 i would be there in a heartbeat
No offense was taken
I find that good yoyos are relatively new. The best players are still teens. The technology is getting better.
Yes.
Going on a tangeant here, but can we take a sec to appreciate all the teen yoyo stars?
Gentry 19
Connor Seals (with YYJ, so slightly more on topic) 16
Chandler Steele 15
Harrison Lee 15
Colin Beckford 15
Andrew Maider 17
Adrien Velez 16
Franco Torres 15
Nehemiah Peterson 18
Jacob Vaughn 16 (im not a star, but self promo never killed anyone lol)
Taylor Houston 16
Evan Nagao 18?
Zach Gormley 18
Tunoose Giblin 13
these among MANY others are pretty good at flinging around pieces of metal and plastic
The best players aren’t teens, they are yuuki spencer, come on guys.
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Yuuki has a good style, but cannot compare to nowadays players. If he entered worlds, would he even make it past prelims?
Are you kidding? lol…
Of course he would.
I don’t know what to say haha
Yuuki “cannot compare to nowadays players”. This shouldn’t bother me but it definitely makes me sad to think this is the opinion of some of the younger throwers out there.