A- ano flaw blink from yoyo day sale. Dead smooth. 
Iām stoked! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/23/8ytemuve.jpg
Oh man i didnāt even notice the weight of the dark blue one. Bet that plays amazingly. 59g, bi-metal, d-bearing, wow, lemme know if you ever want to sell it!
The Leo Sniper MK2 is a rocket-ship. I have been thinking about doing a review of it because it is so unique to the Sturm-Panzer lineup. The Mk2 is super fast, super agile and overall uber-fun to play. Its light weight makes it easy to throw for long periods and the speed makes the energy input minimal. Add the sweet D-bearing and the MK2 is a totally new animal.
The light blue is really a striking color with the brass-rings.
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Ahā¦so he did. Curse my speed reading. Sorry Greg.
Bimaterial is not really a word, though. So thatās probably the reason.
The light blue one is also almost extinct. I was going to buy one but then suddenly Sturm Panzer released the 59.7 gram one, of which there was one in stock at the site I was watching, so I decided to get that one. Just sounded too interesting to pass up. They still have a few of the light blues so maybe I can pick one up later.
I liked the light blue color better too, but Iām interested in how insanely speedy this will be. I just got the Eclipse Ogre set today and WOW those are some fantastic yoyos. The problems of the Stealth Ogre are gone. I love itā¦ I got two 7075/brass rim bimetals for 22000 yen. And they play smooth as silk. I was expecting vibe and appearance imperfections but apparently theyāve gotten their stuff together and now everything produced is A grade.
I couldnāt agree more. You know what I think I find most pleasing is that the initial Leo Sniper clearly wasnāt what the yoyo design could be, like theyād made the shape actually under perform a little due to the weighting. I ADORE the fact that they realized how much more of a superb yoyo they could make it, and instead of shying away from that and just sticking with the original, just re-vamped it. For a new-ish under appreciated company, I think this takes real minerals. Especially when the end product (the MkII) is so good. Although I think the Draupnir is a truly special yoyo and would probably have to recommend it as an ideal purchase to anyone, I personally have more fun with this and throw this more.
Sturm Panzer is amazing. Even though they donāt speak English they still manage to have excellent customer service using web translators! And they hooked me up saving me 2000 yen on the DX-06 and saved it for me until I could work out the payment details. And they told me theyād be making many more bimetal yoyos in the future. Plus their mangas are cool. I donāt know a lick of Japanese but I can sort of follow the plot with the drawings. And their prices are so REASONABLE compared to other companies making similar quality throws. Who else makes 7075/brass bimetals and sells them for $110 A grade?? Their most expensive models are still just $160. Turning point charges $250 for similar yoyos that arenāt even 7075. Is Sturm Panzer as good as Turning Point? Probably not, but theyāll get there if they receive enough support.
You should post a review of the 62g Leo Sniper. Iām planning on posting a review of the new one but the more exposure Sturm Panzer gets in the US, the better IMO.
A day or two after getting the new Leo Sniper Iām going to post a joint review of the Eclipse Ogres and the Leo Sniper. Iām new with reviewing yoyos so they may not be good, but Iāll be sure to include lots of pics. Somebody gets garroted with a yoyo string in one of the Eclipe Ogre mangasā¦lolā¦itās so awesome.
I did say that nobody would call it thatā¦ soā¦ ummmā¦ yeah. Thereās that.
Bimaterial is just as much a word as bimetal. Itās just not as commonly found (especially in the yoyo world, where Iāve never seen it). But back to the part where I said nobody would call it thatā¦ yeahā¦ thereās that.
Not sure what youāre arguing now. 
Ahhh, was so tempted by the 62g Leo Sniper, and now thereās a 59g? Too much choice!
Iād love to hear thoughts from anyone that has tried them both. 
āBimaterialā seems like a legitimate word but I canāt find it in any dictionaries. Itās not in the MS Word database, on dictionary.com, or webster.com. Maybe itās in one of those super comprehensive dictionaries they use for scrabble tournaments
Ah Iām just being a contrarian. Itās in my nature. :-\
Unsurprisingly, Google turns up a tonne of papers and so forth which use the word bimaterial. Just one of several: http://www.mae.ncsu.edu/eischen/JEP3-90.pdf
Letās give benefit of the doubt (because thatās what you actually do in a good debate) and assume that itās not a word used by NCSU scholars and other notables. As you should be aware, thereās a great deal of liberty in the English language for creating new words. The ābiā part just means ātwoā. Iāmma gāhead and shove the word ābiā in front of anything that makes a modicum of sense without too much fear of being misunderstood. I imagine it was clear to everyone what bimaterial meant. You even said that it seems like a legitimate word. New words get added to dictionaries (documents which themselves are not the sum total of the English language) on a yearly basisā¦ all it takes is a certain level of ubiquity for the editors to bother with the word. Also unsurprisingly, ābimaterialā is hardly ubiquitous.
When you do research you probably shouldnāt have a confirmation bias. Itās sloppy research and doesnāt follow with the generally agreed-upon rules of logical debate.
I believe you and agree with you. What I meant was itās not a dictionary word at this time which could explain why noone uses the term to refer to plastic/metal hybrid yoyos.
Of course there are many words used in certain professions (i.e., jargon) that donāt appear in dictionaries yet (and may never) because they are too obscure. For instance, from my field: homeomorphism, cohomology, simplicial, etc.
Everyoneās guilty of confirmation bias to some extent. In this case I wasnāt. Confirmation bias implies Iām ignoring evidence contradicting whatever claim is under investigation. In this case I just checked the two most prominent online dictionaries. If Iām guilty of any dialectic faux pas itās failing to widen my search parameters.
And for the record, the prefix ābiā is often ambiguous.
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So, sloppy research without confirmation bias, then. Surely plunking a word into a search engine is the next step for someone trying to avoid confirmation bias, even if it turned out not to be the first step.
In other words, if I was willing to stick my neck out and say, āThatās not a word,ā I would be checking around first.
Iām willing to believe that there are cases in which the ābiā as a prefix does not represent ātwoā. I canāt think of any and would love to see some examples, but Iām open to it. But for the record, that doesnāt mean the prefix itself is inherently ambiguous and certainly not that it is āoftenā ambiguous. I believe the majority of literate people see ātwoā as the de facto meaning of the prefix ābiā.
[Sorryā¦ forgot this was the YYR discussion thread until I had already posted!]
The prefix ābiā is ambiguous because it can mean either ātwo/twiceā or āevery two.ā E.g., biweekly can mean ātwice weeklyā or āevery two weeks,ā biannual can mean ātwice a yearā or āevery other year,ā etc. Pretty much any ābiā word relating to time has this problem.
And what are you doing, assuming people are literate? Tsk tskā¦Iāve taught university level classes at a pretty decent university where the vast majority of my students couldnāt write complete sentences. And Iām talking native English speakers, not first or second generation immigrants. It was depressing that I couldnāt count off for it just because they were math classes.
Anyway, this is a pretty pointless debate even as far internet debates go. I concede defeat. Letās let the thread get back to YYR talk
Bisexual?
Yes, someone who likes the two (main) sexes?
Makes sense, though Iām not sure what it has to do with YYRā¦
The double meaning thing shai was talking about, itās an exception.
Anyone know if the Laser is in stock somewhere? (PM me if so, please)
Or if theyāll make another run anytime soon?
I do but thereās just ONE and I was considering getting it myself for a 3A set. Iāll PM you if I find another or if I decide not to get one.
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So I know the Mr. Butcher was designed for 5a and all but is it still a well balanced 1a throw? Iām lookin towards it as my first YYR.