Signature yo-yos are always a delicate subject for me when I write a review. I always think to myself while testing them and even while writing up the review “how hard can I really critique this yo-yo?” The reason for this thought is the fact that a true signature yo-yo is made for a specific player. By true signature yo-yo, I am not talking about a preexisting design with a fancy new color scheme, like the Jensen Superstar or the Sebastian Brock Peak. Both great yo-yos but already established before the players became prominent. On a true signature yo-yo all the features, the weighting, the finish; even the color scheme is all designed for a specific individual. With that being said, do I really have the right to criticize if it does not play how I would like the yo-yo to play? It was not made for me. That is like taking Louis Hamilton’s F1 car out for a lap and then criticizing how it handles. It is set up for his style of driving, not mine. In the end I have come to this conclusion about signature yo-yos, if they are sold to the public then they get no free rides from me. Unlike the F1 car, these are being made for the masses and as such need to be critiqued. Today I am looking at Mark Montgomery’s second signature yo-yo, the aptly named MarkMont Next, MN for short. (I have already been corrected when calling it the MMN.) For those of you that do not know him, Mark is one of One Drop’s featured players and one of the most recognizable players on the stage today. The one time member of Team Yomega and then Team Buzz-On came to One Drop back before there was even really a yo-yo company. He had tried an original Project prototype at Nationals and became interested in the company; the rest is history. As stated earlier, this is Mark’s second signature yo-yo from One Drop. The first was based on the brilliant One Drop Project with tweaks being made to the gap, rim weight, and pad recess and then wrapped in a stunning soda blasted, nickel plated finish. If you can’t tell, I am a huge fan of the original MarkMont. When this new one was announced I was curious if it would be held in as high regard as I held the original. Now, we all get to find out.

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