Edition’s first-ever monometal yo-yo, the Forma, needed to be something special coming from a performance-focused brand. Known for extremely powerful and performant bi-metals, Edition had their own very large shoes to fill with this one. Did they succeed? Let’s take a look.
The Forma is a 6061 aluminum throw that plays slightly lighter than its 65.9g weight. It’s H-shaped and is quite comfortable in the hand thanks to a slightly rounded outer rim. The overall design of the yo-yo makes for a very forgiving throw, allowing me to recover from some sloppy throws I tend to have, thanks to my bad hands and wrists. It tends to spin for quite a long time, and my Forma is incredibly quiet.
While the Forma’s power can handle strong, frantic tricks, it seems to excel when you slow down a bit. Imagine playing the Forma like you would a solid organic throw, and you’ll start to understand where it shines. Granted, it plays nothing like an organic, but it’s that flow where it excels. While I couldn’t get it to reject as well as some other throws, it handled everything else I threw at it with ease, and I found my hands instinctively reaching for the Forma in the pile of throws I’ve had in rotation for the last few weeks.
This is the first Edition yo-yo I’ve ever thrown, so I can’t compare it to any of their other releases, but if the Forma is an indication of the quality of Edition’s lineup, then I need to get my hands on some other ones soon!