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Do you have three minutes and a half to watch two yo-yos? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 2016 OP
How the.... Lochloosa Oct 2016 #1
Trick strings. I'm sure. Baitball Blogger Oct 2016 #3
I was lucky if I could get one to go up and down 10 times. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2016 #2
I was so proud when i could "walk the dog". Lochloosa Oct 2016 #4
When I was a kid, Fanta had a huge promotion that used yo-yos as a giveaway. Baitball Blogger Oct 2016 #5
We called that Callmecrazy Oct 2016 #9
That's right! Baitball Blogger Oct 2016 #10
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5. When I was a kid, Fanta had a huge promotion that used yo-yos as a giveaway.
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 02:26 PM
Oct 2016

There were five tricks that were advertised. Five simple tricks. It took time, but I learned them all. The most difficult trick was the around the world, where you flipped the yo-yo and trapped it inside a triangle and watched the wheel rotate inside the triangle. I thought I was hot-stuff back then. This kid in the video must be riding a high that I can only imagine.

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