YoYo Related News From Around The World
This is it! We all got the best Christmas gift we weren’t expecting! Legendary 1A artist Rodrigo Yokota (Whip) dropped this beauty to cheer this holiday season!
I’ve talked about being a trick artist before, and Whip is certainly the best example of a trick artist. His trick elements are not just randomly put together, but composed in a unique, and beautiful fashion.
Hit the full-screen button, sit back, and enjoy!
JoJoBolt.hu, a Hungarian web store, put together a great promo video for the YoYoFactory Whip featuring Daniel Budai and Gabor Boldog. It’s easy to forget, in the miles of conversation on yoyo forums about $100+ yoyos, that yoyo tech has now advanced to the point where you can hit pretty much all your tricks on a $10 and $20 plastic yoyos. Some great work in this video from Daniel and Gabor, thanks to JoJoBolt.hu for putting it together.
Charles Haycock grabs a Summit and throws down another CLYW Cabin Tutorial, this one for “Brazilian Whip Technique”. Original trick concept by Whip, music by Chase Hadden.
There’s been a lot of talk about new products from YoYoFactory since the international toy fairs in New York, Nuremburg, and Hong Kong, and we’ve finally gotten hard information on everything!
The One, WHiP, OneStar, Velocity, F.A.S.T. 201, and Loop 360 all have brand-new, beginner-centric packaging. Slip knots come pre-tied and ready for a new player, and the packaging is a noticeable departure from the look of most yoyo cards. Designed by John Huber, the new packaging looks great and once again raises the bar for industry packaging design.
The Ricochet is YoYoFactory’s first 100% titanium yoyo. Only 60% more dense than aluminum but more than 200% stronger, titanium is an expensive but excellent way to make sure you end up with a throw that will last you the rest of your life. The Ricochet will retail for between $200 – $230, and will be available from YoYoExpert and other yoyo specialty retailers. The coolest feature is the packaging…expect to see more YoYoFactory models available in these new plastic boxes, which serve as display boxes (with wall-mounting capabilities) that even lock together…so as you collect more yoyos, you build your own display case for them. Neat!
Official worldwide release date for the Ricochet is Sunday, March 17th, and each one comes with a limited edition translucent blue version of their popular multitool.
Our friend Takahiko Hasegawa is at the Hong Kong Toy Fair, and he posted these pics to his Instagram account of the new YoYoFactory packaging. He also posted a pic of a new metal yoyo that we apparently weren’t supposed to see yet, since he deleted the pictures shortly afterwards. I didn’t grab the pics immediately when I saw them, and now I don’t remember the name of the yoyo. A text message to Seth Peterson at YoYoFactory yielded this: “Wait until Toy Fair. Maybe.”
So, rumor has it YoYoFactory has a new metal yoyo coming out that is currently on display in Hong Kong and might be on display in New York in February. More info when we get it! In the meantime, dig the new YoYoFactory packaging…hats off to John Huber for another fantastic job!
UPDATE: The yoyo is called the Ricochet, and František Bína pointed out on our Facebook page that YoYoFactory posted a pic of it on their Instagram. It’s been mentioned that it’s titanium, but no one from YoYoFactory will confirm. Pic below!
