# Favorite Wood Yoyo from late 90's - early 2000's **URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885 **Category:** General Yo-Yo **Created:** [November 4, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885 "2013-11-04T02:26:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 8 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![SwissArmyTenor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/swissarmytenor/32/7943_2.png) [@SwissArmyTenor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SwissArmyTenor) #### Post date: [November 4, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885/1 "2013-11-04T02:26:25Z")
Some may be older yoyos that were still being sold then; others may be wooden yoyos new back then that are still being made. There are some very good, newer model (began production in the last 5 years) wood throws, but I would prefer to leave them out of this particular discussion, thanks. For me it was a Newton yoyo. I really liked it, performed well. I got another Newton recently and it doesn’t measure up, unfortunately. What’s your favorite wood from those times? ---
### Author: ![Yonut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yonut](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yonut) #### Post date: [November 4, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885/2 "2013-11-04T02:47:41Z")
I have an old Spitfire, and it is actually decent. It loops alright, and is suprisingly good at stalls. I can’t even hit Buddha’s Revenge or Kwijibo on it, though. ---
### Author: ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan) #### Post date: [November 4, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885/3 "2013-11-04T03:46:54Z")
Tom Kuhn No-Jive 3-in-1 and BC Apollo ---
### Author: ![mgiroux77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgiroux77/32/66801_2.png) [@mgiroux77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgiroux77) #### Post date: [November 4, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885/4 "2013-11-04T04:17:50Z")
My fav is my beloved 1st ever No-Jive… I got this guy when I was a freshman in HS back in 1991… I still throw it a bunch… ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/0/a/40a2ea6a7e72c69be2383114c7bb8e78c6a04ecc.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![yooldman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yooldman/32/1213_2.png) [@yooldman](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yooldman) #### Post date: [November 4, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885/5 "2013-11-04T12:48:29Z")
I’ll give the BC Apollo my vote. Even with a case full of “modern” wooden throws my Apollos still get constant use. Ain’t nothing wrong with Lightnings either. ---
### Author: ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik) #### Post date: [November 4, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885/6 "2013-11-04T13:37:28Z")
no jive is still just about my favorite yo-yo. worth noting that’s the time when production of the tom kuhn line transferred from tom’s san fransisco-based workshop to brad countryman/what’s next mfg. a lot of players note that this coincided with a significant change in shape/gap and a general decrease in consistency (though obviously higher production #'s). that said, i have a bunch of “clean machine” no jives (no finish and/or stamp) done by both brad and tom, and they’re some of my favorite yo-yo’s ever. really tough to beat that feel. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/3/7/c37451c2883f07d2937933cc652d62150fa1ddd6.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/e/b/5eb7e071221b2ae84dab8441f8287dcf9e67f752.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/f/9/bf9919686106156fecc6d03862ffb3b59d20f570.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/e/5/ce5382d3da1063b494db0ecc9a00fdca76a24d93.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![SloppyBinds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sloppybinds/32/1179_2.png) [@SloppyBinds](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SloppyBinds) #### Post date: [November 5, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885/7 "2013-11-05T07:08:22Z")
I love my BC Apollos (see avatar), and one of my BC era No-Jives (the other, not so much). I also play my Lightning a lot lately and it is my current favorite (which changes often). ---
### Author: ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426) #### Post date: [November 5, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/favorite-wood-yoyo-from-late-90s-early-2000s/60885/8 "2013-11-05T07:27:00Z")
I’ve got a selection of no-jives, BC spitfires and classics and a couple of non-take apart no-jives, as well as a few of the BC laminated versions which I’ve always found to be too heavy for my liking. I prefer the BC and TK models that don’t come apart. They just feel better to me. The spitfire really plays nice.