THE PLASTIC OUTLIER UNBOXING (Variant)

For as long as I can remember I've wanted to make a plastic yoyo.

Maybe it's because I started with Yoyojams, but something about plastic always equated to fun in my mind.

So, when it came time to build my ideal plastic I wanted something that wasn’t just competitive, but also fun.

On one hand there were Yoyos like the YYF Replay/YYF Daydream, that in my opinion lacked the fun factor but had all the rim weight and stability you'd need to use it as a competition throw.

On the other, you had Yoyos like the Skyva, Premiere and First Base that were so fun you never wanted to put them down, however they lacked stability and spin time to truly be a viable competition option.

What I wanted to create was a plastic with both. A yoyo that was fun, but still had the catchability, stability and spin time fit for a competition Yoyo.

That’s when I decided to go to Shenzen China to the Magic-Yoyo factory. There I worked with their team of lathe engineers and Yoyo designers and we came up with 2 prototypes.

Despite my initial excitement I quickly realized that there still wasn’t enough stability in these yoyos for me to actively compete with them.

So once I went back to Australia, I requested a few more tweaks and reluctantly gave the go ahead to build the mold. What happened next?

It flopped.

The yoyo that came out was awful. Unplayable.

To elaborate, the Yoyo's pads seat was made too narrow that the pads would literally bulge out making the yoyo responsive. Additionally, the design produced a harmonic vibe that rendered the whole thing unplayable.

I couldn't in good conscience release this to the Yoyo community, so I requested another prototype.

However that wasn't as easy as you might think...

The reason it’s less common for Yoyo companies to make plastic yoyos is because the cost of a mold is astronomically high.

In fact, the cost of a single mold is generally enough to deter most companies from even attempting a plastic.

So you can understand the predicament I was in when I was now asking Magic Yoyo to produce not just one, but two molds before the Yoyo had sold even a single unit.

Concerned that Magic Yoyo might scrap this project all together, I was given one final design change.

This had to be the most radical yet.

The previous iterations of the Variant had remnants of the initial design which was meant to have finger spin capabilities.

While this was fun, this meant that precious weight had to be distributed to the inner body of the yoyo, while less material was left for the rims. Rim weight is usually what gives a yoyo it’s stability and spin time.

So now desperate, and on the verge of this collaboration failing before it even began, we completely redrew the design. Taking all the weight that was meant to give the yoyo fingerspin capabilities and adding all of it to the rim.

I wouldn’t be sure how this design turned out, but Magic Yoyo was getting impatient.

So we commissioned the 2nd mold, and the Yoyo was shipped out to me to be tested.

This video is the outcome of that decision.

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[qwertywasd]

Definitely getting one! Notifications squad where u at

[evanlandau]

3:41 THAT IS WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE!!!!

[alexcullen]

This yoyo looks amazing and a must buy, great job Brandon 🤙

[coyoe]

looks great! As a 5a thrower I have decided it's wisest to move away from plastics because they just can't hold up to repeated drops - even when I'm playing over soft surfaces I expect to drop at least once every hour if I;m trying anything vaguely outside my comfort zone, and plastics just seem to get wonky after a few hard shocks, instead of the dings that my single material metals pick up.

Totally pumped for your progress on the throw though, I'd love to try one!

[jeremykuyah]

Wow... Well, I'm gonna get that. Hyped! Great job Brandon!

[canaanwentz]

Wow great yoyo and great video! Love your content

[UmarMustafa-opke]

i got one it is so good i love it its so amazing it plays like a beast

[marknoriega]

Can't wait to buy it!! Been looking for a really good plastic!! I hope this is the one!!!

[galaxyshu]

You are the best YoYo unboxer it is true fact

[nathanrandall]

I hope you have some of these available and Australian nats

[mikedee]

Your Yoyo looks awesome and I'm happy to see how stocked Brandon was to play with it

[uncrwned]

Lets Go! HYPED for another Offset YoYo

[charlesxiao]

Ninth!
Im definitely gonna get one of these cos i can finally afford it

[Kaix]

I'm hella excited for this!! Are we getting other colors?

[cedrc]

This is the only offset yoyo I can afford!

[the_south]

yo brandon great video and i love the yoyo it looks amazing. would you recommend this yoyo or the replay pro

[Joanyan]

I just saw the insta post like 2 second ago 😂

[GrizzMedia]

PLEASE DO AN UNBOXING AND REVIEW ON THE ETHOS YOYO!!

[gregbotha]

Hey Brandon
I really love your vids and have been watching since the beginning and I would like for you to do a review on the yoyofficer yacare I think you'll really love this yoyo thanks and good luck for the future of your career.

[sxbpar]

Brandon with his essays in the description