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YoYoFactory Team Prelims @ Russian Nationals 2012

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Russia has one of the largest yo-yo scenes in the world and the 2012 Russian National Yo-Yo Contest is happening now! YoYoFactory is there covering the event. Keep an eye on their blog and twitter for updates.
They just recently shared some videos from their teams preliminary round:

YoYoFactory Team Prelims @ Russian Nationals 2012:

This weekend one of the biggest contests in the world is happening, Russian Nationals in Moscow. Here are the preliminary round freestyles of the YoYo Factory team.

 

(Via YoYoFactory)

New Video of the Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships

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If you have not heard of it the Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships (AP) is the premier annual yo-yo competition in the Asia Pacific region. Since its humble beginnings in 2003, AP has been steadily growing in terms of number of countries and participants, with 13 participating countries. This is a great video showcasing what a high caliber event this is in the world of yo-yoing.

Asia Pacific Championships

Sponsor News – Roto-A-Matic Helper Dragon Figures @ Rotofugi

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Our friends at Rotofugi have announce the December colorway of their Helper Dragon figures…Army Man Green! This nifty art toy is the perfect gift this holiday season for that friend who has everything…everything except a weird cyclops dragon toy made from an old blow-molding toy machine in Chicago.

For December 2012 we’ve taken inspiration from the classic plastic Army Man and made the Helper Dragon the same shade of green. Put a Helper Dragon under (or on) the tree this year!

Designed and sculpted by Tim Biskup, the Helper Dragon is the very first Roto-a-Matic figure. Made in a vintage Mold-a-Rama machine that we’ve rehabbed and renamed the Roto-a-Matic, the Helper Dragon is 4.5 inches of blow-molded polyethylene art! Each figure comes with it’s own Certificate of Authenticity indicating the name of the figure, name of the artist, date of manufacture and color.

About the Roto-a-Matic

The Roto-a-Matic™ began it’s life as a vintage Mold-a-Rama* machine, invented in the mid-1950’s by Tike Miller, formerly of Quincy, Illinois. If you are lucky enough to have lived in the few midwest states (as well as some parts of California and Florida) where Mold-a-Rama machines have been operating for the past 40-plus years you have probably seen one at a zoo or a museum making souvenir animals, dinosaurs and the like.

Our machine once lived in the Los Angeles Zoo where it last made kangaroos, but was retired after decades of service. We have lovingly rehabbed this machine, re-christening it The Roto-a-Matic™. Then we asked some of our artist and toy designer friends to make new sculpts for the machine so it now makes art “toys” instead of zoo souvenirs, but the spirit is still the same…visit us in Chicago, put in your token and see your toy made right before your eyes! There’s nothing better than the feel of the warm plastic as you reach into the bin to pull out your newly made treasure. We sincerely hope you enjoy this figure as much as we have enjoyed making it possible.

For more information please visit the Roto-a-Matic Project Blog at http://roto-a-matic.com.

Toy – Amazing Documentary from Grant Johnson

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“Toy” is a documentary starring Anthony Rojas. We teamed up together in another great short, this time to tell the perspective of what yo-yoing is, and how is is seen through the eyes of a champion. The film goes to show the artistic side of a common toy, which is often overlooked or not understood by the normal spectator.

– Grant Johnson

Duncan Freehand MG – SALE

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Duncan Toys has released a special “Bare Bones” version of the legendary Freehand MG yoyo for the incredibly low price of only $200…less than half of normal retail!

Offered without the custom wooden gift box and accessories, the Freehand MG Bare Bones comes only with a string and a counterweight and is available in powder-coated green or yellow.

If you’ve ever wanted one of these magnesium beauties for yourself, this is the best price you’ll ever get.

Maxim Gruzintsev wins Russian Nationals by 0.1 point!

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Just one week after Inspin, Moscow hosted Russian Nationals this weekend, and what a tough battle!

Maxim Gruzintsev, who was the runner-up at 44CLASH Moscow, and 6th at this year’s European Yo-yo Championship, came out on top just one tenth of a point ahead of Vlad Zamahaev! Their scores were 89.17 and 89.07, respectively! Check the results below!

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  1. Maxim Gruzintsev
  2. Vlad Zamahaev
  3. Maxim Shestakov
  4. Bogdan Bezugly
  5. Sergey Bandurin
  6. Igor Galiev
  7. Alexandr Pelevin
  8. Ilya Matros
  9. Ivan Maslin
  10. Gena Malinin

Thanks to YoyoFactory for the results!

Santa Claus Loves CLYW

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Santa Claus popped in to CLYW’s new office headquarters to get a peek at the new Red Blizzard Cliff. We heard he had a freestyle rap battle with Jensen before Chris kicked Mr. Claus to the curb so that they could turn the webcam back on.

Jensen won, for the record.

SPYY x TMBR EH

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 Coming soon to YoYoExpert.com!

 

 

SOLD OUT!

The EH is a run of ~40 pieces. Designed by SPYY and TMBR to match the model that Ed Haponik has thrown exclusively all year. Flat-sawn red oak, walnut axle, and type 10 cotton string….each one hand-twisted by Ed Haponik from his “Cones to Balls” cone of string. WOW. Only $35 each, and they’re moving fast!

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