# Mk1 Yoyos - Official News **URL:** \ **Category:** Manufacturer Official News\ **Created:** [October 30, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446 "2018-10-30T18:23:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 57
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1129 "2024-12-28T23:33:53Z")
trick using Varya Ringbearer Ringbearer probably top 3 best mk1 yoyos ever. ---
**Author:** ![rkalajian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rkalajian/32/672584_2.png) [@rkalajian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rkalajian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1130 "2024-12-29T18:39:46Z")
![signal-2024-12-29-133629_002](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/3/b/a3b1b81efe09f03ad0f4501add01e8f3dfa8e59b.jpeg) Case aquired. Keep it secret. Keep it safe. ---
**Author:** ![Jeaves](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeaves/32/203410_2.png) [@Jeaves](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jeaves)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1131 "2025-01-14T13:17:49Z")
![1000033344](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/3/a/e3a517a4409afb2952b259468205e1a5eea4aaa7.jpeg) This yoyo is really beautiful Thank you very much for making it! ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1132 "2025-01-29T22:29:21Z")
I love working on yoyo packaging, and the Ring-Bearer carton went through a much longer process than most I’ve worked on. My earliest concept was to use a gold on black box using the hexagon shape that most of my yoyos release in. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/a/1/2a1f0881f2faee80d1220c027151eef482f4f346.jpeg) There’s also a print of the Hobbit with some cool green/blue/black/white art on it that I like a lot: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/b/f/cbf17af59312e57269c05e9fa87cce89ed5f7356.png) I shared this with Mag, they doodled up a cool concept: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/c/0/2c0b3df5e5b89fbe7d928f287a10b77f0371872c.png) Later, they had this brainstorm: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/8/0/080feaf8de2814275ac1be5071e86dd44eec11ac.png) (Sketch by Mag) I couldn’t fathom how to engineer that so we tried some more shape ideas. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/6/a/86a2bab673f29c3c4ebe3146c0f657cb7dafa5d9.png) (Sketch by Mag) I mocked it up in paper. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/5/4/d542534d38785b098f0d0819ab86a16b03d2cb4d.jpeg) Some test cuts. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/9/b/d9b16772ef5a9279bd456bc056f32be48f110fa6.jpeg) Later I realized that this couldn’t fold flat after the one glue tab is set. New idea, with mathematically allowable folding: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/e/f/fef21576a61a1777f519a0367f36e5f99fca7305.png) First test cut with packing tape window! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/8/5/1857151c3bc38184bd492e61396a7a72dc728195.jpeg) We decided that flipping it over the other way looked better. Here’s how it looks in FreeCAD. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/f/9/ff90c262899e7819e404d384bb8bd163f8301886.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/0/7/90722305da0feceeb09f8fea83d08a77c9cd8ab4.jpeg) Improving the insert: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/5/e/55e7f10e1a2e2e6afe5370df3b57e5f3a526abe9.jpeg) Here is Mag’s super important and lovely concept: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/a/b/dab48fb14d8efee5369beb578dfea1598a1a27b2.png) An early draft sliced up in Blender: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/8/1/d812f9dd02607abf4e8af04a39592bc7ba61f7eb.jpeg) I learned how to “rig” a cardboard box via youtube tutorials. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/a/9/5a9bc4981a7779d01b92708821c08fa7d6700d31.jpeg) I also bought some acetate sheet to cut test inserts out of: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/f/a/7faf2fc55d9f2e9ce6cc701154b2c017868468e0.jpeg) A really cool infographic about the plants from NZ near where they filmed the LotR trilogy: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/f/6/0f64dff621b0509b508f6f2d73b2dc1dfe8efca7.jpeg) (By Mag) These plants appear on the final box artwork! The details that changed got smaller and smaller as time went on, until this finally went to print. I only made one major mistake! I hope you can find it on the box, haha! One final photo, a stack of flat cartons: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/9/5/a952274b251390bed45ab4de252e26b9a4f6daa5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Slestak75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slestak75/32/212315_2.png) [@Slestak75](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Slestak75)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1133 "2025-01-29T23:27:50Z")
This is the only yo-yo box I’ve ever kept. And I will do my best to keep it as long as it will last. ---
**Author:** ![Retro-Yo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/retro-yo/32/595409_2.png) [@Retro-Yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Retro-Yo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1134 "2025-01-30T03:00:09Z")
Cool cool! A lot of work went into that little box. 😻 ---
**Author:** ![theyoyoarchive](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyoarchive/32/681004_2.png) [@theyoyoarchive](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theyoyoarchive)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1135 "2025-01-30T13:50:34Z")
YOINK. Going right up to the Archive. ---
**Author:** ![EOS44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eos44/32/47059_2.png) [@EOS44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/EOS44)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1136 "2025-01-30T14:35:44Z")
crazy work ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo313](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo313/32/304270_2.png) [@Yoyo313](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo313)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1137 "2025-01-31T01:42:36Z")
I really enjoyed seeing some of the behind the scenes work involved with such a cool release. Thank you for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1138 "2025-03-28T20:45:28Z")
Quick updates: Plasm has shipped to me at last. Asterisk is almost ready More “One Ring” Ring-bearers are on order, these do not have serial numbers. Friend of the team @Rageharvest_44 will be vending for MK1 at PNWR this weekend. I will personally be at cal states, as will @caralisc in a couple weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Xanadu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xanadu/32/84910_2.png) [@Xanadu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Xanadu)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1139 "2025-03-28T21:04:26Z")
Yay Plasm! ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1140 "2025-04-01T18:20:07Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/share/\_ZT1LxgnZ](https://www.instagram.com/share/_ZT1LxgnZ) ![IMG_0887](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/1/3/d13c11ecca99c69fbd6c1311b447c21b4f8c9631.jpeg) See you there! April 12th! ---
**Author:** ![JosiahR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/josiahr/32/251027_2.png) [@JosiahR](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JosiahR)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1141 "2025-04-01T18:34:19Z")
Let’s goo! I should be there! ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1142 "2025-04-02T19:30:40Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/f/a/cfaef3428873b1c6f01d10235392b51e6b2f2443.jpeg) Plasms arrived - I’ll have these at cal states! 7 fun colors! Fully responsive! Translucent! ---
**Author:** ![Captrogers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/captrogers/32/647012_2.png) [@Captrogers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Captrogers)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1143 "2025-04-02T19:32:14Z")
I’m not jealous! Your jelly. But seriously those look awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Adrielecc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adrielecc/32/628073_2.png) [@Adrielecc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Adrielecc)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1144 "2025-04-03T10:29:46Z")
Will these go up for sale in the near future? ---
**Author:** ![Jdrabik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jdrabik/32/1110_2.png) [@Jdrabik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jdrabik)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1145 "2025-04-03T17:05:37Z")
That looks cool! Is it an MR85? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1146 "2025-04-03T18:39:27Z")
Yes it is. ---
**Author:** ![megachicken289](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/megachicken289/32/260130_2.png) [@megachicken289](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/megachicken289)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1147 "2025-04-03T20:16:25Z")
1. I will buy some 2. I will throw them 3. I will buy some more 4. Repeat ---
**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446/1148 "2025-04-05T17:55:02Z")
I’m running behind on preparing them for sale, so likely 3-4 weeks after cal states. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446.md?page=56) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/mk1-yoyos-official-news/294446.md?page=58)