IT'S A MADHOUSE! (5150 that is[semi-large pics])

[AvtrOFWOe]

Alright.  It is coming out in a few days.  (Friday to be exact)  You have heard a few reviews about it, so I am just here to offer my personal opinion.


Let me start out by saying, I am very suspicious of new yoyo companies.  Not because I love the others so much,  It is just that I know I am likely to get a quality product from some of the other stores that consistently put out new yoyos that are extremely good.  And since I am an unemployed college student, dropping $100 on a yoyo that I am not sure whether it is going to be good or not is not normally an option.  But when one of my friends said, hey, try this,  I knew that I would have to get one.

Looks

Well, lets start with the packaging.  (I blurred out the name of who it was prescribed to since this will be posted on multiple boards)




It comes in a container that looks like a pill prescription bottle.  Very cool idea.  I wonder if all future Madhouse yoyos will come in this bottle. If that is the case, judging by the way this one plays, my parents are going to think I am a drug addict with all the pill bottles lying around my room.  But back to the looks.  The bottle comes in either red or blue, depending on what colors you purchase. I bought the red/white (or if you prefer to call it silver) so mine came in the red container.  You open it up, and there it is, in a nice foam package, your new main player.  Included with the yoyo is a NFS custom string and a cool button with the Madhouse logo on it.





I personally liked the look of the red silver one.  Brown really isn't my color.  But I may trade halves with someone and get a red blue one.  The only thing I personally didn't like was on the pill bottle.  I didn't like the writing of who it was prescribed to as the company it was shipped to.  Yes, it would be too much of a hassle to personally print out every person's label, but maybe make it more generic, something like "For use only with the most serious yoyoers" Or something like that.  Idk, just me personally.

Size and shape

It is a kind of relaxed A shape.  It has just a tad more slant then a full blown A shaped yoyo.  It is about the size of a BvM.  The thumb grind lip is very sharp, which I didn't think I would like, but it actually surprised me.



From Left To Right:

07 888, Project, BvM, 5150, GM2

Play

One word, three letters. OMG.  As I said, I am very cautious when first yoyos come out from a new company, but this one blew away all my expectations.  It comes unresponsive out of the package.  I have not tried the NFS string on it just yet, and I just put on a poly.  Excellent sleep times, excellent balance.  It feels weighty in my hand, and the I can feel it on the string.  (I don't know if you know what I mean by that, but it is just a sense that I have)  Consistently on each throw it has little to no vibe, and tight binds.  It just seems to do exactly what I want it to do.  It feels comfortable in my hand when throwing and catching it.  The only thing that was a slight disappointment was that I like to do a lot of finger grinds, but I like the yoyo to stay in place, not crawl across my arm.  Its coating is not smooth enough to do that.  But in this situation, the pro's outweigh the cons.  The thumbgrind lip, as I said, is at a very sharp angle.  There is no rounding to it.  I did not expect to like this very much, because I have short nails, and sharp lips normally slide in my thumb until my skin makes contact with the inner wall.  But that does not happen here.  It seems that the mad men at Madhouse figured out the perfect angle for this not to happen.  All in all, I love this yoyo.






Conclusion

This yoyo is a gem.  It probably wont sell out as quickly as it should.  It should be on everyone's want list.  Two words: Get it.

Pros

Great weight
Very well balanced
Excellent binds

Cons

Coating a little sticky, not so good for stationary finger grinds.

[Armitage]

Great review dave.

Ill have to steal it off you tomorrow while I'm at work.

OH and nice computer! Wonder who built that   

[AvtrOFWOe]

I did

[Chilly Penguin]

where did you get it? Did you get it from Madhouse owner directly??
Thanks

[AvtrOFWOe]

Test model

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[Nick_123]

the madhouse looks bigger then the rest of the yoyos in the comparison pics but they are kinda the same size

[Kusti]

I heard that 5150 is copy from 888 but without hubstacks, but there's also some unique.

[AvtrOFWOe]

It has a similar size and shape to the 888, but everything else is very unique. I don't think it would be fair just to say it's a copy

[popdada]

I heard that 5150 is copy from 888 but without hubstacks, but there's also some unique.

not....

[RIDE]

I heard that 5150 is copy from 888 but without hubstacks, but there's also some unique.

Huh?  Have you looked over the pics?  Does not seem the case to my eyes.

RIDE

[madyoer]

Thanks AvtrOFWOe, I'm glad you liked the 5150. Thanks for the Honest review. I'm always trying to think of ways to make things better and some of your comments well definitely help on the next yo-yo.

Later,
Rick

[TurboLover]

but I thought the 888 was a copy of the Bapezilla, oh geez, not this again!

They all are made of aluminum and the are butterfly shaped and have bearing etc, but if you've thrown all three then I'm sure you can tell the difference.

[AvtrOFWOe]

^this

[JAG]

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money is cruel to me though

[Kusti]

Okay you're right it isnt copy from 888 the shape is just same.

[Dathedral]

GAWD I WANT!!!!!

stupid chores not getting me any moolah

[AvtrOFWOe]

GET IT GET IT GET T GET IT!!!!!!

[yblocyo]

I really like the looks of it. Especially the shape, kinda eetsit-y.

[AvtrOFWOe]

I really like the looks of it. Especially the shape, kinda eetsit-y.

One of my friends wants to trade halves so he would have a brown and silver one