History / About
American Spinners was founded in 1988 by Bill Cress and made one-piece wooden yo-yos with exotic finishes, according to the YoYo Wiki, which says the line was still produced as late as 1999. The Yo-Yo Museum says the company began during the late-1980s boom from the Smothers Brothers Yo-Yo Man routine, seeking a high-quality one-piece yo-yo like those of the golden age, and that all models except one used the same standard blank, with a raised logo face. The Rhinestone Spinner (RS-1000) was a customized Standard in Shocking Pink (SP-105) with 12 rhinestones, six per side, per the Yo-Yo Museum. It came in an American Spinners yo-yo garage, retailed at $12 ($7 for the basic model), and measures 59 mm diameter, 32 mm width and 42.74 g. The YoYo Wiki says the jeweled models had rhinestones added after painting and were hand made by Bill Cress on special order.
