Yomega has (maybe?) announced that they will be releasing officially licensed Star Wars yoyos in 2013. Possibly.
UPDATE: We’ve gotten a copy of Yomega’s 2013 Wholesale Catalog and we can officially confirm that the image below IS from their catalog, but there’s no further information or images on the licensed yoyos.
This popped up on Twitter yesterday, shortly after Yomega posted a copy of their 2013 catalog on Facebook. By the time I went looking for the catalog, it had been removed…but one of Yomega’s Ambassador players grabbed this image and reposted it.
With Duncan doing so many demonstrations and promotions at Disney World in Orlando, it’s odd that the newly-acquired Star Wars license would end up with Yomega, but apparently all is fair in love, war, and yoyo licensing.
Could this be the push that Yomega needs to get back into being a major contender in the mass market yoyo industry? They’ve been making headway at Toys R Us but seem to have fallen short of reclaiming their previous industry dominance in the $10+ category at big box retailers, with Duncan scooping up the lion’s share of available peg space and even YoYoFactory beginning to make some headway.
We’ll post more details as we have them!
Will this push Yomega back into the major yoyo market? No, Disney will destroy Star Wars and Yomega, as usual, will put out a laughable product. Picturing Darth Vader Dashes or something lame like that.
I should know better than to ask rhetorical questions on the internet.
One would think so.
To play devil’s advocate here…consider every single Star Wars yoyo that has ever been released to date.
Are you really going to tell me that Yomega’s don’t play 1000x better than all of them? You might not be a fan of Yomega but at least we’re talking about perfectly good, WORKING yoyos here instead of the usual sound-and-light cheapo jobs that have been used for every other Star Wars yoyo to date. It’s a huge step up.
I think you’re right Steve. Yomega has a chance with this to get themselves back in the game proper.
I admire yomega it has been my favorite company ever since id been yoyoing 90 percent of my collection is yomega they are already up there , at leas there yoyos are worth a crap everytime i go to smyths they have yoyos there like professional yoyos like jaru i bought on for 45 p and it broke so dont hate on a company that spends time and money to make yoyos cheap and playable and durable
There are many reasons to get Star Wars yoyos, if you’re a Star Wars and yoyoing fan.
But the top one has got to be “having a YoYoda.”
(though I’d probably get something with Vader or Fett on it… I know, so typical…)