Current Events > I can't wait for my damn yoyo to come in the mail tomorrow.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Bought a YYF Shutter. Been over a decade since I've messed with a yo-yo and it was mostly short front-facing string tricks with clutch Yomegas and HyperWarp Wing. Just stuff I casually could pick up locally. Never really had anything with a proper weight and response system because I just wasn't that into it.

Whips and bounces were hard to pull off. Hope I can do that stuff now. >_>

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Is it that one heavy ass model of yoyo that gets shown in videos obliterating people when they mess up?

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Null_Gain posted...

Is it that one heavy ass model of yoyo that gets shown in videos obliterating people when they mess up?

I don't think so. Pretty sure this model is a bit "in the middle" of the spectrum. My understanding is that it's a safe choice.

https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/1a-string-trick-yo-yos/products/shutter-yoyo-by-yoyofactory?variant=32493957873738
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KaZooo posted...

I don't think so. Pretty sure this model is a bit "in the middle" of the spectrum. My understanding is that it's a safe choice.

https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/collections/1a-string-trick-yo-yos/products/shutter-yoyo-by-yoyofactory?variant=32493957873738
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Those look pretty sweet

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It came in and I can't bind return for my life.

But stuff like a brain twister and mach 5 are stupid easy.

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where did you order from?

also out of curiosity, what color?

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Machete posted...

where did you order from?

also out of curiosity, what color?

From that link. Red/Orange fade.

Figured out the bind return. Derpy me didn't pinch.

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yall bought a $50 yo-yo?

I still want a Dark Magic 2.

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The shutters seem like really good yo-yos. I picked up a MagicYoYo Node awhile back, and I'll never go back to plastic yoyos I think

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I remember back in the day you wasn't cool if you didn't have a Duncan butterfly yo-yo

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KaZooo posted...

From that link. Red/Orange fade.

Figured out the bind return. Derpy me didn't pinch.

oh shit didn't see it at first. Good call. YYE is best yoyo place. Andre Boulay is my cousin-in-law and I actually worked there for very close to 10 years (coronavirus did some damage and hit his other business hard so he had to cut down on staff :( mostly at the other business but we were hit too and I was more of a potential spreading risk as I was taking the bus. Sucks but I understood the decision and he would not have made it lightly). If not for corona, I would have been the one to pack it up and ship it out for ya :P

Naysaspace posted...

yall bought a $50 yo-yo?

A lot of premium ones are over $100 and the most expensive ones (usually limited edition and requiring pre-order) are over $1000. The most expensive one we sold (where tc got this one) was a Titanium model that was about $1500 and it was basically just offered to our regular big spenders and sold out before even being released.

WrestlinFan posted...

I still want a Dark Magic 2.

Yoyojam is no longer in business but last I heard (which was maybe a year ago or so), Andre still had the rights to it and was looking to have it manufactured independently. I can let you know if I hear anything more in the near future when the world is less "on hold" than it is now lol. It was our most popular yoyo prior to the Shutter though so definitely a good choice

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Machete posted...

oh shit didn't see it at first. Good call. YYE is best yoyo place. Andre Boulay is my cousin-in-law and I actually worked there for very close to 10 years (coronavirus did some damage and hit his other business hard so he had to cut down on staff :( mostly at the other business but we were hit too and I was more of a potential spreading risk as I was taking the bus. Sucks but I understood the decision and he would not have made it lightly). If not for corona, I would have been the one to pack it up and ship it out for ya :P

Wow way cool (apart from losing the job). I was guessing that's what you were getting at with your questions. Stuff was well-packed and made it to the west coast pretty fast with standard shipping.

It's definitely a jump for me. I'm so used to watching out for binding and spin time, and now it's the opposite. I remember how much I had to rely on doing hard sleepers to get through single tricks. Now I have.....time.


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KaZooo posted...

Wow way cool (apart from losing the job). I was guessing that's what you were getting at with your questions. Stuff was well-packed and made it to the west coast pretty fast with standard shipping.

It's definitely a jump for me. I'm so used to watching out for binding and spin time, and now it's the opposite. I remember how much I had to rely on doing hard sleepers to get through single tricks. Now I have.....time.

We have/had (I assume it hasn't changed) policy to get orders out same day provided they come in by 3 pm Eastern (after that, it was a toss up. I'd get them out if I had time but it wasn't required). Binding is very critical, like the gateway trick from beginner to advanced :P. I never got that far myself but I didn't really need to for what I was doing. Still, Shutter is an excellent mid-range, transitional choice. Definitely my main recommendation in that range currently (I've even met Gentry and he is chill as fuck).

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You should make one

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TheoryzC posted...

I remember back in the day you wasn't cool if you didn't have a Duncan butterfly yo-yo

I had a Duncan but it didn't do sleeper. Embarrassing times

Was practicing boing-e-boings. Still kinda eludes me. I don't have my string too tight but it kinda drifts in rotation and then I start missing after 3 bounces or so. Makes me question if I need to actively adjust my offhand better or if my throw is actually not straight enough.

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KaZooo posted...

Was practicing boing-e-boings. Still kinda eludes me. I don't have my string too tight but it kinda drifts in rotation and then I start missing after 3 bounces or so. Makes me question if I need to actively adjust my offhand better or if my throw is actually not straight enough.

One day after, it's starting to pick up. Seems like rhythm corrects a lot of the alignment accuracy. Real difference maker for me was cutting a couple inches off the string. Cleans up every step from the throw, to the split bottom mount, and then the movement.

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*yayo.

Thats illegal man.

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@Machete that is cool as shit, thanks dude

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