“For CODE2 we decided to take a different direction in crowd sourcing by making one person’s dream come true as a yoyoer designer. Full process details are here (Wayback Machine Link).
The winner was Jason Rodriguez. This is how he described his design goal:
‘The rationale – I’d like to see the One Drop boys put out something big and wide that’s all catch zone and geared specifically for performance, including 5a and horizontal play, but that’s still comfortable to hold, has a solid IRG; something that integrates the side effect technology and starts with a higher base weight than has thus far been available with side effect yoyos, putting as much of that added weight at the rims as possible.'”
Jason’s Design
In the forums, Jason went on to say:
“Unfortunately, my computer is an old Mac iBook G4 (I hang onto things as long as I can keep them functional. I’ve searched high and low for a free CAD program that my computer can support, and have come up with nothing. If at all possible, I’ll come up with CAD images of this asap.
A big thanks to Chris Rhoads for illustrating this for me. Very minor tweaks aside, this is it:”
“Somewhere along the way during the Dietz development we did a small run of a particular prototype that was later rejected.
This particular version is narrower than a Dietz and weighs a touch more. The catch zone shape is also a bit different. We have 21 numbered but there also about a dozen out there floating around that aren’t numbered. We thought it would be cool to make them available as it has quite a different play from the Dietz and makes for a cool collector item.”
“The Burnside started out life as the signature yo-yo for Clint Armstrong. It was designed for pure performance with no frills. This fills a gap in our line providing an oversize competition focused throw. Since Clint left the team we are now releasing it as The Burnside.”
“This is the signature yo-yo of Paul Dang. The original Project, our first yo-yo, holds a special place in Paul’s heart. For his signature yo-yo he wanted to capture some of the OG Project in an oversize yo-yo with some elements of the CODE1 in it along with Side Effects. It’s sort of like a Project with big rims and Side Effects.
It ships with Ultra light Side Effects to nail the perfect weight for Paul: 63.2 grams.”
A collab between MK1 YoYos and Turner Return Tops released in January of 2024. These feature specially engraved Flat Cap Side-Effects that say “TRT/MK1” on them.
First Production Run
2nd Production Run
YoyoExpert Edition
YoyoExpert got an exclusive colorway during the 2nd run of the Bathysphere with its own specially-engraved Side-Effects. These Side-Effects have a dragon on them, along with the YoyoExpert logo.
