Professional YoYo Performer Justin Weber has launched an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds for a full production run of the Chameleon, his ultra-oversized yoyo designed for long-string performances. At 80.3 mm it’s the biggest yoyo available anywhere, and even if you’re not a performer you’re gonna want one of these for your collection. They look amazing! Learn more about the project below, and then click over to IndieGoGo to show your support and help Justin make his dream come true.
iYoYo Crowdfunding Campaign 1 Day Left!
German-based iYoYo has a fundraising campaign on popular crowdfunding platform IndieGoGo for their next model…an injection molded plastic yoyo called Kickstart. The Kickstart will be molded and produced entirely in Germany, which is definitely unusual for the yoyo industry…there’s just not a lot of yoyo production happening in Europe! It also features a unique spacer + shim assembly, intended to let the user choose between a wider gap (unresponsive) and narrower gap (responsive), to suit their skill level.
Check out full specs and a blow-apart diagram video of the yoyo below, and then head over to the campaign page to support the campaign and help fund this yoyo! The campaign ends in just 10 days, and they’ve added some awesome perks, including rare new versions of the popular iYoYo Steel.
iYoYo Kickstart Specs:
Diameter: 57 mm
Width (beginner mode): 41 mm
Width (pro mode): 43 mm
Weight: 64.7g
Gap (beginner mode): 2.26mm
Gap (pro mode): 4.26mm
Bearing: Centering Bearing (Size C)
Response: iYoYo Blue Pads (19mm slim)
Colors 1st run: Red, Green, Blue
iYoYo Starts Crowdfunding Campaign For New Plastic YoYo
German-based iYoYo has started a fundraising campaign on popular crowdfunding platform IndieGoGo for their next model…an injection molded plastic yoyo called Kickstart. The Kickstart will be molded and produced entirely in Germany, which is definitely unusual for the yoyo industry…there’s just not a lot of yoyo production happening in Europe! It also features a unique spacer + shim assembly, intended to let the user choose between a wider gap (unresponsive) and narrower gap (responsive), to suit their skill level.
Check out full specs and a blow-apart diagram video of the yoyo below, and then head over to the campaign page to support the campaign and help fund this yoyo!
iYoYo Kickstart Specs:
Diameter: 57 mm
Width (beginner mode): 41 mm
Width (pro mode): 43 mm
Weight: 64.7g
Gap (beginner mode): 2.26mm
Gap (pro mode): 4.26mm
Bearing: Centering Bearing (Size C)
Response: iYoYo Blue Pads (19mm slim)
Colors 1st run: Red, Green, Blue
We Are Throwers – Rebellion YoYos Giveaway!
There isn’t much time left to support the We Are Throwers documentary on IndieGoGo, but the organizers are offering up a special giveaway to sweeten the deal!
Three lucky winners who support the We Are Throwers campaign will win a FULL SET of the new Rebellion by YoYoRecreation line! Three lucky winners will each receive an Acro, Butcher, and Golyat from Rebellion, the new budget brand designed by YoYoRecreation.
Here’s what you have to do to win:
1. Contribute any amount to the We Are Throwers campaign.
2. Post the photo above on Instagram, and tag @wearethrowers, #WeAreThrowers, #RebellionYoYo & #yoyonews.
3. The organizers pick three lucky winners at the end of the campaign to receive a special prize pack with a full set of the new Rebellion yoyos!
That’s it! Super simple!
We Are Throwers Documentary on IndieGoGo
The IndieGoGo campaign for We Are Throwers is live! The race is now on to gain funding for this incredibly ambitious documentary about the modern yoyo scene, to be filmed and directed by yoyo filmmaker extraordinaire (and occasional YoYoNews contributor) Piotrek Smietana.
It seems every year some filmmaker pops up and wants to create a documentary about the yoyo scene. These are always done from an “outside looking in” perspective, and while it’s illuminating to see how the rest of the world views yoyo players it always leaves the players themselves feeling a little left out. We Are Throwers definitely aims to change that as a documentary shot entire by and for yoyo players.
The perks are fantastic…limited editions YoYoRecreation Draupnirs, one-off anodizing tests from CLYW, DVDs, shirts, and tons more items coming from manufacturers like Rebellion. There is something for everyone, and all yoyo players should be able to find a level to support and help make this love letter to the yoyo community happen.
Head over to IndieGoGo right now and pledge your support, and then share the link to get more people involved!
YoYoFactory Crowdfunding New Titanium YoYo
YoYoFactory’s Ben McPhee started testing the waters on Facebook about a new titanium yoyo, and the idea has really caught fire! What started with Ben saying “I want to make a new titanium yoyo because I want one” has turned in to a Facebook group to track the progress, CAD drawings, and an IndieGoGo page to raise funds for the project, all in just a few days. Here is what Ben had to say about the project:
My name is Ben McPhee and I work for YoYoFactory®.
We started making yoyos in 2003 and now make a wide range of fine yoyos (even if I do say so myself).
We started making yoyos because we love yoyos. We still do. We make crazy projects every now and then. YoYoFactory® made the first yoyo to spin for over 20 minutes. We helped make the biggest functioning yoyo in the world and then made the smallest functioning modern performance yoyo. (Shhh… we even have a design with an electro-pulse driven motor for even longer spins.)
Our objective today isn’t so ambitious and its purely selfish. We want fresh new titanium yo-yos to play with.
That’s it. It’s simple. Titanium yoyos are pretty cool. Titanium is very strong, allowing us to cut it thinner and achieve extreme weight distribution not possible in more common materials. Its also cool to touch and sounds AMAZING. We have made titanium yoyos before but now we want to make a full-sized competition-ready titanium yoyo. This has never been done on any significant scale.
We are seeking to raise $20,000. Because this will allow us to order enough to make it affordable to share it with you guys, our friends, and anyone else who like us, wants a new full sized titanium yoyo.
You want one too? GREAT!
Let’s do this!
You can help fund the production of this yoyo on IndieGoGo here, and you can chime in with suggestions and comments on their Facebook group here. We’ve added a widget for the project to the YoYoNews sidebar so that you can keep up with the funding progress easily. Good luck, Ben!