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Dream Titanium Yo-Yo by YoYoFactory

Full sized, competition ready Titanium Yo-Yo for serious (and not so serious)Yo-Yo Players.

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Dream Titanium Yo-Yo by YoYoFactory

Dream Titanium Yo-Yo by YoYoFactory

Dream Titanium Yo-Yo by YoYoFactory

Dream Titanium Yo-Yo by YoYoFactory

Dream Titanium Yo-Yo by YoYoFactory

Full sized, competition ready Titanium Yo-Yo for serious (and not so serious)Yo-Yo Players.

Full sized, competition ready Titanium Yo-Yo for serious (and not so serious)Yo-Yo Players.

Full sized, competition ready Titanium Yo-Yo for serious (and not so serious)Yo-Yo Players.

Full sized, competition ready Titanium Yo-Yo for serious (and not so serious)Yo-Yo Players.

Benjamin McPhee
Benjamin McPhee
Benjamin McPhee
Benjamin McPhee
4 Campaigns |
Phoenix, United States
$56,118 USD by 556 backers
$54,315 USD by 536 backers on Apr 18, 2015
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https://www.indiegogo.com:443/projects/1789108/x/10209824?secret_perk_token=1a78e273


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The latest from the DREAM project the NIGHTMARE is available Oct. 31!

Exclusive prerelease available now as a perk along with the DayDream!!


Latest pictures:

the brushed metal silver and polished blue are the confirmed production color/finish options.



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ABOUT THE PROJECT:

Hello!

My name is Ben McPhee and I work for YoYoFactory®.

We started making yoyos in 2003 and now make a wide range of fine yoyos (even if I do say so myself).

We started making yoyos because we love yoyos. We still do. We make crazy projects every now and then. YoYoFactory® made the first yoyo to spin for over 20 minutes. We helped make the biggest functioning yoyo in the world and then made the smallest functioning modern performance yoyo. (Shhh… we even have a design with an electro-pulse driven motor for even longer spins.)

Our objective today isn't so ambitious and its purely selfish. We want fresh new titanium yo-yos to play with.

That's it. It's simple. Titanium yoyos are pretty cool. Titanium is very strong, allowing us to cut it thinner and achieve extreme weight distribution not possible in more common materials. Its also cool to touch and sounds AMAZING. We have made titanium yoyos before but now we want to make a full-sized competition-ready titanium yoyo. This has never been done on any significant scale.

We are seeking to raise $20,000. Because this will allow us to order enough to make it affordable to share it with you guys, our friends, and anyone else who like us, wants a new full sized titanium yoyo.

You want one too? GREAT!

Let's do this! 

Here is the design.


As drawn, its 65.75gm 56mm in diameter, 43mm wide. In production there might be some minor changes but we will report everything here and to our supporters. The theory with the design is to take advantage of the properties of titanium as a material to deliver maximum performance. Titanium can be machined THIN because it is STRONG so we did that, allowing us to load up the rims. INERTIA in the rims delivers long stable spins. This will have MORE.

The hardware (other bits in the yoyo) is all standard issue. We will ship with probably a nice CTX bearing, standard CBC large bearing pads, stainless steel axle. While a titanium axle would be nice and are readily available it may bond to the body, so dis-similar metals are needed.


The timeline starts from when we reach the goal.

Day 14 later we approve/Revise design based off PROTOTYPES. If you order a prototype, you will be playing with one now also. We can make revisions and this is the only real way delivery time can be delayed, with multiple prototypes, but I don't want a yoyo that isn't amazing.

When the product is approved production begins and in 6 weeks, YoYos are born. 

Production will be done in CHINA. All supporters yoyo will be air freighted to the USA, where we will conduct a final inspection before shipping to YOU. We will offer a 14 day warranty on any defects too so if you aren't happy with our work, you won't be out of pocket.

You are still in? AWESOME!

You can have one for a super deal if you will support the project. The first 100 people willing to get on board can have one for $200. The retail for this yoyo will be $300 so you will be doing very well for yourself. We also will give you the chance to vote on the name and choose your color (silver or blue).

If 100 people are on board we hit the goal and production will begin!

Just in case 100 people aren't willing to jump, there are some other 'offers' to help get us over the line.

YoYoFactory -shirt $18



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-Ben

YoYoFactory


Also Check out the Facebook group created for this project

https://www.facebook.com/groups/titaniumdream/




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