Sadly, there are anodizing issues with the Train Wreck.
We just uncovered a problem with the Train Wreck. At ECC, two people returned Train Wrecks after they did thumb grinds and some of the anodized finish came off (see the pic above). We were hoping they were fluke occurrences. We reported this to Steve Buffel, who is the guy at SPYY. Steve tested it for a day, and it happened to him. He said the anodized finish was too thin and may come off in time. To reflect that, Mitchell’s and Steve have decided to reduce the price of the Train Wreck from $94.95 to $68, and sell it ‘as-is’ with no warranty. The finish problem should not affect the play, however, it is likely to lose it’s finish with use. Steve’s had other problems with the Train Wreck with many halves scheduled for the the general release being damaged at the anodizer. So, the status of the entire run is up in the air.
There are still some available at our webpage.
Both SPYY and Mitchell’s wanted to address this issue proactively, as we have no interest in passing off flawed merchandise as first quality.
READ THIS first… if you need any more convincing NOT to buy this yo-yo, read on…
Found some interesting pics on Spin Gear of the Yomega Blazer…
What a shitty idea for response…
The Bearing also looks odd. Guess Yomega didn’t want anyone to be able to put a KK or other bearing in here. Not that anyone IS going to buy these after all the ridiculous things they said about us “Knuckle Draggers”
Horrible look. No attention to visual elements. The dots look like they’d fall out after a few times with trying to tune the response. And plus its only $90! It’s nice that suck a large company that has already outsourcer there yo-yos to china couldn’t find a better deal on making aluminum yo-yos like there “competitors” Duncan and Yo-Yo Factory… guess it costs them twice as much to do the same thing, worse?
OK, file this under shameless commerce. Benny was kind enough to send us a batch of red 888’s to sell at MAR, and we still have some left. I’m not sure if this is the beginning of a new run, or just a small run of red, but I think we have the only ones released yet. They are large bearing, silicone response 888’s. The only time I’ve seen red was as half of the Cinqo de Mayo 888. Buy one here
Also, FYI, Benny sent us a ‘Cherry’ small-bearing 888 that we gave to the winner of the 1A Division. I haven’t seen this one before – it was red as well, but had a pair of cherries inscribed on the side of the yo-yo. I’m assuming this is for the new YoYoFactory team member from Russia, Igor “Cherry” Vishnyakov.
I’m not to keen on posting stuff on this blog that Save Deth is doing. But I feel this is blog worthy.
First, there’s a Website and a Blog. We are going to try and update it as much as we can with pictures progress and processes of the merch we’ll be selling.
DVD’s are back from press and waiting for you to buy them at Worlds
But there is something you don’t know about the DVD…
You’ll be watching part of it in 3D.
(with your complimentary 3D glasses)
Check out the rest of the pictures here.
Prices are $20-$30.
I’m very excited to see Born Crucial working with yo-yoers (Mark Montgomery and Sky Kiyabu) for their designing. It will be nice to see something grow and still keeps its roots in yo-yoing.
ALL bionic FreeHand Zero? FINALLY!
New Metal Zero: FINALLY! I played with one at BAC and really enjoyed playing with it. Reminded me a lot of a medium bearing sized Fluchs. There are smoother curves, recessed pads with WALLS between the bearing and sticker (at least from the prototype if i remember correctly?). Looks like I left Duncan a little to soon.
Reflex: I hope taking the 2 sides without clutches and putting them together makes a good 3A yo-yo. Cause if not, there’s going be a lot of left overs at worlds.
Pulse: These things are pretty neat.
One Drop’s 7th, and final prototype is finished and here are the pictures. I’ve very impressed with the design of this. The shape looks very comfortable and reminiscent of the Peak or Dark Magic, 2 of the more comfortable yo-yos I’ve played with.
I look forward to seeing how there axle system works. With the steel axle that is replaceable, it should help with vibration and stripping problems some yo-yos have. Another interesting deign idea they are using are small grooves on the profile of the yo-yo. I’m assuming this is for less surface area during grinds? cool to see someone trying it out.
Good job guys, can’t wait to try it out.
For SPYY’s newest installment they’ve gone smaller. A few new changes to the Spyder are a deeper recess for more pad variety (and even flowable silicone if you’d like), softer finish and a Japanese EZO bearing.
The black looks amazing and I like the visual layout of the Spyder more then previous models.
One of the nice things about living with Boyd is I get to see all the sweet new CLYW photos.
these will be the first run. 60 for sale at Yo-Yo Nation!
