Archive for October, 2009

YoYoFactory MVP – From the worlds countdown blog “Its 2010. Cars don’t fly, you don’t live on the moon, but that doesn’t mean you have to throw a yo-yo that looks like the 1950’s.  MVP is the epitome of modern yo-yo play. Spin time taken to a new level, smoothness and stability others are yet to attain.” – This is exactly what I call bs hype.

• Diameter: 56.40 mm
• Width: 40.15mm
• Gap: 4.7mm
• Weight: 67gm
• Pad Type: Large skinny K-Pad
• Bearing: Large (.250 x .500 x .187 in) Center Trac Bearing (by Central Bearing Co)
• Material: 7075 grade alloy

YoYoRecreation The Sleipnir and the Clash – YoYoRecreation is a new name for the company –

Sleipnir

• Diameter: 57mm
• Width: 43mm
• Weight: 65g
• Bearing Size 0.250 in x 0.500 in x 0.187 in
• Response System: Silicon Sticker

Clash

• Diameter: 59.5mm
• Width: 42mm
• Weight: 70g
• Bearing Size: 0.250 in x 0.500 in x 0.187 in
• Response System: Silicon Sticker

ILYY Enigma – First look – from yoyoskills.com

• Width: 40.9mm
• Diameter: 54.1mm
• Weight: 71 g (Should get down to 67g for production)
• Gap: 4.2mm
• Bearing: Metric KMK Bearing
• Response: Red Hot sILLYcone

ILYY Falcon – First Look – From yoyoskills.com

• Diameter: 54mm
• Width: 44.2mm
• Weight: 66.90g
• Response: Hot Red SILYYcone
• Bearing: ILYY KMK 6×13×5mm
• Coating: ILYY Candodize (Red/Titanium)
• Material: 6082 AlMgSi1 Aluminum

Galactic Goose – Soon Soon Soon! – From The caribou blog – and from Chris’s Facebook page “ is gonna watch GGs while siliconing GGs” – How rad is that?

YoYoFactory Lunatic – From YYFCD.COM

• 6061 grade alloy
• Soft Matte grinding finish
• Diameter: 50mm
• Width: 39mm
• Gap: 4.6mm
• Weight: 66.4gm
• Pad Type: CBC Silicone pad (small and large narrow (888) dependent on bearing type
• Bearing: Small Available with your choice of small (5x10x4mm) SPEC bearing or Large (.250 x .500 x .187 in) SPEC bearing

Hyper Yo-Yo Coming Soon!!! – Of course Hyper Yo-Yo is the Bandai Yo-Yo brand that produced yo-yos under license from Yomega, Duncan and Russell during the yo-yo boom.  They were a force to be reckoned with sponsoring such teams as THP.  The mighty force the Bandai brings with them is a force called money, and those deep pockets also provide a direct road into major toy stores.  So if they are looking to spread some money around, we might see something like YoYoFactory in a toy store again, and that could mean the start of something big for yoyos again.

Updated rules for the YoYoSkills/Duncan Imperial Contest –

• #1: You DON’T have to use a new Imperial, but you have to show that the Imperial is not modded before  you start your 1 minute minimum freestyle.  Holding the Imperial up to the Camera and showing the Clean Gap would be sufficient.
• #2: If you DO use a Imperial right out of package, you get a 10 POINT advantage over the entries that didn’t use a new in package Imperial.  This makes it more valuable to use a Mint in Package imperial, but not be a requirment.
• #3: The contest Prizes will be broken up into 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, giving the Top 3 scoring entries prizes in the end
• #4: The Contest will end on November 30th, with voting the week after, and three lucky entries will be getting the a Christmas Present (the prizes) from Santa/YoYoSkills/Duncan

Yo-Yo Review – H2O

Yo-Yo Trivia – What yo-yo were Carlo and Chris at when they decided to work together to make a yo-yo?

Trivia Answer – European Yo-Yo Meeting

H2O Winner – Tyler Hyde

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