Not sure where to put this, so here goes:
Duncan, 1950s:
Durban (South Africa), 1966:
Cape Town (South Africa), 1972:
Anyone else have some iconic images they’d like to share?
Cape Town (South Africa), 1972:
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This is the perfect place for this and this is an awesome thread.
Really… no one else have anything they’d like to share here?
Incidentally, the fellow doing double-handed in the 1950s Duncan pamphlet is Jack Russell. He went on to form his own company, and Russell went on to produce over 500 million yoyos over 50+ years, in promotions in over 90 countries.
At the time Duncan had a trademark on the term “yo-yo”.
Royal produced yoyos that had the trademarked term and Duncan took them to court. Royal argued that “yo-yo” was a generic term. Duncan lost the case and it almost bankrupted the company.
I’m Glad they kept going