The BSP was Anti-Yo’s first titanium yoyo. Only 75 were produced. They featured a silicone response pad, the iPad, created by team member Ryosuke Iwasawa. It also was the first yoyo to use Anti-Yo’s new axle system, which allowed the bearing to sit on a smooth surface. Each BSP included a handmade Denim pouch made by DocPop.
BSP Holsters sewn by DocPop
Sonny’s Personal BSP with Ant engravings
Anti-Yo also had a BSP giveaway on instructables.com. Below is a copy of the contest information.
“Attention yoyo enthusiasts! Want to win a $350 limited edition BSP yoyo from Anti-Yo, before it hits the market? Instructables is teaming up with Anti-Yo for the Worldwide Video Yoyo Contest, so pull out your video camera and get to work!Simply post a 30-second video of your best tricks, along with a bit of advice on how to successfully pull them off, and you could win one of only 60 BSP yo-yos ever made, or a $100 gift certificate from yoyoguy.com or yoyonation.com along with some Instructables gear. The BSP won’t even be in stores until the end of February so unless you work for Anti-Yo this is your first chance to get your hands on this titanium beauty. Anti-Yo has been putting out high-quality yo-yos for the past couple years and the BSP continues their fine tradition of craftsmanship. The BSP is made from titanium with one half coated in zirconium nitrate. The BSP has a Difeo brand Konkave bearing for smoothness and iPads for response. With only 60 of these out there this is indeed a limited edition.So how do you win it?What we want to see from you is a 30-second video of your best tricks along with a bit of advice on how to pull one of them off. The advice goes into the text box below the video, so you don’t have to worry about crazy voice-overs. You can enter two videos into the contest. Read down the page for more details.Since Instructables does not host videos, the video must be posted on another video hosting site first. The list of possible sites includes YouTube, yoyoing.com, Google Video, and others . You can see the full list of sites when you start a new video. After it’s hosted you will use the embed code to place it onto Instructables.This is a speed contest so you only have two weeks to get your video in. Don’t sleep on this one — practice hard, and show us what you’ve got!”
Brian Cosky’s signature yoyo The Buzine$$ was released January 15, 2007. This would be Anti-Yo’s last yoyo using the axle system and pad setup they were using at the time. The yoyos were packaged with US Bills wrapped around them, some reported that there was up to a $100 bill wrapped. Shredded money made up the rest of the packing material in the box.
There were special releases of this yoyo as well. See below for more details.
Risky Buzine$$
There were 10 of the Risky Buzine$$ released, a Rhodium plated version exclusively through YoYoNation. Each came with a handmade denim pouch made by DocPop.
If you have information on retail price, and release date please let me know.
Black Buzine$$
The Black Buzine$$ was a black hardcoat version of the Buzine$$. Only 6-10 were made, can’t find exact numbers.
Shady Buzine$$
Shady Buzine$$ was a limited edition of 10, sold at Worlds 2007, and the rest through yoyoguy.com. Retail price was $220, and they came with a hard carrying case.
Platinum Buzine$$
There were 10 Platinum Buzine$$. Two of them were auctioned off and proceeds were went to the California State YoYo Championship. One of the auctions sold for $407.
From the auction:
“This is One of Two Auctions. Both items are pictured below. Item specific pictures in the gallery. First is a 1 of 10 Platinum Plated Anti-Yo Business The Business was: Polished Nickel plated Polished Again Platinum Plated (completely) Polished Again Again (outer rim only) These are Anti-yo This is a � Platinum� Business All funds go to the California State Yo-Yo Championship. Thank you Sonny, Kiya, and Anti-Yo for sponsoring the California State Yo-Yo Championship! “
The Gouda was a limited edition version of the Bapezilla that was plated in 24k Gold, and released exclusively through YoYoNation. Only 10 were made, and the sale ended up crashing the YoYoNation website when they went up for sale at 3am ET. In the end, it took 2 minutes to sell 10 $315 yoyos. The Gouda was packaged in a draw string pouch with a polishing cloth.
The Bapezilla was the 3rd Anti-Yo release, releasing on July 4, 2006. The name was influenced by the Japanese clothing company, A Bathing Ape. It was an updated eetsit. Having a smaller gap, and new colors Grass Green and Candy Blue. Although it’s retail price was only $80, they quickly became highly sought after with some people paying as much as $200 for one! Someone reportedly, never verified, paid $400 for one! In the box with the Bapezilla’s were packaged little toys and stickers.
June 29, 2006 YoYoNation post by Kiya:
“Some how the number of supporters we had went from a small number to a huge chunk of the yoyo community in a matter of weeks after the release of the eetsit. We got quite a few emails from people praising the eetsit, we got people wanting to buy multiples of it, we got some people that had issues with it, we had people wanting more of it. In the end we realized that it would be sad to let the eetsit live with only one release. So we tweaked the design of the yoyo a tiny bit, which decreases the gap by a millimeter or so, changed the colors, and went with a flat bearing. The Bapezilla is about Spring, happiness, and colors so bright that it¹s hard to resist wanting to eat the yoyo. Where the eetsit was about subtlety, the Bapezilla is about turning it all up to 11.
The pricing of the yoyo was supposed to be $90, but we reduced it by ten dollars because the yoyo is shipping with a flat bearing instead of a Konkave (I’d like to note that Anti-Yo is taking the monetary hit on this price reduction). We love Konkave bearings; I personally put them in all the yoyos I can get them into. Some people take them out of the yoyos they use and use flat bearings. A Konkave will fit in the Bapezilla if that’s what you want. Regardless, the reason the Bapezilla is not shipping with a Konkave is because we couldn’t get them fast enough because the demand for the bearing is so high at the moment. Just in case anybody is wondering, we plan to release our next yoyo with a Konkave bearing.
Preorders start on July 1 at most stores, the yoyo should start to ship from stores around July 7.
More info and specs will be posted on www.anti-yo.com shortly.
In the very near future we have the first skate deck from Paul Escolar, a new Anti-Yo t-shirt inspired by the 1A UK Champion Anti-Team member Simon Welch, and our next yoyo YWET.
Love and Kisses, Kiya + Sonny“
Platinum Bapezilla
The platinum Bapezilla was a 1 of 2 limited edition. One of these was sold to raise funds for the California State YoYo Championship. The auction sold for $760.
From the Auction:
“This is One of Two Auctions. Both items are pictured below. Item specific pictures in the gallery. First is a 1 of 2 Platinum Plated Ended Bapezilla The Bape was: Ended by Anti-Yo themselves Polished Nickel plated Polished Again Platinum Plated (completely) Polished Again Again (outer rim only) These are Anti-yo This is an ended Bape This is ultimate swagger . All funds go to the California State Yo-Yo Championship. Thank you Sonny, Kiya, and Anti-Yo for sponsoring the California State Yo-Yo Championship!”
The eetsit was Anti-Yo’s second release, releasing on February 14, 2006. The eetsit was the first Anti-Yo to feature the anti-heart logo.
Anti-Yo Story:“After many months of delays and exorcisms Anti-Yo is proud to bring you our newest yoyo. the eetsit. It’s done and it’s being released on Valentine’s day. We’d like to go into some lengthy explanation of what this yoyo is about, but instead we’re going to leave you with the specifications of the yoyo, and let the rest of the info leak out slowly. Over time. Like a leaky faucet dripping with oil, we’re rich with words but poor on time.”
