The Draupnir is a precision machined b-metal design with a 7075 aluminum body and Stainless Steel Rims. With the rims composed of a denser metal Yoyorecreation is able to maximize rim weight without adding bulky rims. This gives the yo-yo unbelievable spin time and stability while still maintaining a low overall weight which greatly improves speed and maneuverability. Fitted with IrPad Response and an NSK DS Bearing, the Draupnir is competition ready right out of the box!
Since it will come up anyway, I might as well ask myself and now: So has the YYJ patent thing been dropped for the US? Or what’s the reason that it’s finally hitting YYE?
Andreas
UPDATE: the countdown ran out and … got stuck. The late revenge of YYJ?
The YYJ patent is still a valid patent. If you read the claims of the patent very carefully, you will understand how this yoyo does not violate the patent.
Last year, I was told that the reason why there’s no Draupnir in the store is because of the YYJ situation. Apparently, something has changed now. Or it hasn’t because right now, there’s still no Draupnir available, just a counter that’s stuck at the Zero Hour
The counter didn’t get stuck at zero, Andre just forgot to remove it from the page once the product was activated, sorry for any confusion there. The Draupnirs were available at 8:00 and actually sold out in under 1 minute lol. Can’t really say i’m surprised though!
It would appear that YoYoJam felt their energy was better spent focused on protecting the original core intention of the patent itself which was on plastic/metal construction.
