YoYoFactory Presents: Stainless Steel Whistling YoYo

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Yoyo Write-Ups contribution FROM YOU!

Hello, have had this idea before, but I kind of didn't went ahead to do it.

But a comment made by reader Thumsup! reminds me of this.

for those interested, visit this post and read the comment, I've also replied to it.

let me exlplain why I refer to the so-called reviews as write-ups, notice how short and unorganised my write-ups are? and I'm probably not as good as YoYoSkills & HIGHSPEEDYOYOS at writing a full review, I don't rate it, I don't go through packaging, appearance, etc, i just write how I feel about each product, thats why I call it a write-up.

and I always added, its best you try the yoyo because I bring the yoyos to meeting, for the benefit of those who live here, for internationally, playability would be shown through promo videos, notice how the Dream-Yo Fancy keep slipping during a bind in the video?
why didn't I write about it in the review? because, I didn't encounter it at all.

SO, here I am, telling every readers here, if you have a different views to my write-up, do not hesitate to drop me an email of your review, or just write your review under the comment section? which do you prefer?
different yoyo differs to different players, an example: YoYoSkills and I received the new Griffin Wing from Shinwoo about the same time. Chris Allen did a review, why didn't I?
because mine broke after less than a full day of testing. we received two different runs of the Griffin Wing, one supposingly improved, but both of mine, after a not so high toss, missed, and broke. it happened in an air-conditioned, indoor, shopping mall. but Chris did a review of it and mentioned he abuse it, throw it around, from high too, and its just didn't break.
so, its the same yoyo, why the different outcome? its not a lie, its not putting in good words, its just what we experience with the yoyo we're given, so it would be nice to share your input, if you think mine's not reliable.

Maybe we'll stick to commenting, leave your review/thoughts/write-up of the yoyo i'm doing a write-up on. does that sound okay?

*oh yea, about the Griffin Wings, no worries about the current batch, I tried it  during AP2011, its really durable now, I didn't play much with it, but I literally slam it on the ground, a few times, nothing happened.

$3 Metal yoyo

I posted these up on the FB page a while back, its some $3 metal yoyo i bought from some random shop that i passed by. many people asked, what yoyo is this? no, its not from any known maker, its really some random yoyo, but it look pretty good i think, looks "powder coated", not much of a copy of anything. there was a demo piece on the rack when i saw it, it was broken, so i thought it should be pretty sucky, i got a few, and on first throw it was really shitty, it doesn't sleep, but it doesn't return, u know, it just and die out of spin, like a heavily lubed bearing yoyo. but it breaks in pretty quickly, for me it took like 5-6 throws? just that few throws and it started sleeping, long. it vibes, i switch between halves and manage to get 2 really smooth one, one of which went to Chris Allen. one's still in my possession, two others not as smooth.

i wanted to make a random short clip of it, not a promo, just to let you guys see how it plays, i got to say for $3, its really good, but the bearing size is uncommon to that of those we used on yoyos, if it locks, you probably could just get a new yoyo, getting a bearing would pretty much cost the same i guess. its definitely not CNC'ed, Ron from C3 mentioned something about it being possibly done with Metal Stamping, not sure whats that though.

once again, its not a tester, and its really a random $3 yoyo i got from some random place, and i thought its worth sharing!

Yoyo vs BreakDance Battle.

Yoyogym - Danielo

 

Danielo from Spain would like to share this video.

Danielo, can i say, he's similar to JD, a body builder. but a rather serious one at that i think.
i guess people will start hating the front and end, in a way, because they doesn't involve yoyoing?
but the overall video is yoyo, and good to know that yoyo has gone all the way to people who does bodybuilding professionally. good thing i guess.

Akita Yoyo Meeting

came across this video, i think the focus is on the female player, she does good offstring.

Yoyoing x B-Boying Singapore

here's the local yoyo and b-boy collab performance i mentioned earlier.

Hyper Yoyo

its a video about Hyper Yoyo, looks like one from the past instead of the new one for sure.

but still worth watching.

Hyper Yoyo Magazine scan

found another Hyper Yoyo commercial from Magazine scans.

Hyper Yoyo Close-Up

found these while surfing the net and thought i'll share, close up pictures of some Hyper YoYo products!

Daddy makes Yoyo for son

14y/o son of a CNC machinist who makes motorcycle parts wants a yoyo for Christmas,

since son never really have one, but money was tight, Dad got him a couple cheap Duncan Butterfly yoyos.

Son's happy and contented and went ahead to learn tricks from websites and videos.

Son's learning pretty quick and getting better at it, and realise its getting limited using a cheap Duncan fixed axle yoyo.

Dad and son went on to research on better yoyos and realise yoyos now comes in ball-bearing axle,

and soon found out yoyos like this cost 30-100++USD.

as money is tight, son just ordered 100strings to feed his new addiction as best as he could.

Dad feels a bit bad for son as son has found something he is really enjoying, but without a better yoyo, son has kind of reached a plateau.

One day, Dad stop making motorcycle parts for a day, and decide to make his first 2 custom one-off T6-Billet Aluminum ball bearing axle YoYos.

Dad spent all day researching performance YoYos, designing, programming, and manufacturing 2 YoYos, named "The Impaler".

some may feel this yoyo is pretty old school, or maybe even not up to today's yoyo standard, but note, he's new to the yoyo world, he's not new to manufacturing and design, but he's knows little or nothing about yoyo making.

the kid's lucky, the daddy's great.

and the yoyo looks pretty awesome for someone who is new to yoyoing, let alone yoyo making.

read the original thread here.

Hyper Yoyo 2010 cm

Hyper Yoyo 2010 commercial.

i have no idea how the script for this works, so if u wanna pause or replay it, just double click on the player.

"Duncan has been listening..."

in this thread by Brandon Jackson, possible new stuff from Duncan, like the one pictured above,

and also a list of suggestions. join in the thread!

also check out what Tyler Severance mention:

ANDREW!!!

Hyper Yoyo 2010

Hyper Yoyo 2010!

representing Yomega will be John Ando. yes.

representing Duncan will be Misaki, sorry, i've no idea who he is, but he's from THPJ.

representing YYF will be Shun, same thing, no info about him.

click on the Hyper Yoyo logo below to visit the page!

Cleveland Yo-Yo Club Robbed

everything copied and paste from YoYoSkills.com:

This makes me sick. Thievery is completely opposite of what yo-yoing is supposed to represent, and it takes a special kind of human being to rob a city club right before the holiday. By “special human” I really mean a soulless cylon monster so off the evolutionary scale they never grew a conscience, or a backbone.  It is terrible to do this anytime of year, but what [CENSORED] does this right before Christmas…

The Cleveland Yo-Yo Club got broken in to sometime last night, and they picked us clean. Looks like we lost about $1400 worth of yo-yo inventory and supplies.

If anyone has any information, or sees anyone in Cleveland or from Cleveland trying to move brand new Velocityes, Grind Machines, Protostars, or other new-in-box Yo-Yo Factory stuff, please let us know IMMEDIATELY.
-Steve Brown

I want to go one step furthur. I asked Steve for a Club Paypal address. I am not made of money but will donate what I can. YoYoSkills.com gets around 4000 unique visits a day, so if 1/4th of us give 1 dollar than we can help make up some of what the Cleveland Yo-Yo Club lost. I would not normally approach my readers in this way, and I don’t like asking for handouts especially this time of year, but the best thing about the yo-yo community is that we back each other up and the Cleveland Yo-Yo Club needs our help.  With your support, the Cleveland Yo-Yo Club can get back up and running after last nights robbery.

You can send donations to us via PayPal at unklesteve@gmail.com. Fast Donate button below. Please make sure they mark it as “CYYC DONATION”

The goal is to replace the lost yo-yo’s, and replace the glass door that was destroyed when the robbers broke in.  Any donation money above and beyond what the club needs to get back on the level will be used to purchase low-end yo-yos to give away in our outreach programs to local YMCA chapters.

I have asked Steve to keep YoYoskills.com in the loop so we know how the donations are coming.

You can use a debit or visa card to donate via paypal, no account needed.

And a private note to the thieves.  If you are reading this, and if you are yo-yoers then you might be, I want you to know that you are lower than low.  You are lower than the white crud that forms at the corners of your mouth when you are parched.  You are lower than the microbial waste that collects in eye mucus.  You should be ashamed of yourself.
I would love everyone to use the share button below and get this out there so we can help the Cleveland Yo-Yo Club recover.

Philippines Yoyo Championships 2009

will post more info after Hiro Koba send me more info!

MoonLight yoyo

a new yoyo by MoonLight, a player/modder from Taiwan, VERY sure all the players know him, if you don't know him, you're probably new to yoyoing.

this yoyo is call Love & Courage, 爱&勇气.

i don't know if the name applies to both... but i sure do like his mods!

Hyper YoYo: Coming Soon

its been talked about, now its been confirmed.
Hyper YoYo is coming back. can't wait.

Yo Yo Museum is BACK!

thanks to Dave who gave the green light, Grahame who host the site, and Chris Allen who request Dave for the site, the Yoyo Museum is now back online!!!!

the online museum with all the yoyo pictures!!!

www.yoyomuseum.com

go visit now!
yes, NOW.

yoyo mod: Pocket Change w/ Hayabusa Rim

done by Mark Allen of Werrd!
a YYF pocket Change with Hayabusa rims!
this would own! i love the Hayabusa, the size, the shape, the bearing size, but like this? even better!!!

how nice it'll be if there's mass production for these.... Mark?