# Introduce Yourself! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [October 16, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51 "2008-10-16T01:59:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7114
**Author:** ![mongreldog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mongreldog/32/129011_2.png) [@mongreldog](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mongreldog)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51/7114 "2021-06-16T23:19:34Z")
Hi all, I am a new member here, but just a basic yoyo player. My involvement in the yoyo community started when I was employed in a small yoyo shop called Yomega yoyos in Fall River, Ma. I worked in shipping, could see the demand worldwide. Yomega introduced their Metallic Missle aluminum yoyo after 3 years developement and it was nice, but fragile. It was very unforgiving of an overlong string and a cement floor. Chris Ciosek totaled one in the shipping area that way. Anyway, it got me thinking that I could make a better metal yoyo. Using round aluminum stock and my stepfather’s South Bend lathe I developed and discarded several prototypes till I had a very good one. This took me about 3 months in the early 90s. People I showed them to, begged me to sell them one. Anyway, I had 100 made by CNC from my prototypes as a first run, intending to make any needed tweaks before full production. I had a financial backer/partner who made some decisions that I wouldn’t have. For instance, the colored O ring edge protectors. My aim was to make these yoyos durable,fast and affordable. I said “Use easily replaced black rubber O rings, available cheap everywhere.” (That’s what I have on my personal ones.) Anyway, the project ran out of money, at the point of packaging. At that point, I said, “Put them in a plastic bag with cardboard.” Vetoed. They said “It has to go in something nice.” I said, “People ain’t buying the packaging, but the yoyo.” Personally, if I wanted one, I would buy it in a paper sack, but a gold trimmed velvet sack wouldn’t induce me to buy the turd therein ." A velvet bag was kicked around for a while , but the funding dried up, and the end result was I was left with 100 custom designed aluminum, roller bearing yoyos, 10,000 high quality combed cotton Mexican strings and $10,000.00 gone from my meager Life savings. I am currently moving cross country and everything is packed, but will post many more photos when I am settled in my new home. Thanks for listening all, when I get settled, I will have good quality yoyo string for sale, possibly some Joyos,lol. God bless. ![IMG_2811](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/a/9/9a9085bf95a997696c58f1aa05d6c2a3443d375f.jpeg) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/introduce-yourself/51)._