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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 Yo-Yo Museum lists the All American Jeweled as a special prototype with a natural maple finish and a jeweled flag logo. The museum owner says Bill Cress told him the company planned an “All American Spinner” and had 12 prototypes, and he learned this example existed only when Cress sold remaining old stock in 2018.
