Duncan yo-yo store display! Haven’t seen those in years. I had an Imperial in my youth. I spent hours learning the Walk-the-Dog trick, but that was the extent of my repertoire.
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How fun! I had a yellow one in my stocking one year and my dad showed me all kinds of tricks. He was amazing, but I did not inherit the talent. 😂 Glad to see they’ve come back.
Dad got me a yo-yo from the National Judicial College in Reno. Always thought it was hilarious that the judicial college had a branded yo-yo.
Haven’t seen it in years, so it’s likely packed in a box somewhere. I should try to find it…
@barbmcquade.bsky.social I also came across 1 of those Duncan displays about a year ago. I was compelled to get my old favorite - a blue Imperial (pic)! I haven't had 1 in years! I'm a female Baby-Boomer & 1 of these is a blast of the 1970s past! 🤣 Back in the day "Walk the dog" was it for me too!
Wow!
Talk about throwback Thursday!
Had several different ones.
Think one of them lite up?
One had a more butterfly shape to it…not perfectly round. Sheesh
Like 50 years ago…
Yes! Mostly that they were wrapped around power lines where kids chucked them when couldn't get them to work, or got bonked in the head and got pissed.
Ca. 2000, my daughter, who was then in fifth grade, took an after-school class in yo-yo tricks. She mastered all the classics, including Around the World and Walk the Dog. I was supremely jealous, never having mastered anything in the yo-yo space.
50’s spring playground, Longfellow school in Royal Oak, MI, yo-yo master would show and demo. Same time we would have our marble collections, gaming class mates on the dirt field.
I had a Butterfly that I got halfway decent with. I could do around the world and rock the baby but could never quite get walk the dog stay on the ground without bouncing around.
Israel was not created as a "Home for the Jews" Israel was created as a Back Porch and a Military Base for Western Corporate Capitalists to keep an Eye on their Oil.
Mine was glow-in-the-dark, which made it easy to find after I accidentally launched it out into the yard one night *through a glass window* 😆 (leading to my forced early retirement from the trick yo-yo circuit)
With the string fully extended, spin the yo-yo in the direction of the twist a couple dozen turns... see if it jumps back up the string with just a light tug after that. If it won't stop at the bottom, it's too tight; if it won't climb back up with a slight tug it's too loose.
I think they may have been outlawed along with "Jarts" lawn darts because of user injuries. I remember going to the first shopping mall built in our area ever and lots of kids walking along using clackers.
Haven't seen this many Duncan yo-yos since organizing against that one vaping (former) congressman who supported war criminals by confessing to his own war crime of also taking wacky photos with fallen enemy combatants.
Yo-yo in Christmas stocking! Just above the grapefruit in the toe. Also the clickable Papermate pen in delectable pastel color. I was a pen nerd even as a kid. Good memories of simple pleasures!
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Haven’t seen it in years, so it’s likely packed in a box somewhere. I should try to find it…
Talk about throwback Thursday!
Had several different ones.
Think one of them lite up?
One had a more butterfly shape to it…not perfectly round. Sheesh
Like 50 years ago…
I excelled at hitting myself in the head.