Yo-Yo Modifications to the extreme!

[WoodNutOntario]

Hi All,

There have been yo-yo kits around for a while and thought i might share this with everyone!
Not my work and i did not realize the evolution of this simple toy had grown in leaps and bounds!!!

Have a look at the link and watch the video, quite amazing what he has done!!!

http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=4402.msg47912;boardseen#new

Hope you enjoy!

Andrew

 

[Daniel]

I watched the video. He is right that the tricks have changed. not much reason to even have the thing spinning anymore. I saw a couple of world class yo-yo performers years ago when you still had to keep the yo in the yo-yo, to be honest I was much more impressed with that then what they are doing now.

 

[jlg2x]

If I tried to do that I would be spending the next 2 hours trying to get the knot out of this string!:wink:

 

[bitshird]

Kind of cool, but I agree with Daniel, maybe it's just because I'm a cranky old man, but it seems like the older Yo Yo tricks were more challenging.

 

[WoodNutOntario]

True the "new" yo-yo has kind of departed from what we remember as kids.
I found my old coca-cola yo-yo i won in a competition when i was around 10!
Walk the dog, rock the cradle and around the world were all cool tricks.
Seems that if the yo-yo can spin for 20 minutes you would get bored of doing the same thing!:biggrin:

My old guy still has the wood dowel that holds the plastic halves together!!

Oh well, don't stand in the way of progress!!

Andrew

 

[aggromere]

Anyone remember the Smothers Brothers. One of them was a yo yo champ. He was amazing.

 

[65GTMustang]

The Smothers brother was Amazing...

Jeff - You mentioned spending the time to get the knots out of the string

I would be more concerned about the multiple ice bags needed for the knots on my head!

Andrew Thanks for sharing!
My 11 year loved it.
I might have to try and make one of those High tech yo-yo's now.