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A black eight-ball yo-yo from Festival’s Be-A-Sport series, which the Yo-Yo Museum says included an eight ball alongside the football, basketball, baseball, tennis ball, bowling ball and golf ball. Release year is not documented in the sources consulted. 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.
