[mbriant]

When I was in public school in the early 60s, the yo-yo (and Duncan "Spin Top" ) companies would send older, expert kids to the schools to do tricks and create interest in the products. It worked. Yo yo champs would also appear regularly on TV shows much the same way frisbee was promoted in the 70s and 80s.

 

[spaceman]

I had to sell my Yo-Yos, and put the money toward cables!

 

[RVD]

I use to be into yo-yos back in middle school. I could do a few tricks, but nothing extremely hard. I had a Bumblebee and an all-metal yo-yo called a Mag, which I paid like $80 for and now it just sits in its case.

 

[bootman]

I had an imperial way back when.

Here are some links for you.

http://www.yoyoguy.com
http://www.theyostore.com/
http://www.theyoyostore.com/
http://www.yoyopro.com/
http://www.skilltoys.com/
http://www.pd.net/yoyo/

Will this be the start of yet another head-fi craze?

 

[bootman]

Ok, who will be the first to get this.

Samurai by Super-Yo.

Holds the world record spin.
12 minutes and 2 seconds!

 

[bootman]

Quote:

Originally posted by Snufkin I think I've got an old coca-cola "professional" full weight yoyo at the bottom of a box somewhere. I think I got it in the mid-late 80's and never really got into it until the next craze came around in the 90's where all the yoyos were as light as a feather and just didn't have the right feel to them. So I unpacked my old one and gave it a spin - only to discover it was about a hojillion times better than the "new" models, it spun fast and hard, really hard. Easy to control, amazing spin times. Only downside - it span so fast and weighed so much it hurt when it returned at full speed, so I'd get a sore hand pretty fast. So I had a calloused finger and sore hand, until the craze wore off and I retired the yoyo again ... I can't believe I just told a yoyo story.

Was it this one?

 

[chewmanji]

this guy i go to school with was Canadian champion two years straight a few years back....finished 32nd or something in the worlds. his yoyo collection is crazy.

can't believe there are people that serious about yo-yo-ing. haha...but then again there's me with foosball....and i'm not even good.

 

[viviorunitia4]

I used to yo-yo alot, back in 5th grade, because it was the cool thing to do, (right before pokemon cards) and I wanted to buy a $105 yo-yo... I'm glad that I didn't though.

 

[RickG]

Yo...

 

[MikeM]

i've got a couple of turbo bumble bees on my desk. they mostly collect dust now.
http://www.proyo.com/prod_bearing.html

 

[Sentral Dogma]

had a duncan. i only knew the standard beginner's arsenal of tricks, walk the dog, rock the baby, around the world... it was fun though.

damn the world record for a sleep... 12 minutes

 

[D-EJ915]

I know you all want to split the atom, but anyway...the best cheap yo-yo is the "turbo bumble bee" just make sure to get the "gt" version, and I like the "cold-fusion" also, and get the GT, but I think that's the only one that *duncan* makes anymore

(playmaxx doesn't make them, duncan bought playmaxx/pro-yo)

http://yoyostore.com/coldfusionyoyo.html