The Monsoon is a big throw. The largest diameter in my collection, as a matter of fact. Upon unboxing it, I was a bit intimidated, wondering how it would feel in my hand. After stringing it up and giving it a throw, my fears were gone. An organic shape with a diameter of 63.0mm and…
The Monsoon is a big throw. The largest diameter in my collection, as a matter of fact. Upon unboxing it, I was a bit intimidated, wondering how it would feel in my hand. After stringing it up and giving it a throw, my fears were gone. An organic shape with a diameter of 63.0mm and…
I knew going in that the RippleDrop was going to be light. I did not fully appreciate what that meant until I threw it hard and it sailed off the end of the string and hit me in the side of the head. Lesson learned. A softer touch, and this thing is wonderful. There’s a…
The plastic category is absolutely packed, stuffed, and filled with yoyos that do what every company claims they do: be just as good as metal yoyos. 9 times out of 10, this tends to be somewhat true, but with the caveat that it’s one of the geriatric gentleman’s yoyos meant for a cool, calm, and…
Dressel Designs dropped the Musubi and Musubi SS at the same time, and I’ll be honest, my first instinct was to wonder if one was just a novelty version of the other. A simultaneous dual release of the same shape in two different materials can feel like a cash grab. Spending time with both quickly…
A new review? Hell yeah. No, this thread isn’t dead. A quick update in general: Good morning gang, it’s been a few months since I’ve posted anything regarding yoyo, and that’s mostly because I’ve been busy with school, training for an out-of-state job that I’m very excited for, and properly getting into cars. You oldheads…
While I’ve certainly played my fair share of MK1 yo-yos, this is the first time I’ve played a Yoyofriends release. This collaboration is a tri-material beast, comprised of 7075 aluminum, stainless steel, and polycarbonate. The Heron features a V/H hybrid shape with a “lock-in” finger spin dimple, and is designed to be a “play all”…
For as long as humans have been tossing spinning objects at the end of a string, the soul of a yoyo has been defined by what it is made of. The material dictates not only the weight and balance but the very sound, feel, and capability of the return top. From the earthy thud of…
Kyo is a small-batch precision yo-yo manufacturer operated by Kyle Weems, a machinist, modder, and mechanical engineering graduate from Florida State University. Weems discovered yo-yos through a 1998 school science project and spent years combining his passion for the hobby with his manufacturing expertise, eventually building a brand known for uncompromising metallurgy and ultra-limited production…
SuperYo was founded in 1994 by Arne Dixon, a former Duncan yo-yo demonstrator who had spent years performing and teaching at schools across the United States. Based in Lynnwood, Washington, the company was notable for owning its entire manufacturing process end-to-end, including all machinery — a rarity among small toy manufacturers of the era. SuperYo…
Lumar was the British yo-yo brand of Louis Marx and Company, the American toy mogul who built one of the world’s largest toy empires from the 1920s onward. Marx began manufacturing tin yo-yos in England under the Lumar name around 1930, operating first from Dudley before establishing a factory in Swansea, Wales by the late…
HICOO was a small artisan yo-yo manufacturer founded in 2006 by designer Shu-Yu Chen (known in the community as “Black Cement”) and partner Lucifer Chen. Based in mainland China, the brand holds a landmark place in yo-yo history as the creator of the first high-end aluminum yo-yo ever produced by a Chinese manufacturer. The debut…
The Franklin Mint is an American collectibles company founded in 1964 by Joseph Segel in Wawa, Pennsylvania. It built its reputation manufacturing and marketing limited-edition commemorative coins, medals, jewelry, die-cast vehicle replicas, porcelain figurines, and luxury dolls. In 1994 Franklin Mint extended their collectibles model to yo-yos, licensing a planned 12-piece subscription series of historically…
Yoyojoca is a Brazilian yo-yo manufacturer founded in 2004 by a player known as Joca. The brand debuted with its first aluminium prototype at the 2004 Brazilian National Championships and went on to produce six models in its G-series line. Operating during a period when Brazilian players faced significant import barriers, Yoyojoca represented an early…
This is a project that I’ve been working on for a few years now, but with protos now in the wild and getting shared around at a few clubs, I figured it was time to actually talk about it. The Cerasus started as a simple vision, simply wanting a large diameter yoyo that actually had…
As memtioned above, I purchased the ‘Merica Edition. I also opted for the “Delivery In Person”. “The author will take a paperback copy of the book to the gun range, shoot a hole in, then take it to a burger joint where he will eat the largest burger on the menu with fries and get…
Later in the thread he references this article, which is an excellent read, followed up by this amazing video. Overall, some amazing yo-yo history here!
Popular online yo-yo reviewer, Gingie, has released a video documentary about the CLYW Chief. “Super proud to finally be able to say this The Chief Documentary is done, at long last! After nearly two years of work, it’s my magnum opus and the single longest video on my channel. This video explores the lead up…
