Oh man i didn’t 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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Ah…so he did. Curse my speed reading. Sorry Greg.
Bimaterial is not really a word, though. So that’s 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 I’m 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 it… 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 they’ve gotten their stuff together and now everything produced is A grade.
I couldn’t agree more. You know what I think I find most pleasing is that the initial Leo Sniper clearly wasn’t what the yoyo design could be, like they’d 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 don’t 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 they’d be making many more bimetal yoyos in the future. Plus their mangas are cool. I don’t 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 aren’t even 7075. Is Sturm Panzer as good as Turning Point? Probably not, but they’ll get there if they receive enough support.
You should post a review of the 62g Leo Sniper. I’m 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 I’m going to post a joint review of the Eclipse Ogres and the Leo Sniper. I’m new with reviewing yoyos so they may not be good, but I’ll be sure to include lots of pics. Somebody gets garroted with a yoyo string in one of the Eclipe Ogre mangas…lol…it’s so awesome.
I did say that nobody would call it that… so… ummm… yeah. There’s that.
Bimaterial is just as much a word as bimetal. It’s just not as commonly found (especially in the yoyo world, where I’ve never seen it). But back to the part where I said nobody would call it that… yeah… there’s that.
Not sure what you’re arguing now. 
Ahhh, was so tempted by the 62g Leo Sniper, and now there’s a 59g? Too much choice!
I’d love to hear thoughts from anyone that has tried them both. 
“Bimaterial” seems like a legitimate word but I can’t find it in any dictionaries. It’s not in the MS Word database, on dictionary.com, or webster.com. Maybe it’s in one of those super comprehensive dictionaries they use for scrabble tournaments
Ah I’m just being a contrarian. It’s 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
Let’s give benefit of the doubt (because that’s what you actually do in a good debate) and assume that it’s not a word used by NCSU scholars and other notables. As you should be aware, there’s a great deal of liberty in the English language for creating new words. The “bi” part just means “two”. I’mma g’head and shove the word “bi” 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 basis… all it takes is a certain level of ubiquity for the editors to bother with the word. Also unsurprisingly, “bimaterial” is hardly ubiquitous.
When you do research you probably shouldn’t have a confirmation bias. It’s sloppy research and doesn’t follow with the generally agreed-upon rules of logical debate.
I believe you and agree with you. What I meant was it’s 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 don’t appear in dictionaries yet (and may never) because they are too obscure. For instance, from my field: homeomorphism, cohomology, simplicial, etc.
Everyone’s guilty of confirmation bias to some extent. In this case I wasn’t. Confirmation bias implies I’m ignoring evidence contradicting whatever claim is under investigation. In this case I just checked the two most prominent online dictionaries. If I’m guilty of any dialectic faux pas it’s failing to widen my search parameters.
And for the record, the prefix “bi” 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, “That’s not a word,” I would be checking around first.
I’m willing to believe that there are cases in which the “bi” as a prefix does not represent “two”. I can’t think of any and would love to see some examples, but I’m open to it. But for the record, that doesn’t mean the prefix itself is inherently ambiguous and certainly not that it is “often” ambiguous. I believe the majority of literate people see “two” as the de facto meaning of the prefix “bi”.
[Sorry… forgot this was the YYR discussion thread until I had already posted!]
The prefix “bi” is ambiguous because it can mean either “two/twice” or “every two.” E.g., biweekly can mean “twice weekly” or “every two weeks,” biannual can mean “twice a year” or “every other year,” etc. Pretty much any “bi” word relating to time has this problem.
And what are you doing, assuming people are literate? Tsk tsk…I’ve taught university level classes at a pretty decent university where the vast majority of my students couldn’t write complete sentences. And I’m talking native English speakers, not first or second generation immigrants. It was depressing that I couldn’t 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. Let’s let the thread get back to YYR talk
Bisexual?
Yes, someone who likes the two (main) sexes?
Makes sense, though I’m not sure what it has to do with YYR…
The double meaning thing shai was talking about, it’s an exception.
Anyone know if the Laser is in stock somewhere? (PM me if so, please)
Or if they’ll make another run anytime soon?
I do but there’s just ONE and I was considering getting it myself for a 3A set. I’ll 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? I’m lookin towards it as my first YYR.
It’s a great 1A throw 
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