rain city showpony  

Show Pony
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Rain City -   A natural performer!  

The Story of the Showpony:
A couple of years ago when Rain City Skills was breaking into the market, a Facebook friend reached out with his dream yoyo design and just wanted to get a handful made so he could have one. He invited some friends to split the cost and each get a yoyo. He called it “The Showgirl.”

I sent him the money and then forgot about it until it arrived in the Mail. It was amazing. A Classic O-shaped yoyo with a great weight distribution. The timing was perfect. I had decided that my next release was going to be something very similar so rather than start from scratch, I asked if he'd be willing to collaborate. I loved the concept as Mrs. Yoyothrower is a dancer, so it was a nice tribute to all the help she gives me. We made a few small changes (adding the Rain City signature Lego Hub) to the design and ordered a run. We made a total of 150 of the showgirl design before I moved on.

Two years later it was time to revisit the design. We made it a little wider and slightly larger in diameter and shaved off about 3 grams of weight from the overall design. The end result maintains the general feel of the original Showgirl, but is lighter, faster, and more stable on the string.

I decided with the updated design an updated name was appropriate. Show pony is a name for somebody who is a born performer. Somebody who loves being on the stage and in the spotlight. I planned the colorways around different performing arts. The solid colours are the colours of a circus tent, and each of the splash colours matches a different performing art - Musical Theatre, Flow arts, Magician, Dancer.

   

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Show Pony Specifications:
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Diameter: 55.20 mm / 2.17 inches
Width: 45.30 mm / 1.78 inches
Gap Width: 4.75 mm / 0.18 inches
Weight: 63.55 grams
Bearing Size: Size C (.250 x .500 x .187)
Response: 19mm Slim Pad Size
Material: Aluminum
Designed in: Canada
Made in: China
Release Date: May 2020
 

Customer Reviews

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Lidar
Very fun and decently priced

A pretty fun yoyo. It won't blow anyone's mind, but it does everything it's set out to do pretty well. Fun to play, especially after attaching lego pieces to the pegs on the sides. I especially like to add the LED blocks to the sides. The way the curves light up inside and the deepness of the yoyo really make it shine nicely and it looks awesome as it moves!

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skylar
Showpony

Great finish, dead smooth, really stable on finger grinds. Bearing seat is TIGHT but comes with a nice 10 ball. Feels really great on the catch. Only negative subjectively would be the weight, really light and not for everybody. Objectively I think the pads are bad. Way too grippy, couldn't even handle kitty regular without it snagging all the time. If you get this get different pads, or just wait for them to break in if you're patient.

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Ken Woodard
Certified Organic

Organic shape aficionados or collectors looking to score a supremely comfortable throw that surrenders very little spin time or stability for its easy-going curves are going to love this. Thin walled with clever weight distribution, this has it both ways in terms of substantial size and light weight. This combination gives it a unique acoustic quality, at least among my yoyos: crisp laceration binds elicit a sweet ringing when the string hits the body. I imagine a poorly maintained bearing would amplify pretty dramatically through this shape, but it arrived with a good quality race that, with a drop of lube, will spin trouble-free for years. Once again (see also The Author) RainCity finish looks significantly better in real life. Expecting a garden variety citrus orange, I was pleasantly surprised by the subtle rust/orange rendered with a matt surface that drinks light and reflects it with classy restraint. Embodying an unusual combination of exuberant fun and kickass engineering, this horse is going to start selling out once word gets around.

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