They were probably using a Satellite which lights-up and is heavy. If you can send a picture I bet someone can identify your grandfathers yoyo. Anyway, welcome!
my name is scottā¦ iām a late bloomer yoyo playerā¦ love collecting and learning new tricksā¦
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Hey Iām Sam
I like the ELIM and KODIAK
7th 11 and 12 year old in USA as of 2017
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hello everyone .i dont play yoyo now !!because I have no timefor this because i pass the university .i came here because i want to sell my collection in a good price ! because i need some money for my studies!!!and i want my collection to be given to someone who will be happy!!! sorry my english is not good 
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Hi everyone, Iām Ted and Iāve recently returned to throwing yoyos after a long long break. I recently found a shoebox with all my old yoyos from the 90ās: my Raider, Fireball, Rengade, Tornado, a couple Turbo Bees, a Phantom, a sweet No Jive, and a beaten but well loved Da Bomb. My first intro to unresponsive was in 1999 with my Renegade and its unlubed bearing (it just pissed me off because I didnāt know how to bind). So, after finding old yoyos in the closet, I decided to learn unresponsive throws. I bought a Protostar, a Shutter and an Edge (which I love) but then discovered that there is this FANTASTIC yoyo manufacturer here in Oregon. So now Iām collecting as many One Drops as I can afford.
Hi,
Iām an old guy who started yoyoing back in the 1970ās. Back then my favorite yoyos were the Duncan Special and Professional. Today I like Yomega Fireballs modified with Duncan or Raider guts and Raiders. Can anyone help me find out how to determine the production dates of older Yomega Fireballs and Raiders?
Sounds like you have come to play. from one old guy to another: WELCOME!
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Yeah, I really enjoy doing looping tricks. I just started working on looping with my left hand. I really like the feel and performance of Raiders and Fireballs. Iāve picked up several used yoyos recently and wanted to find out when they were made. Thanks for the kind words.
Hello! I am Yoon Jeihwan and I am from Korea now studying in the USA 
I have been playing yoyo for about 4 years and am hoping to meet some new players here in the US.
If anyone know some meeting in the Los Angeles area in California please do contact me! My main yoyo right now is the St.Elmo and the C3 Radius. Nice to meet everyone!
Hi, I have been YoYoing for 2 months and my new club suggested that I get an account on here, i use a Magic Yoyo n11, and my favorite yoyo is the Elite(I tried someone elseās.)
The leader of my club is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJT5qwrkkSp_bSs5NEwcDiA
My favorite player is POLO.
Hey, folks. A little about me. I guess Iād be a bit of an old fart if my assumptions about the current crowd are even close to accurate. I just recently picked a yoyo up again (two weeks ago) and it seems a lot different from when I had one last. I was 15 and it was a Bumblebee. I thought that yoyo was the best thing and I thought I was at least above average with it. A lot has changed in the last 18 years. Iām relearning everything. I canāt even get the thing to sleep straight every time, yet. But it did spark my interest again and Iāve spent the last two weeks watching trick videos and tutorials and looking at yoyos. Thereās a lot more info now that the internet is in my hand. No more trying to decipher a trick book, lol. Iāve also learned that the tricks I thought were cool, more advanced tricks are just basics and that not only am I not awesome, I never was, lol. Itās very humbling.
The reason Iām here is because I need a cheaper hobby to occupy my time. I guess Iām a bit of and odd duck in my crowd. Most of my friends and coworkers are into normal things like sports and fantasy leagues. I play paintball. Iām obsessed with it. I sold my television and Xbox a while back when funds were tight. The obsession with paintball is so severe that every time Iāve got money saved for a new television, I buy paintball stuff. But that hobby gets really expensive really fast. And I also started a new job that has me working every weekend and so when the fields are open, Iām not available. They gave us Target gift cards at work for Christmas and when I went to spend mine, I found a Duncan Butterfly XT. In a āwhy notā nostalgic moment, I bought it. I canāt hit the old tricks every time but I could hit them enough that I started playing more. Thatās when the google searching came. Now Iām here. The XT is fun but I feel like I wanna go further than it can. For $5, I donāt hate it. But I want slightly nicer. Iām looking at a Sage and whatever the one with the adjusters on the sides is. Iām working on a breakaway throw and The Man On The Flying Trapeze so that I can start playing in limited space.
Iām looking forward to getting back into this again. Sorry for the WOT.
Old guys are welcome here! I know, Iām one 
Want a nicer throw thatās affordable? Check out the Recess First Base. Itās a plastic throw and comes with two bearings. One is narrow for tug response play and the other is wide for modern unresponsive play. $20 at YoYoExpert. Great throw for the money. Grab some extra strings and have a blast!
Weāre not happy until youāre not happy! *<B{Q>
Got a suggestion right out of the gate. Iām definitely gonna look that up. The reason Iām looking at the ones I am is because (if you didnāt already guess) the Sage is the one in a bunch of the videos Iāve been watching and the other one has a neat gimmick. I likes me a cool gimmick. I think thatās why that iCEBERG thing is so pretty to me. Just āspensive.
I do like the looks of the aluminum yoyos. I just hate the idea of smacking it on the ground or launching it off a broken string. Got any suggestion for noobās first metal yoyo? Ya know, for āOoh, shinyā sakes.
Donāt be sorry. Odd Ducks and Old Farts are welcome here.
I was just apologizing for the wall of text, lol. Now I gotta go sticky searching and see if thereās a sticky for intermediate yo-yos. I should probably go through the forum rules again, just to make sure Iām not committing any faux pas.
Name: John Benedict Lu
Nickname: JB
Birthday: January 21, 1989
Country: Philippines
Nationality: Filipino
Started playing yoyo: 2007
Skill Level: 3
Current Yoyo: Wedge, Loop720, Empty
Favorite Yoyo: Wedge
Favorite Player: Shu Takada
Playing Style: 1A,2A
Factors that drove me deeper in yoyoing: being able to learn a new skill
Hi my name is Adrian. Iām sponsored by Mythril yoyos. I like playing PokĆ©mon and making videos. My favorite yo-yo is the zeppelin or the monolith. And my favorite trick is suicide. And Iāve been buying from yoyoexpert for a while. I used to have an account but I totally forgot my username
Ummm, howās about this oneā¦
Yeah thatās my old one.
Hey guys! Another Old Fart here 
. I used to throw in school back in the 90s and though I never did anything other than the basics (Walk The Dog, Around The World) I loved how it felt to throw and catch a yo-yo.
I bought a Duncan Imperial on a lark at a friendās game store when visiting my alma mater and rediscovered that love. Soon bought a Shutter but got frustrated with binding, so I put the hobby down for another year until I discovered OneDrop through their Trillium fidget spinner. Ended up snagging a Deep State and then the Sage and Recess First Base. Been throwing for a few months now thanks to YYE and YoTricksās great tutorial series.
I joined the YYE forums because this and the r/throwers subreddit seem to be the two most active yoyo communities.
Iām still working on the basics. For front style, I can do up to Split the Atom and Iām debating working on pinwheel/braintwister combos next. For side style, I can land the trapeze (though still too inconsistently for my tastes) and double-on/triple-on but thatās about it (canāt even bind off the trapeze yet).
Iām primarily interested in 1A and 5A (though 4A looks really cool, too).
Favorite throws are the Sage (it just clicked for me for some reason in a way the First Base didnāt), my YYF Superstar Pivot from the YoYoExpert Mystery Box #3, and whatever happens to be in my hand cuz best yo is the one you throw 
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Iām in the greater NYC area.