A great example of a yoyo that executes exactly what you need to how you want it to. I wish there were just a little something extra, but it’s just a good option for seshing however you like. Tbh, it’s kinda like C3’s offering of the modern comp monometal just, lacking some of the stuff that Monopheasant and Recog have. Idk. It’s good but it just lacks that x-factor for me to rate it much higher.
Good for zontals, average for speed, etc. Low-key the shape reminds me of the Miracle.
I’d say this yoyo is in the same niche as the Shortcut honestly. Great first-bind yoyo that honestly has the flexibility to carry you all the way up to advanced tricks. Shortcut is nicer overall tho.
Play: Competitive
Power: Powerful Speed: Average Controllability: Average Stability: Solid
Value: Average Binds: Average Sturdiness: Play Hard
Note: There are different variations of this yoyo. The variations mostly seem to be in the rim interfacing, but just understand that the version I was sent and playtested is the version in the pic above. I can’t speak for the other version which has a slightly different rim interface (pictured below in a spoiler) if there are any play variations I wouldn’t know.
Also, this is a big one so buckle up. JT makes interesting things I guess.
Different Version (note how there’s no line between the aluminum and steel)
The Fractal’s a far more standard yoyo compared to some of the other wacky offerings I’ve played from Japan Technology. The Shade was particularly obtuse and odd to me; the Jugemu was a modern-spec beast that needed some adjusting. The Fractal is, certainly more normal than both of these.
So the Fractal is kinda awesome. It’s very much a do-it-all yoyo. Probably one of the most reliable yoyos I’ve ever played with in the sense that it has a flexibility to it that just never gets in the way of anything you do. It’s not too big. It’s not too wide. It’s not too heavy or too light. It’s a truly impressively well-tuned yoyo. Perhaps a little unnatural feeling with the rimweight, but overall, the Fractal is insanely reliable and flexible for a lot of different playstyles. It controls well and it’s not uncontrollably fast.
But what’s the drawback? Why not SS-Tier if it’s so good?
For one, it’s extremely expensive for Alu + SS. Generally speaking, the price of a yoyo doesn’t mean anything to me. I say a yoyo is worth as much as you’re willing to pay. But, the $250 pricetag of the Fractal is an extremely tall ask. If you can justify that pricetag, ball out. If not: Use that money on other things. Simple as.
This leads me to the second thing. It’s a GREAT yoyo don’t misunderstand. But, the difference between that $250 price tag and the more budget-conscious price points for similarly shaped and performant yoyos is only as important as you are willing to justify. I wouldn’t be able to justify purchasing a Fractal over a Nucleon or an Overdrive Draupnir, even though I like the Fractal more than both. The play difference is there, enough for me to prefer the Fractal, but not to the point where I’m willing to fork out $250 when I have things juuust similar enough.
Tl;dr: Super good but the pricetag is a bit hard to justify even if it’s arguably better or more fun than other similarly-shaped and similarly-performant yoyos.
Play: Competitive
Power: Powerful Speed: Average Controllability: Easy Stability: Build Different
Value: Terrible Bind: Average Sturdiness: Average(?)
I’ve loved all of the yoyos in the Galaxy lineup from C3 I’ve played with so far, but of all the Galaxy yoyos from C3 I’ve played with, this isn’t my favorite of the bunch. It just feels more dull than the Divers. More sluggish, less interesting, etc. Not bad, not dissimilar from the other divers, just not my favorite of the bunch.
Play: Competitive
Power: Powerful Speed: Average Controllability: Direct Control Stability: Built Different
W!LD is good, the more I play with it the more I’m reminded of the Valkyrie and some YYR Yoyos. It’s a bit sharper and more reluctant of a player than the Klondike. In product pics, it greatly resembles the Klondike and other yoyos of that archetype more than what I think it looks like in real life, real life it looks more angular and almost reminiscent of yoyos that have like rim ledges (Think Valkyrie and Skyfish). Not to say it resembles these sorts of yoyos more just that it was surprisingly reminiscent of yoyos with rim ledges.
In play, it’s generally the same kind of yoyo as the Klondike, just slightly more reluctant as the rimweighted feeling is forward. It’s definitely not a yoyo designed for speed play but it’s still a refined generalist so I could see it being used for speed. Slightly more performant than the Klondike in the sense that it’s a bit more efficient for zontals. Binds are consistently tight and nice. Great yoyo. I prefer the Klondike due to its more natural feeling though.
Play: Competitive
Power: Powerful Speed: Average Controllability: Average Stability: Built Different
It’s good but really not my thing. I can see why the hype was there but personally, this just didn’t have any pizazz to it that I was into; which is kinda wild considering I generally love comp-y yoyos like this. Way fast, way powerful, way stable, and way good. It’s slightly unwieldy and I don’t dig the price. If it was any worse in any way I’d drop it into B-tier lol.
Play: Competitive
Power: Powerful Speed: Fast Controllability: Difficult Stability: Solid
