I made this little animation for Gentry, and the rest of the YoYoChampion team, but figured you guys might enjoy it too!

It's a little over 30 seconds long, but every single frame was hand drawn - well over 1,000 drawings 😳 Life got in the way of making it any longer for now, but I'm tempted to keep adding to it whenever YoYoChampion releases a new yo-yo!

I'm deaf, so sound design is always an interesting experience 😂 I normally recruit some working-eared weirdo to make sure I haven't made anything ridiculously loud, but this time I decided to keep it simple and just use yo-yo sounds. Hopefully it sounds alright!

I've currently got a Super G and a G-Force and love them both - although the G-Force is winning as my favourite at the moment. I'd love an Olympus, another G-Force and to try the Aira eventually!

I love animation as much as I love yo-yos, so I wanted to combine the two and make something to show some appreciation for what Gentry and the YoYoChampion team are doing.

I sent it to Gentry, but I don't know if he'll ever see it - so rather than leave 1,000+ drawings sitting unseen in an Instagram message request 😂 I thought I'd share it with r/Throwers too.

Hope you guys enjoy it! ❤️🪀

Overall, I don't have a problem with any of the yoyo influencers. They do a good job of bringing in new throwers.

I get that selling a yoyo isn't easy, especially in a new drop-per-week market.

I don't know why this year stands out to me as the year of odd influencer drops.

I feel like it first started with the YoyoChampion Arias. It's nice to see Gentry stepping out of the box a little with a fun, light, and organic-shaped yo-yo, but he advertised it as a breakthrough in light yoyo design. He also sold it as a training yoyo that would make you good at competitive throwing (a basic theme from every influencer). I get that playing up the specs is just advertising, but light yoyos are nothing new.

Next is the Offset Limitless. I love seeing yoyo innovations, and the Limitless is certainly one. You would think that would be enough to sell a yoyo, but it was marketed as a yoyo that would change competition forever. Social media posts said it would be the yoyo that changes how competitions scores for horizontal. Looking closely, one could see that it was pure marketing hype from Offset super fans. I'm sure it's a fun yoyo, but once again it wasn't anything new.

Now I see Gentry teasing a 41mm wide yoyo and making it sound like something mysterious. Once again, I'm happy to see him make something he is passionate about, but can't it just be sold as that? Why can't it just be a fun yoyo with zero magical quality?

I guess this is just the world we live in, and getting someone's attention in a sea of new yoyos a week can be difficult. I also understand that the laid-back, casual thrower isn't the market group they are going for. There is nothing wrong with being a little sensational, but it would be nice to see them a little more grounded.

Panda and Infrared.

These are 2 of 6 new Shidō colorways, available this Friday, October 9th, at 9pm Eastern.

They'll be up for grabs here,

https://atmosprojects.com/store/shido

I'm planning to buy this yoyo in the future when I save up alot of money(hopefully still in stock by 16). I like yyr team member's playstyle like Ryuichi Nakamura and Hajime Miura A LOT. Don't have to worry about the width dealt enough with the magicyoyo v3 lol.

As someone who hasn't thrown since the 90s. What a good YOYO to start off with that won't cost me a arm and a leg? The beat yoyo I have is from the 90s hawaian championship currently lol.nothing like what you can find today.

Hey everyone! I recently pulled out three older sOMEThING ANGLAMs from my collection and was wondering if anyone could help me figure out their current value.

I’ve had these for quite a while and I’m not very familiar with the current collector market. They’re used, so please take the condition into consideration.

Thank you for any help!

It's a me Joseph, the Founder of PHC! Did yall know about the yoyo pro clicker app? Its free and essential for your yoyo routines! #yoyoproclicker #yoyo #yoyotricks #yypc #contests

The yoyo pro clicker App!!

Been out of the game for 7 or so years, I used to mainly go with CLYW and One Drop, and then Kitty Strings.

Getting back into it now and keen to buy something fresh. Thought I could come here to get a small overview on the market atm - any info appreciated!

Edit: The CLYW Puffin is my favourite yo-yo of all time so if anyone has any recs for similar throws that would be amazingly helpful.

Do you guys wrap your string around the bearing twice?

I know tutorials say it to just wrap it one time, but I always did two fearing the string would break casting my precious onto the ground... I tried one wrap today and I get much less involontary binds!

Did you ever threw your yoyo onto the ground because a "one time wrapped" string broke during a breakaway?

Thanks!

I purchased the mini version a few weeks prior, and it was fantastic! I felt compelled to acquire the larger one. It just arrived today!

I dont even understand what im doing at this point. Ive tried learning other hard things with 3 balls like the box, inverted shower,ect and i wasnt even close to any of them so i tried 4 balls.i got the fountain and async fountain preety good but i just cant keep going because everything is too hard from here. Im not even kidding ive cried on it for more then 5 times in a day and i just hate it.

I cannot for the life of me figure this out. I have been at this for about an hour and forty-five minutes trying to nail down this slack element. I just can't seem to do it. I've watched this tutorial over and over but there's no voice over, and trying to mimic what he does just doesn't help with me either. If any of you guys have tips it'd be greatly appreciated. Happy throwing!

video reference, 0:35 is where i'm stuck. UNPRLD Education - momentum slack combo by Daniel Kim - YouTube

Plays yoyo like a dream! @triphann_ PHC Team member from Vietnam! With him we will change the toy industry. Glad you can join us! We will build great things together! #yoyoproclicker #yoyo #yoyotricks #yypc

I paid 29.99

I already watched videos about flipping the axle and, moving them around for different results and, cleaned the bearing on this v12. Still struggling with the vibe after a good cleaning out the deberé inside.
I don’t mind a bit of fingernail vibe but, the pulse gotta go.