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First Look – Square Wheels Plastic Prototype

March 20, 2014 By Steve Brown


We’re exciting to bring you a first look at the prototype for the new machined plastic yoyo from Square Wheels!

Square Wheels Plastic Prototype Specs:

Diameter – 57.75mm
Width – 44.00mm
Weight – 60-64g (making prototypes in various weights to get this right on)
Bearing – Size C (.250 x .500 x .187)
Response – Square Wheels Pads (19mm Slim)

Square Wheels has put a ton of thought and effort in to this, and they feel it’s a real game-changer for machined plastic yoyos. A few features they shared with us:

1. The yoyo is machined from a plastic resin that is hand mixed, degassed, and cast into bars by Jon Mackey. Since this is a hand-cast plastic, this gives them the ability to mix any color they want.

2. A unique new design for the bearing seat. Square Wheels has heard the complaints about bearings fitting too tight, too loose, and even breaking the plastic. Square Wheels has developed a new design, and will be machining their own bearing seats at near perfect tolerances…without inflating the price of the yoyo.

3. This new plastic yoyo uses a different resin formula in the rims than the body, to allow for legitimate rim weighting while maintaining even wall thicknesses and no risking the structural integrity of the yoyo. Since Square Wheels is hand-mixing and casting the resin bars themselves, they can even introduce drastically different weighting scenarios from one run to the next.

Square Wheels will be producing both bearing and fixed axle models with their proprietary resin formula. I think with this much thought going in to this new product line, we can expect some really unique things from Square Wheels. No word on price or release date, but we’ll update when we get more information.

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: exclusive, featured, first look, plastic, prototype, square wheels yoyo company

First Look – CLYW Wooly Marmot 2

March 11, 2014 By Steve Brown

CLYW Wooly Marmot 2

CLYW Wooly Marmot 2 / Artwork by Jason Week

CLYW is keeping with their new wave of “sequel” releases…revamped versions of their most popular models, redesigned for cutting edge play. The newest model to get a reboot is the Wooly Marmot, signature model of 2010 World YoYo Champion (and 2012 Sandwich Eating Champion) Jensen Kimmitt!

Jensen popped in to the One Drop machine shop on his way to the 2014 California State YoYo Contest to pick up some prototypes…and from the looks of his freestyle, they work just fine.

YoYoExpert forum member Elluzion managed to get one of these from Jensen, and snapped some great pics. No specs, price, or release info from CLYW yet, but we’ll post it when we get it!

CLYW Wooly Marmot 2 Prototype
CLYW Wooly Marmot 2 Prototype

CLYW Wooly Marmot 2 Prototype
CLYW Wooly Marmot 2 Prototype

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: clyw, featured, first look, jensen kimmitt, prototype, wooly marmot 2

More YoYoJam Prototypes Available

May 8, 2013 By Steve Brown

YoYoJam dropped some more rarities up on eBay including more Synergy prototypes and a crazy lighting prototype Dark Magic…definitely worth checking out if you’re a YoYoJam collector!

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: auction, classic, dark magic, ebay, hitman, prototype, synergy, YoYoJam

Adegle YoYos – Waiting For Someone

April 28, 2013 By Steve Brown

Adegle is showing off prototypes 1.0 and 2.0 of their Sundial yoyo in this new video, featuring players Chao-Ju Huang, Lin-Kai Huang, and Yung-Chao Su.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Video Tagged With: adegle yoyos, Chao-Ju Huang, Lin-Kai Huang, prototype, sundial, Yung-Chao Su

Behind The Scenes Video & New Kohta Watanabe Sig YoYo

January 4, 2013 By Steve Brown

Great players, great tricks, and Brandon Jackson from Duncan Toys gave us the heads up that Kohta Watanabe is throwing a prototype of his upcoming signature model!

I got Brandon on the horn, and found out that Kohta’s new signature model will be aluminum, and part of the De-Luxxe Series from Duncan, which means it will retail under $60. Tentative release is Spring/Summer 2013 but nothing is finalized. That was all the detail he could spill for the time being, but I know where he lives so I’ll stalk him until I can get more info.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Video, YoYo Drop Tagged With: aluminum, Ann Connolly, Ben Conde, deluxxe series, duncan toys, jason lee, kohta watanabe, prototype, yoyo, Zach Gormley

YoYoJam Edge Prototype on eBay (UPDATED)

December 28, 2012 By Steve Brown

Looks like Valerie from YoYoJam is selling a rare, unproduced prototype yoyo called the “Edge”
that was “designed in cooperation with Japanese players”. Was this going to be another signature model for Mickey before he left YoYoJam? (EDIT: Just got word from Takahiko Hasegawa that this was originally intended to be a signature model for Tomonori “Black” Ishiguro, but the shaped changed from what was eventually produced and offered in limited quantities at the World YoYo Contest.) No idea, but it sure is shiny and if there’s one thing we like here at YoYoNews….it’s stuff that is shiny.

Only five of these were ever produced, and this auction is for what appears to be the only one remaining in Valerie’s personal collection. The auction is only going for another day and change, so get your bids in soon!

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: auction, ebay, edge, prototype, YoYoJam

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