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The YoYo that was never in the plan. When Motion was first started, I had only envisioned using bimetal yo-yos for all of our lineup, this was met with quite a few comments internally and externally from members of the community. James Underwood was one of the largest pushers to get a mono metal made and, being the stubborn person I can be, I kept refusing.  It was in discussions within the proto team that we finally determined we were going to move forward on a monometal yoyo, under one condition: it couldn’t be a compromise.

The ultimate goal of Motion is to always bring a top quality product into the customers' hands, and I didn’t want to just make a mono because it can be made cheaper. So to the drawing board David and I went, and we quickly found that designing a mono can be very challenging. We started at the place where we felt like we should: on our flagship YoYo, Perpetual. Using perpetual as a starting point, we were able to get a firm base from which to develop the design. What ensued exceeded our expectations, and upon first throw we knew that we hit the mark.

So why Perpetual as the basis for the mono?

Perpetual is the YoYo that we feel best represents our brand. It’s a blend of everything Motion set out to be. So with this being taken into consideration, what better platform to build on?

Perpetual is still one of our favorite yo-yos that we have done, being insanely stable and insanely powerful, we weren’t sure how much of this we could dial in without the rims to push that weight toward the outside. What you will find is a very thick outer wall that mimics the weight of having a bi-metal rim. The cut around the top edge of the YoYo is there to resemble the cut-back on perpetuals rim, one of its defining visual characteristics.  

Aesthetically, we pushed this YoYo to the extreme; each angle just blasts your eyes with elegance and beauty with every single strategically placed cut. The cuts not only help us control weight distribution but also present an interesting tactile and visually pleasing experience. 

One design characteristic you will notice is the double rim around our sunken dome which transplants some weight to the center to help balance, but also pops out at you aesthetically. 

We hope you can see that the time and attention put into this design was just as extreme as any of our bimetal offerings. And we hope this YoYo not only reaches our existing market, but allows more people an entrypoint into our brand. You will be getting the full Motion experience but not at the higher price of a bi-metal offering. 

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