# Duncan ProYo

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-proyo/299347>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [February 26, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-proyo/299347 "2019-02-26T18:13:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-proyo/299347/1 "2019-02-26T18:13:55Z")

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When I was a kid back in the late 70s, I had a dark blue ProYo that I loved because it was a big step forward in terms of playability over an Imperial. But all detailed memories of it are long gone from my brain, and so I absolutely do not remember it having a wood bearing.

The ProYo available today (not the II or the III, just the plain old “ProYo”) has a wood bearing, but was that always the case for this throw, even in its original Playmaxx incarnation?

Is today’s ProYo the closest thing to the original in terms of design and construction?

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**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-proyo/299347/2 "2019-02-26T18:59:06Z")

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I don’t think they messed with the formula, Proyo goodness is still available at YYE

> **[Duncan Proyo](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/products/duncan-proyo-yoyo)**
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> The Proyo by Duncan is a great introductory yo-yo for players looking to just do the basics. This yo-yo does not have a ball bearing so you won't want to use this for string tricks but it is excellent for the "beginner" level.The yo-yo features a...

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**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-proyo/299347/3 "2019-02-26T20:46:36Z")

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Yohans gives a pretty in depth discussion of the proyo series here:

> [@Tom Kuhn Heirloom Box of six yo-yo history](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tom-kuhn-heirloom-box-of-six-yo-yo-history/297724/12):
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> Well well look who showed up… [IMG\_7328] It is still hard to tell what’s going on with the axle of this Pro-Yo 1. Ah wait. I took the string off and it is definitely a full metal axle, not a wood transaxle. [image] So the Pro-Yo 2 screws apart in a rational way uses a wood transaxle, not a metal axle has large wooden sides on that transaxle for a “wooden response area” In addition to verifying the metal axle, I see zero provision for any kind of response inside the pro-yo 1, no starburst …

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**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-proyo/299347/4 "2019-02-26T21:55:15Z")

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The ProYo is considered more iconic and historically significant than the Yomega Fireball, yes?

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**Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/duncan-proyo/299347/5 "2019-04-21T00:31:10Z")

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it won worlds in 1995