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A plastic butterfly yo-yo in Festival’s line, sold on a bubble card with a mail-in offer for Bob Rule’s Yo-Yo Secrets booklet. The Yo-Yo Museum notes Union Wadding let the Dragonfly trademark expire after 20 years in late 1991; Playmaxx later used the name and Duncan now owns the Dragon Fly trademark. Dated 1971 in the museum catalog. Festival Toys was a division of Union Wadding Company of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, according to the Yo-Yo Museum, and was associated with Wilf Schlee Jr., owner of Cheerio and Hi-Ker.
