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Armie Hammer Thinks I’m Interesting

February 12, 2018 By Steve Brown

A while back some of you might remember that I worked on Disney’s The Lone Ranger with Armie Hammer, Johnny Depp, and Tom Wilkinson. It was a pretty good time, you can read more about it here.

Well, Armie Hammer is currently doing a press tour for his new film, Call Me By Your Name, and was asked “Who is the most interesting person you’ve met, in your life?” and surprisingly enough the answer is…me!

(It starts at 4:26, in case the video doesn’t jump to the right spot.)

I’m more than a little gobsmacked by this, but it’s really kind of Armie to remember me. We hung out a fair bit during filming for The Lone Ranger and had a really good time throwing yoyos on set during the down time. And when you are making a movie, there is always a TON of down time.

And Reddit user u/suburiboy found this clip on the Disney website, which I’ve never seen! It was filmed, I was told, to be used as a bonus feature on the DVD/Blu-Ray release but I guess that never happened. Glad that Disney finally uploaded the footage, though. Maybe now my kids will think I’m cool. (Probably not).


Yo-Yo – The Lone Ranger Behind the Scenes

Filed Under: Featured, Video Tagged With: armie hammer, call my by your name, disney, johnny depp, steve brown, the lone ranger, tom wilkinson, yoyo tricks, yoyo video

Brandon Jackson Leaves Duncan Toys

November 5, 2014 By Steve Brown

Brandon Jackson

Photo by Rafael Matsunaga

Late last night, YoYoNews learned that Brandon Jackson is no longer employed by Duncan Toys.

Brandon joined Duncan Toys in the role of National Sales & Marketing Coordinator in September 2009, and quickly began working to help the brand recover from the three-year gap when that position was empty. He took the reigns of the “Duncan Crew” team of sponsored players, and traveled the world working to promote the Duncan brand and product line at contests, retailers, and trade events. In December of 2013, Brandon moved from Duncan’s offices in Ohio to Orlando, Florida to manage Duncan’s retail kiosk at Downtown Disney and help manage their Alliance Partnership with Disney. With that move, Brandon’s job title changed to Regional Sales Manager, and National YoYo Champion Augie Fash was hired to move to Ohio and fill the role of National Sales & Marketing Coordinator at the Duncan office.

Brandon did not give any reasons for the parting, and Duncan Toys could not be reached for comment, but you can read Brandon’s official statement below. YoYoNews wishes Brandon all our best in his future endeavors!

Well, after five fun filled years…I am no longer employed by Duncan Toys (Flambeau Inc). I am sad, but I had a lot of fun working for and growing the brand that I have loved since I was a child. I wouldn’t trade the past five years for anything. I know that I was able to help the company accomplish many things and I am very grateful for the experiences and knowledge I gained along the way. My separation from the company was purely financial and I can keep my chin up knowing that I haven’t done anything wrong, they just couldn’t afford to keep me around.

Whats next for Bojack? Not sure yet. But I’m looking forward to it!

Filed Under: General News, Manufacturer Tagged With: Brandon Jackson, disney, downtown disney, duncan toys, featured, orlando

Duncan West Coast YoYo Championship

September 12, 2014 By YoYoNews

2014 West Coast YoYo Championship

Duncan Toys is hosting the 2014 West Coast YoYo Championship tomorrow at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California and some of the top name players are going to be there! Duncan Toys is putting up almost $3,000 in cash prizes for the winners, and some of the best players in the contest scene will be there competing for top placements and a chance to be seeded to Finals at the 2014 US National YoYo Contest in Chico, California!

2014 West Coast YoYo Championship

 

Current World YoYo Champion Gentry Stein will be in attendance, and serving as a judge for the event. Registered competitors include:

  • National Champion Sebastian Brock
  • World Champion Michael Nakamura
  • California State & BAC Champion Anthony Rojas
  • World & National Champion Tyler Severance
  • National Champion Patrick Mitchell
  • National Champion Patrick Borgerding
  • National Champion Alex Hattori
  • National Champion Ian Johnson
  • and 4x Philippines National Champion and 2x Asia-Pacific Champion, Bryan Jardin!

Full details for the competition are online at WestCoastYoYo.com…see you there!

 

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: anaheim, disney, downtown disney, duncan toys, west coast yoyo championship

2014 International YoYo Championship – Full Results

August 2, 2014 By Chris Mikulin

IYYC-1A

Congratulations to Duncan Toys on their first successful International YoYo Championship…they’ve set the bar pretty high with this amazing invitational contest! Check out full results and video of the winners below!

1A Division

1st Place – Luis Enrique – 86.9

2nd Place – Zach Gormley – 84.6

3rd Place – Sebastian Brock – 81.9

4th Place – Janos Karancz – 81.3
5th Place – Anthony Rojas – 76.9
6th Place – Tylor Mccallumore – 76.3
7th Place – Pall Gudmundsson – 76.3
8th Place – Michael Ferdico – 74.8
9th Place – Paulo Bueno – 73.1
10th Place – Eric Koloski – 72.2
11th Place – Isaac Sams – 70.1
12th Place – Paul Kerbel – 62.4
13th Place – Ian Clark – 62.3
14th Place – Petr Kavka – 59.5
15th Place – Eric Tranton – 56.6
16th Place – Shane Lubecker – 54.8
17th Place – Ky Zizan – 51.3
18th Place – Robbie Graham – 51.3
19th Place – Daniel Dietz – 47.1
20th Place – Ben Fiore – 42.8

2A Division

1st Place – Shinji Saito – 93.6

2nd Place – Shu Takada – 88.7

3rd Place – Ryuya Kaneki – 55.9

4th Place – Ben McPhee – 22.2
5th Place – Mai Kurihara – 21.1
6th Place – Alif Izwan – 0.0

3A Division

1st Place – Hank Freeman – 82.8

2nd Place – Alex Hattori – 70.9

3rd Place – Eric Tranton – 70.4

4th Place – Taiichiro Higashi – 54.0
5th Place – Alex Curfman – 47.1
6th Place – Alif Izwan – -6.2

4A Division

1st Place – Ian Johnson – 82.9

2nd Place – Ben Conde – 75.3

3rd Place – John Narum – 64.2

4th Place – Sean Perez – 56.4
5th Place – Tylor McCallumore – 49.6
6th Place – Alex Lee – 35.1
7th Place – Alif Izwan – 19.3

5A Division

1st Place – Samm Scott – 80.6

2nd Place – Tyler Severance – 77.4

3rd Place – Bryan Jardin – 73.4

4th Place – Petr Kavka – 69.8
5th Place – Chase Baxter – 69.4
6th Place – David Molnar – 65.8
7th Place – Jonathan Robinson – 50.6
8th Place – Robbie Graham – 47.9
9th Place – Noel Kunz – 41.6
10th Place – Alif Izwan – 36.2
11th Place – Uri Gottschalk – 22.9

IYYC2014-result

Filed Under: Contests, Video Tagged With: disney, Duncan, featured, hosue of blues, international yoyo championship, iyyc, orlando, results, video

YoYoNews x CLYW – IYYC Mickey Glove Challenge

August 1, 2014 By Steve Brown

YoYoNews x CLYW - Mickey Glove Challenge

 

Chris Mikulin of CLYW is our official YoYoNews correspondent for the International YoYo Championship! He’ll be updating the YoYoNews Instagram, FB, and Twitter accounts with live details from the event for the next two days.

In addition to keeping you posted on the latest and greatest happening at the event, he’s also filming for the CLYW x YoYoNews Mickey Glove Challenge! Chris will be filming players doing one trick with the magical gloves on. Videos will be posted on our Instagram account, and the player who gets the most likes on their video will WIN $100 at the end of the day on Saturday! Follow YoYoNews on Instagram and like your favorites!

Filed Under: Contests, Players, Video Tagged With: clyw, disney, duncan toys, featured, instagram, iternational yoyo championship, iyyc, mickey glove, YoYoNews

Yomega To Release Star Wars Licensed YoYo (UDPATED)

January 23, 2013 By Steve Brown

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.

Twitter Yomega Star Wars

Star Wars YoYo

 

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!

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: disney, duncan toys, featured, license, licensing, lucasfilm, star wars, yomega, yoyo, yoyofactory

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