Yos I Own

Yos I Own!

Here are some of my yos. I will add pictures and descriptions of more as time allows. Enjoy yourself and for god sakes, if you have any yos you are getting rid of ... let me know!

Click a link to go to each section
Whirl King | BC/What's Next | Kalmar | Hummingbird | National | Yomega | Spintastics

Klutz | Ja-Ru | Moose | Odd Yos | Advertising Yos | YoPak Holster

My oldest non-Duncan yo, and it is in spectacular shape! A 1950s Whirl King in red and blue. Whirl King was a non-promoted brand from that era and was distributed by the Fli-Back company, also of NC. It has the large crown on the gold stamped logo. The back is blue and has a ten cent price stamp on it. I got this yo for $1 on ebay and I am sure that it was due to the person who listed it not knowing how to describe it properly. The auction info read "Old wood yo-yo, red and blue. No string." They made no mention of the brand, and the picture was of the back, not the front with the logo! I emailed them for more details and that is when they said it was a big crown Whirl King. I bid. I won. I happy.

My BC Rainbow Yo. This is one of my favorite wooden yos. It is made with multiple thin laminations of maple, dyed different colors to achieve a rainbow effect. It has a beautiful finish as you can see, and it feels and loops super fine. I bought this one in Cali back in '97 and have gone through many strings with it. A modern day classic. This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.

My BC Lightning. Another choice BC yo of laminated maple, dyed in red, blue and black. Typical beautiful BC finish, and it also yos super fine. I like the BC yos as the quality is second to none, like the original Duncan wooden yos of the glory years of yoing.

My BC Spit Fire. A center weighted yo that looks a bit like a flying saucer in profile. I like BC yos and wanted to add a center weighted yo to my collection, so I bought this one. It is nice, but nothing I use very much. The cool thing about the look is the white body has light blue on the edge of the rims. Pretty hip looking yo. This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.

My BC Atlas. A modified Flutterby shape yo that has really cool gothic looking graphics on the both sides. Here is the back. I got this to further round out my BC collection. This model replaced the discontinued Blackbird (see below). I have always liked BC yos and this is just another well made, beautifully finished wooded yo from them. Note to self: Buy more BC yos. OK!

My BC Blackbird. A modified Flutterby shape with looking graphics and cool offsetting airbrushed rim color. Here is a view of the rims. This model is no longer produced (having been replaced by the Atlas), and this is the earlier graphics that I liked far better than the close-up bird of the later models.

My BC Phantom in black with purple rims. I like wooden fixed axle yos and this was one of the coolest looking yos that was ever made. Simple design but great color combinations and a killer logo make this a fave. I also have them in purple with black rims and teal with purple rims. Here are the three Phantoms together. Ooooo, spooky! This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.

My BC American Classic. Nothing fancy here. As a mater of fact, just the opposite. The Classic is just that, a expertly produced yo in hard maple with classy looking red, white and blue grapics. How could any red-blooded American yo collector not own one!

My BC Original Limited Edition. Cool classic styled yo in black with a fushia stripe. This was a gift from Dave of Dave's Skill Toys, yo collector and retailer extraordinaire. His logo is on the back. When the shipping department at his store miffed an order of mine, he made it right, and threw this in for free as a thank you for my patronage. Class act. Class yo.

My dead-mint Bunny Martin World Champion. This was the signature model for Yo-Yo Champion turned evangelist Bunny Martin. It is a one piece wooden yo-yos, stained and sealed with a nice clear coat finish. The natural wood grain is really pretty and the hot-stamp gold foil logo is beautifully done. The bunny on the front is super crisp and the signature on the back is really classy. Another "Made in Sweden" yo ... hmmm, I'll have to get more.

A super-classy Kalmar Trissan maple in green with silver foil hot-stamp logo. Those Swedes make a beautiful yo and this one serves as proof. The detail in the logo stamp is stunning really and the finish is very well applied.

This is a rare Kalmar produced advertising yo for Cardhu single malt Scotch. There were only 100 of these made as a test for the company, but they decided not to go with them so they are very rare and very cool. The quality of the hot-stamp gold foil logo again shows why the Swedes are at the top of the list when it comes to world-class yos. This is a prize!

My mint 1987 Hummingbird Executive. These fine yos were made in NY state and they used exotic wood in the construction. This particular model was made for Brookstone and is a mistake as the Brookstone logo on the front was double struck! Does that make it more valuable? No, but it is an oddity because Hummingbird's quality standards would typically never let a goof-up out of the plant. The back is a different wood and finished in a rich cherry stain. The Hummingbird company went out of business years ago, and their yos are already quite collectible. Brad Countryman went on to start BC and I am glad for that!

My 1976 National Olympic in-what else-gold. National Yo-Yos was a Canadian manufacturer in business from 1968 to 1978. They bought the Duncan "YO-YO" logo in the '70s and it is used on this yo. This is a one piece wooden yo-yos painted in gold metallic with red foil logos and made in Sweden (exporter of great cars, super-models and fish). Very collectible, very pretty and a nice feeling yo too.

My National Winged-Warrior, black with blue panels. This is a Flutterby style yo that is from the Great White North. It is a nice yo, feels and looks cool, and has a funky name and logo. All of that means it is good enough to be in the collection.

This is my favorite modified Flutterby yo; the Yomega Fireball Saber Wing. Great for catch on the string tricks and an excellent all-around performer. The clear body and rims with red panels looks great and the logo is good also. Yomega makes a good yo and this one is all the proof you need.

Another Yomega Fireball, this is the Glow model. As the name implies, it glows in the dark with a nice green color. It is a classic Emperical shape with a metal axle. Got to have a few glowing yos in the collection. Yomega yos were headquartered for a time in New England, so that is another good reason to collect them.

My Yomega Power Spin. I wanted to get a rim weighted yo to try, so I did a little research and bought this one is funky clear purple. After using it for a while, I decided I don't particularly care for rim weighted yos without side panels. They spin fantastically, don't get me wrong, but I like the classic shape and feel of the Emperical type myself. Interesting one for the collection though.

My Yomega High Perferormance. As the name implies, this is a high performance, transaxle yo with an o-ring brake. You can see the clutch mechanism from the back. It will sleep really well, but the control is a bit funky.

My Yomega Firestorm in clear and gold. Another great yo from Yomega. I like the shape, which is a nod towards the Russel raised panel design. Again, great colors and graphics make the yo a keeper. It also is a SICK looper! This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.

Another Yomega Firestorm in clear and metallic blue. Yomega's rock.

My mid-'90s Yomega All-Star in fire-engine red. I like classic design yos. I like Yomega yos. This was Yomega's classic design yo, a nod to the Duncan Emperical of days gone by. It has a great weight and is really well made. The logo is cool too, with the shooting stars. I like this yo a lot. Which, now that I think about it, isn't much of a statement as I could say that about every one that I own.

Another mid-'90s Yomega All-Star, this time in bright blue. They stopped making the All-Star years ago, so I am glad to have a couple neaer-mint examples.

A 1999 Yomega All-Star Ultra. The updated Ultra version of the All-Star was a high performance model and offered much longer spins and better loops than the older styled original. Cool clear panels over silver backing makes the logo "float" in the side panels.

A Yomega Touch Me in yellow. These are weird and fun. There is a panel on the logo side with this liquid in it that reacts as you push it around, making cool swirls and color shifts and such. Hard to photograph, but you get the idea. Here is a closeup of the panel anyway.

My Spintastics Terminator Torch. This yo rocks. Totally clear with two bright red LEDs in each panel. It is the coolest yo to work in the dark! Dig this picture! Centrifical switches turn the LEDs on when it spins, and off when it stops. You can see the mechanics of it on the back. I got this in '97 and have yet to replace the batteries. Love it! This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.

A Klutz Rocket with hologram panels. Cool yo that feels good and looks great. Made by the same company that did the Klutz juggling series, and most came with the Klutz Yo-Yo book.

Another Klutz Rocket, this time in green. These are well made yos that look great and play very well. A great bargain too as they go on eBay regularly for just a couple bucks.

A Klutz maple classic, that was made in Maine! Has a great burned logo of a maple leaf with the word Maine included. It is a pretty good playing yo, but I got it for the collection mostly because it is a Maine-made yo. And that is special. Ayuh.

Here is a nice Ja-Ru Classic in chrome green that my good buddy Dave gave to me. It was a surprise gift, and surpisingly is a great yo! I think he got it for a buck at a discount store in the mall or something. Cool yo and I really like it, especially since it was a gift.

My Moose Gold Atom 7000. Moose yos are from Australia and they rock. I have wanted to get the complete line to add to my collection for almost ten years, but have only recently done so. Good thing too, as they are not going to be imported to the USA any more! Yikes! The Gold Atom is a metallic gold finished yo with dark blue screened logo. At the center of the atom in the rockin' logo it says "18ct" but I think it is 24-carat cool.

My Moose Silver Bullet 6000. The Silver Bullet is a chrome finished yo with blue screened logo. Very hard to photograph, if you look closely at the picture, you can not only see my hands holding the camera, but my entire dining room as well!

My Moose Thunder Bolt 5000. Moose yos are from Australia and they rock. I have wanted to get the complete line to add to my collection for almost ten years, but have only recently done so. Good thing too, as they are not going to be imported to the USA any more! Yikes! The Thunder Bolt is a cool, black-metallic finished Emperical shape with nice lightning logo art. I love Moose yos!

My Moose Tornado Glitter 4000. This yo rocks Nettick and Popham! It is a transluscent pink yo with glitter and the coolest of all the way cool Moose logos in my opinion. Check it out: a tornado with a house and car being carried away! Man! Toto, we ain't in Kansas anymore! I also have one in blue, just for kicks.

My Moose Power Glow 3000. This glowing yo has the coolest logo of all glowing yos ever. It is so simple, yet so awesome. Which is basically what Moose does best. Simple yos with way cool graphics and colors. I have wanted one of these for YEARS, but put off buying one until winter of '04 for some unknown reason. Now I have it and my Moose Series II collection is complete!

My Moose Ultrasonic Chrome 2000. Another metallic finish yo, this time in chrome-green and complete with the great ultrasonic ray-gun logo. Super-atomic! Retro-nuke!

My Moose Vapourizer Scent 1000. OK, this is the craziest yo concept ever. The Vapourizer is supposed to fill the air with a scent as you use it. In this case, orange = oranges. Well, I used it for a while, but got nuthin'. What I did get though is another cool yo with a great logo of a '50s-era fan on the front. Moose yos rock Nettick. It is true.

Here's a maple classic in transparent green. The maker is from Maine, but I can't remember the name of the company right now. It is a good old-fashioned wooden axle yo that has a nice feel and is in my favorite color. Nothing special, but one of my favorites anyway.

This is a Millennium 2000 yo that I got in '98. It is a high performance model similar to the "Brain" in that it uses centrifical force and brakes to make the yo return when the rpms go below a certain number. Not really good for many things other than the gadget factor. It is kind of neat looking with the clear rim and fluorescent green panels.

This is a Challenger 2000 yo that I got in '99. Nothing really too interesting, but it loops well and I like the clear body with caribbean blue panels. Makes me think of yoing on a tropical island somewhere ...

My PsychoSpin Fireball. Another illuminating yo, but a vastly inferior design to the Torch above. Really heavy, poorly balanced and generally clunky. Good for non-yoers to try--that way I won't worry about them breaking my Torch!

This is another gadget yo, my Pro-Spinner 1998. Same basic centrifical brake design as the Yomega, except not as well built. Good for letting non-yoers cheap a sleeper, and maybe for complicated string manipulation tricks, but not much else. Don't Shoot the Moon with this sucker!

An A&W Root Beer advertising yo. After a long yo session, I like to cool down with a frosty A&W and really relax ...

And if I'm hungry, I'll head for the nearest Big Boy ... which is only like, five states away or something.

My OHTM logo yo. This was a sample that came to the museum and the gift shop manager gave it to me for testing it out. I found it to be a good beginner's yo and they still carry them I think. The finish is rough and the axle is too, so this one is double looped and not for sleeping.

My Harken logo yo. I like logo yos, but don't have very many yet. This one was given to me at the Miami International Boat Show in '96 by Peter Harken himself. They were giving them away at the huge Harken booth and their staff were standing around, trying to yo like somebody who never had tried it before (like not getting it to even return-bad). Peter came over to our booth and tossed it to me and said "Here you go Yo-Yo Man." He had no idea that I could yo at all and most likely was expecting the same bad stuff he was seeing at his booth. I actually had been practicing quite a bit at the time, so I made sure I had a good loose string, and then pulled off a combination Around the World and Cloverleaf as he watched in amazement. His only comment? "Want to come work for me?"

Way cool advertising yo ... why? Because I designed it, that's why! How many collectors have mass-produced yos in their collections that feature their own artwork? Not many I reckon, around here at least. These are even more rare as the company messed up the printing so the type was not included with the artwork. The later versions say Midcoast Internet Solutions on them, but this early run was of the compass rose only. Dig it! These Galactic yos are nice heavy Flutterby designs and they are really a very go yo.

When you think logos, most people think Coke. So, what collection would be complete without a Coke Bottle Cap yo? It isn't perfect, but it was practically free, so I am not complaining. Here is the side. Funny, I don't even like Coke, I prefer Pepsi by far, and RC when I can find it.

A logo yo that I got in a box lot. It is a transparent body yo with orange side panels and the Taco Time logo. Funky. "What time is it kids?"

My HBO logo yo. This is my latest freebie logo yo acquisition. Darren from 3-Dimensions gave it to me at the Midcoast Builders Home and Garden Show and again, I wowed them with a few basic tricks like Rock the Baby, Around the World and Walk the Dog. Nothing special, but it is a yo, and that is good enough for me!

My YoPak yo holster. Don't laugh, I have a permit to carry and I know how to use these things!

Back to YO!

	Here are some of my yos. I will add pictures and descriptions of more as time allows. Enjoy yourself and for god sakes, if you have any yos you are getting rid of ... let me know!
Click a link to go to each section Whirl King \| BC/What's Next \| Kalmar \| Hummingbird \| National \| Yomega \| Spintastics Klutz \| Ja-Ru \| Moose \| Odd Yos \| Advertising Yos \| YoPak Holster
	My oldest non-Duncan yo, and it is in spectacular shape! A 1950s Whirl King in red and blue. Whirl King was a non-promoted brand from that era and was distributed by the Fli-Back company, also of NC. It has the large crown on the gold stamped logo. The back is blue and has a ten cent price stamp on it. I got this yo for $1 on ebay and I am sure that it was due to the person who listed it not knowing how to describe it properly. The auction info read "Old wood yo-yo, red and blue. No string." They made no mention of the brand, and the picture was of the back, not the front with the logo! I emailed them for more details and that is when they said it was a big crown Whirl King. I bid. I won. I happy.
	My BC Rainbow Yo. This is one of my favorite wooden yos. It is made with multiple thin laminations of maple, dyed different colors to achieve a rainbow effect. It has a beautiful finish as you can see, and it feels and loops super fine. I bought this one in Cali back in '97 and have gone through many strings with it. A modern day classic. This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.
	My BC Lightning. Another choice BC yo of laminated maple, dyed in red, blue and black. Typical beautiful BC finish, and it also yos super fine. I like the BC yos as the quality is second to none, like the original Duncan wooden yos of the glory years of yoing.
	My BC Spit Fire. A center weighted yo that looks a bit like a flying saucer in profile. I like BC yos and wanted to add a center weighted yo to my collection, so I bought this one. It is nice, but nothing I use very much. The cool thing about the look is the white body has light blue on the edge of the rims. Pretty hip looking yo. This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.
	My BC Atlas. A modified Flutterby shape yo that has really cool gothic looking graphics on the both sides. Here is the back. I got this to further round out my BC collection. This model replaced the discontinued Blackbird (see below). I have always liked BC yos and this is just another well made, beautifully finished wooded yo from them. Note to self: Buy more BC yos. OK!
	My BC Blackbird. A modified Flutterby shape with looking graphics and cool offsetting airbrushed rim color. Here is a view of the rims. This model is no longer produced (having been replaced by the Atlas), and this is the earlier graphics that I liked far better than the close-up bird of the later models.
	My BC Phantom in black with purple rims. I like wooden fixed axle yos and this was one of the coolest looking yos that was ever made. Simple design but great color combinations and a killer logo make this a fave. I also have them in purple with black rims and teal with purple rims. Here are the three Phantoms together. Ooooo, spooky! This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.
	My BC American Classic. Nothing fancy here. As a mater of fact, just the opposite. The Classic is just that, a expertly produced yo in hard maple with classy looking red, white and blue grapics. How could any red-blooded American yo collector not own one!
	My BC Original Limited Edition. Cool classic styled yo in black with a fushia stripe. This was a gift from Dave of Dave's Skill Toys, yo collector and retailer extraordinaire. His logo is on the back. When the shipping department at his store miffed an order of mine, he made it right, and threw this in for free as a thank you for my patronage. Class act. Class yo.
	My dead-mint Bunny Martin World Champion. This was the signature model for Yo-Yo Champion turned evangelist Bunny Martin. It is a one piece wooden yo-yos, stained and sealed with a nice clear coat finish. The natural wood grain is really pretty and the hot-stamp gold foil logo is beautifully done. The bunny on the front is super crisp and the signature on the back is really classy. Another "Made in Sweden" yo ... hmmm, I'll have to get more.
	A super-classy Kalmar Trissan maple in green with silver foil hot-stamp logo. Those Swedes make a beautiful yo and this one serves as proof. The detail in the logo stamp is stunning really and the finish is very well applied.
	This is a rare Kalmar produced advertising yo for Cardhu single malt Scotch. There were only 100 of these made as a test for the company, but they decided not to go with them so they are very rare and very cool. The quality of the hot-stamp gold foil logo again shows why the Swedes are at the top of the list when it comes to world-class yos. This is a prize!
	My mint 1987 Hummingbird Executive. These fine yos were made in NY state and they used exotic wood in the construction. This particular model was made for Brookstone and is a mistake as the Brookstone logo on the front was double struck! Does that make it more valuable? No, but it is an oddity because Hummingbird's quality standards would typically never let a goof-up out of the plant. The back is a different wood and finished in a rich cherry stain. The Hummingbird company went out of business years ago, and their yos are already quite collectible. Brad Countryman went on to start BC and I am glad for that!
	My 1976 National Olympic in-what else-gold. National Yo-Yos was a Canadian manufacturer in business from 1968 to 1978. They bought the Duncan "YO-YO" logo in the '70s and it is used on this yo. This is a one piece wooden yo-yos painted in gold metallic with red foil logos and made in Sweden (exporter of great cars, super-models and fish). Very collectible, very pretty and a nice feeling yo too.
	My National Winged-Warrior, black with blue panels. This is a Flutterby style yo that is from the Great White North. It is a nice yo, feels and looks cool, and has a funky name and logo. All of that means it is good enough to be in the collection.
	This is my favorite modified Flutterby yo; the Yomega Fireball Saber Wing. Great for catch on the string tricks and an excellent all-around performer. The clear body and rims with red panels looks great and the logo is good also. Yomega makes a good yo and this one is all the proof you need.
	Another Yomega Fireball, this is the Glow model. As the name implies, it glows in the dark with a nice green color. It is a classic Emperical shape with a metal axle. Got to have a few glowing yos in the collection. Yomega yos were headquartered for a time in New England, so that is another good reason to collect them.
	My Yomega Power Spin. I wanted to get a rim weighted yo to try, so I did a little research and bought this one is funky clear purple. After using it for a while, I decided I don't particularly care for rim weighted yos without side panels. They spin fantastically, don't get me wrong, but I like the classic shape and feel of the Emperical type myself. Interesting one for the collection though.
	My Yomega High Perferormance. As the name implies, this is a high performance, transaxle yo with an o-ring brake. You can see the clutch mechanism from the back. It will sleep really well, but the control is a bit funky.
	My Yomega Firestorm in clear and gold. Another great yo from Yomega. I like the shape, which is a nod towards the Russel raised panel design. Again, great colors and graphics make the yo a keeper. It also is a SICK looper! This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.
	Another Yomega Firestorm in clear and metallic blue. Yomega's rock.
	My mid-'90s Yomega All-Star in fire-engine red. I like classic design yos. I like Yomega yos. This was Yomega's classic design yo, a nod to the Duncan Emperical of days gone by. It has a great weight and is really well made. The logo is cool too, with the shooting stars. I like this yo a lot. Which, now that I think about it, isn't much of a statement as I could say that about every one that I own.
	Another mid-'90s Yomega All-Star, this time in bright blue. They stopped making the All-Star years ago, so I am glad to have a couple neaer-mint examples.
	A 1999 Yomega All-Star Ultra. The updated Ultra version of the All-Star was a high performance model and offered much longer spins and better loops than the older styled original. Cool clear panels over silver backing makes the logo "float" in the side panels.
	A Yomega Touch Me in yellow. These are weird and fun. There is a panel on the logo side with this liquid in it that reacts as you push it around, making cool swirls and color shifts and such. Hard to photograph, but you get the idea. Here is a closeup of the panel anyway.
	My Spintastics Terminator Torch. This yo rocks. Totally clear with two bright red LEDs in each panel. It is the coolest yo to work in the dark! Dig this picture! Centrifical switches turn the LEDs on when it spins, and off when it stops. You can see the mechanics of it on the back. I got this in '97 and have yet to replace the batteries. Love it! This yo started on my Yos to Get list, and has now moved to this list.
	A Klutz Rocket with hologram panels. Cool yo that feels good and looks great. Made by the same company that did the Klutz juggling series, and most came with the Klutz Yo-Yo book.
	Another Klutz Rocket, this time in green. These are well made yos that look great and play very well. A great bargain too as they go on eBay regularly for just a couple bucks.
	A Klutz maple classic, that was made in Maine! Has a great burned logo of a maple leaf with the word Maine included. It is a pretty good playing yo, but I got it for the collection mostly because it is a Maine-made yo. And that is special. Ayuh.
	Here is a nice Ja-Ru Classic in chrome green that my good buddy Dave gave to me. It was a surprise gift, and surpisingly is a great yo! I think he got it for a buck at a discount store in the mall or something. Cool yo and I really like it, especially since it was a gift.
	My Moose Gold Atom 7000. Moose yos are from Australia and they rock. I have wanted to get the complete line to add to my collection for almost ten years, but have only recently done so. Good thing too, as they are not going to be imported to the USA any more! Yikes! The Gold Atom is a metallic gold finished yo with dark blue screened logo. At the center of the atom in the rockin' logo it says "18ct" but I think it is 24-carat cool.
	My Moose Silver Bullet 6000. The Silver Bullet is a chrome finished yo with blue screened logo. Very hard to photograph, if you look closely at the picture, you can not only see my hands holding the camera, but my entire dining room as well!
	My Moose Thunder Bolt 5000. Moose yos are from Australia and they rock. I have wanted to get the complete line to add to my collection for almost ten years, but have only recently done so. Good thing too, as they are not going to be imported to the USA any more! Yikes! The Thunder Bolt is a cool, black-metallic finished Emperical shape with nice lightning logo art. I love Moose yos!
	My Moose Tornado Glitter 4000. This yo rocks Nettick and Popham! It is a transluscent pink yo with glitter and the coolest of all the way cool Moose logos in my opinion. Check it out: a tornado with a house and car being carried away! Man! Toto, we ain't in Kansas anymore! I also have one in blue, just for kicks.
	My Moose Power Glow 3000. This glowing yo has the coolest logo of all glowing yos ever. It is so simple, yet so awesome. Which is basically what Moose does best. Simple yos with way cool graphics and colors. I have wanted one of these for YEARS, but put off buying one until winter of '04 for some unknown reason. Now I have it and my Moose Series II collection is complete!
	My Moose Ultrasonic Chrome 2000. Another metallic finish yo, this time in chrome-green and complete with the great ultrasonic ray-gun logo. Super-atomic! Retro-nuke!
	My Moose Vapourizer Scent 1000. OK, this is the craziest yo concept ever. The Vapourizer is supposed to fill the air with a scent as you use it. In this case, orange = oranges. Well, I used it for a while, but got nuthin'. What I did get though is another cool yo with a great logo of a '50s-era fan on the front. Moose yos rock Nettick. It is true.
	Here's a maple classic in transparent green. The maker is from Maine, but I can't remember the name of the company right now. It is a good old-fashioned wooden axle yo that has a nice feel and is in my favorite color. Nothing special, but one of my favorites anyway.
	This is a Millennium 2000 yo that I got in '98. It is a high performance model similar to the "Brain" in that it uses centrifical force and brakes to make the yo return when the rpms go below a certain number. Not really good for many things other than the gadget factor. It is kind of neat looking with the clear rim and fluorescent green panels.
	This is a Challenger 2000 yo that I got in '99. Nothing really too interesting, but it loops well and I like the clear body with caribbean blue panels. Makes me think of yoing on a tropical island somewhere ...
	My PsychoSpin Fireball. Another illuminating yo, but a vastly inferior design to the Torch above. Really heavy, poorly balanced and generally clunky. Good for non-yoers to try--that way I won't worry about them breaking my Torch!
	This is another gadget yo, my Pro-Spinner 1998. Same basic centrifical brake design as the Yomega, except not as well built. Good for letting non-yoers cheap a sleeper, and maybe for complicated string manipulation tricks, but not much else. Don't Shoot the Moon with this sucker!
	An A&W Root Beer advertising yo. After a long yo session, I like to cool down with a frosty A&W and really relax ...
	And if I'm hungry, I'll head for the nearest Big Boy ... which is only like, five states away or something.
	My OHTM logo yo. This was a sample that came to the museum and the gift shop manager gave it to me for testing it out. I found it to be a good beginner's yo and they still carry them I think. The finish is rough and the axle is too, so this one is double looped and not for sleeping.
	My Harken logo yo. I like logo yos, but don't have very many yet. This one was given to me at the Miami International Boat Show in '96 by Peter Harken himself. They were giving them away at the huge Harken booth and their staff were standing around, trying to yo like somebody who never had tried it before (like not getting it to even return-bad). Peter came over to our booth and tossed it to me and said "Here you go Yo-Yo Man." He had no idea that I could yo at all and most likely was expecting the same bad stuff he was seeing at his booth. I actually had been practicing quite a bit at the time, so I made sure I had a good loose string, and then pulled off a combination Around the World and Cloverleaf as he watched in amazement. His only comment? "Want to come work for me?"
	Way cool advertising yo ... why? Because I designed it, that's why! How many collectors have mass-produced yos in their collections that feature their own artwork? Not many I reckon, around here at least. These are even more rare as the company messed up the printing so the type was not included with the artwork. The later versions say Midcoast Internet Solutions on them, but this early run was of the compass rose only. Dig it! These Galactic yos are nice heavy Flutterby designs and they are really a very go yo.
	When you think logos, most people think Coke. So, what collection would be complete without a Coke Bottle Cap yo? It isn't perfect, but it was practically free, so I am not complaining. Here is the side. Funny, I don't even like Coke, I prefer Pepsi by far, and RC when I can find it.
	A logo yo that I got in a box lot. It is a transparent body yo with orange side panels and the Taco Time logo. Funky. "What time is it kids?"
	My HBO logo yo. This is my latest freebie logo yo acquisition. Darren from 3-Dimensions gave it to me at the Midcoast Builders Home and Garden Show and again, I wowed them with a few basic tricks like Rock the Baby, Around the World and Walk the Dog. Nothing special, but it is a yo, and that is good enough for me!
	My YoPak yo holster. Don't laugh, I have a permit to carry and I know how to use these things!