General-Yo loves metal and yoyos, and so do we, so here you go. Brilliant.
Featuring General-Yo owner Ernie Kaiser and team member Alex Lee on guitar, because hell yes.
Alex Lee – Prestige 2014
Alex Lee (guitarist for Holy Grail) just dropped his first yoyo video of the year…new tricks, and a new song! Alex is one of the very few players who soundtrack their own videos and as you can see…he does a hell of a job with it.
Yoyo used is the Prestige by General Yo.
YoYoDrop – C3YoYoDesign Level.6
C3YoYoDesign dropped a new yoyo without much warning…their new budget model, the Level.6. Available only at YoYo Store Rewind at the moment, these should be hitting your other favorite retailers soon. Retailing for only $50, these look like a great budget alternative for C3YoYoDesign fans, and the specs and profile indicate a strong competition player. Looking forward to seeing how this one plays!
C3yoyodesign proudly presents the New Affordable Metal – “Level.6”!!
In 2013, we came out with numbers of special metal designs which is according to the preferences of our Team C3 Stars such as Krown(Shinya Kido), Mo-vitation(Ethan Wong), P.wave(Peter Pong) and Electric Flash(Augie Fash). By optimized all the Signature designs, we designed “Level.6”!!
“Level.6” provides a comfortable hand grip by its diameter-to-width ratio. With 67.98grams weight and a well designed weight distribution, it gives a fast, solid and stable feeling.
With stunning Acid-wash color and very affordable price tag, “Level.6” definitely is the Best Choice of C3yoyodesign Metal yoyo for beginner to professional!
C3YoYoDesign Level.6 Specs:
Weight: 67.98 grams
Width: 41.96 mm
Diameter: 55.86 mm
Gap width: 4.32 mm
Bearing Size: Size C (.250 x .500 x .187 in)
Gap Type: Fixed
Response: C3 Thin Silicone Sticker (19mm)/ flowable silicon
Hyper Yo-Yo goes metal
The current Hyper Yo-Yo campaign from Bandai in Japan has been going for several years now, and full-metal yo-yos are finally being introduced in the lineup!
One yo-yo from each of the Bandai partner brands were revealed, each in a different price level, and each with its own cryptic name. Shu Takada is Bandai’s demonstrator for these new releases.
Yomega Stavity
- 52mm diameter
- 38mm width
- 67.5g
The Stavity seems to be a Yomega Dash and is priced at 3150 yen, or about 32 US dollars.
Duncan Torqave
- 55mm diameter
- 43mm width
- 66g
The Torqave does not match any current Duncan Yo-yo, but it does have the looks and specs for a decent yo-yo and even seems to come with a concave bearing. Priced at 5775 yen, or about 59 US dollars.
YoYoFactory Acronizer
- 55mm diameter
- 45mm width
- 67.5g
The Acronizer is a renamed Superstar, includes a Center Trac bearing, and is the priced at 8400 yen, or about 85 US dollars.
The yo-yos are available for pre-order online (Stavity, Torqave, Acronizer), and will be released in February 2014.
An online freestyle contest was also announced, it’s open to all Japanese players, but it requires the use of Bandai yo-yos.
Duncan Equals Metal?
I’m not sure if this is a yoyo player who also has a band, or a metal head who also plays yoyo, but I’ll say this: HELL YES.
Guitarist Alex Lee’s band, Holy Grail, has a new album coming out January 22nd and as part of the promotional efforts their record label, Prosthetic Records, posted the above yoyo video from Alex.
I have no idea if that’s going to sell records, but as someone who has done exhibition freestyles to Black Dahlia Murder, Death, and Cannibal Corpse I’m all in favor of more metalheads getting into yoyos. And Duncan Toys has announced that they will be producing special promotional yoyos to promote the album, which will be available direct from the band and the label.
“Ride The Void” from Holy Grail is due out January 22nd from Prosthetic Records. Follow the band on Twitter and Facebook for updates, and follow the label on Facebook and Twitter so you can pepper them with detailed questions about Alex’s choice of string and really confuse them.