# Origin of "Unknown" yo-yo branding? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [March 4, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626 "2019-03-04T22:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/21 "2019-03-08T11:01:24Z")
![155204284496378197850099801874](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/8/4/984ded35b6ecb36737cb1dd9bea23b93d4b22a2a.jpeg) My Unknown JT FiReal. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/22 "2019-03-08T11:26:21Z")
Bryan is one of the coolest, most humble, and most creative yoyoers ever. And his minimalist design approach is super inspiring and lends itself really well to classy yoyo engravings. I reeeeeeally miss this kuntosh! [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/c/2/5c2a2b22fb1cd6ccd8b0dcff60b5cb188e2b6829.jpeg "kuntosh spirograph 🌀") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKKT7_66WYU) Also the Diesis he did for CoreCo might be the wildest of the unknown variations: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/3X/7/2/72f18602256b38a5872a4544634babd2b90f9caf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yofanatic05](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yofanatic05/32/35770_2.png) [@yofanatic05](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yofanatic05)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/23 "2019-03-10T21:10:50Z")
The Ignition has a new unknown thingie: ![08%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/a/c/eac8b09556a07062dba392382bad5bcbfd0b64fd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yofanatic05](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yofanatic05/32/35770_2.png) [@yofanatic05](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yofanatic05)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/24 "2019-03-12T14:06:31Z")
Just saw this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/9/4/494243e63252cd5c89682005df10c4107cac0607.png) Thanks to @Damb ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/25 "2019-03-13T07:56:33Z")
Here’s another on the SF Statement ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/3/7/2377ce94e1703ca848ff023f50b11fd72d7e01dc.jpeg) 50.0755° N, 14.4378° E :thinking: Google Maps [says](https://www.google.com/maps/place/50%C2%B004'31.8%22N+14%C2%B026'16.1%22E/@50.0755121,14.4359422,17.84z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d50.0755!4d14.4378) that’s a location in Prague ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/a/2/9a2cb0b70f0959feae2a937b111a12586ed05ef4.png) Looking at Street View, it’s a Catholic church on one side and [this building](https://www.nardum.cz/en/) on the other, the National House of Vinohrady. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/e/3/ce30cf660ef84fbb05ccf329f436c2d8220f4147.jpeg) > The Neo-renaissance building - National House of Vinohrady was built in 1894. Together with the Vinohrady Theater and St. Ludmila church it is one of the dominant buildings on Namesti Miru square. Namesti Miru is sqare in the center of Prague, close to Wenceslav Square… ---
**Author:** ![anon24651](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@anon24651](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon24651)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/26 "2019-03-13T09:17:30Z")
it came from Adobe Illustrator. the logo has something to do with eleven or one. ---
**Author:** ![eternalmetal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/eternalmetal/32/44877_2.png) [@eternalmetal](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/eternalmetal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/27 "2019-03-13T14:36:36Z")
I thought it was stylized 1’s in the letters of U and N, to represent “unknown”. Or at least that is what it looks like. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/28 "2019-07-26T08:09:50Z")
Has there been an “unknown” plastic before? This is the SF PLSTC ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/7/e/e7efe709d4e68776434c3b1519077fcb65f9a86b.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/f/9/5f93a1e223c2b291c888aaba020c712205b23c42.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![skklexie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skklexie/32/42925_2.png) [@skklexie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skklexie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/29 "2019-07-26T08:17:36Z")
think there was a Japan Technology premium Linkx ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/30 "2019-07-26T08:18:09Z")
Oh yeah, good call, but that was kind of a hybrid since it had a full metal center. ---
**Author:** ![skklexie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skklexie/32/42925_2.png) [@skklexie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skklexie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/31 "2019-07-26T08:19:30Z")
ah my bad, i remember seeing it at AP2019 but i never read any descriptions of the yoyo. sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Ajolivarez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ajolivarez/32/75204_2.png) [@Ajolivarez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ajolivarez)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/32 "2019-08-01T04:23:08Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/3X/2/b/2bf27cb834c0ac268b061858781f0522b1a0509e.jpeg) @codinghorror These are some of them. 22 out of the 25 that have released thus far…got this number from my own research, so I could be wrong SF PLSTC is on its way courtesy of @YoYoExpert ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/33 "2019-08-01T04:36:40Z")
This. Is. Amazing. 🙌 ---
**Author:** ![Ajolivarez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ajolivarez/32/75204_2.png) [@Ajolivarez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ajolivarez)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/34 "2019-08-01T04:39:50Z")
Trevor Janvier should also have a very comparable unknown collection with a very nice and rare linkx ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/35 "2019-08-01T04:40:03Z")
Have him post pics here! ---
**Author:** ![Ajolivarez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ajolivarez/32/75204_2.png) [@Ajolivarez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ajolivarez)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/36 "2019-08-01T04:55:35Z")
Beautiful Hashtag @yoyodoc. ---
**Author:** ![Imdavid122](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/imdavid122/32/87913_2.png) [@Imdavid122](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Imdavid122)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/37 "2019-08-01T05:18:47Z")
Unknown yoyos are cool cool ---
**Author:** ![kevinm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kevinm/32/697_2.png) [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/38 "2019-08-01T13:52:37Z")
MadHouse had it right. ![e61f5db7523272cefe55c3d6932ea2a84bdfef60_2_748x748](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/b/3/cb3cd49a5340acc42268dd3eadbd6971158c32eb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/39 "2019-08-01T14:03:32Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > So… wait… all these different brands (just in _those_ pics from the first post we have SF, TopYo, Core, Japan Tech) cleared that usage with Bryan? They’re all collabs with Bryan. He does the design work for these companies “Unknown” editions. There is a really cool Unknown edition coming out soon, can’t talk about it, but it’s pretty rad! The Duncan Bassacuda is one of my favorites, kick myself for letting it go 🤦‍♂️ Also, Bryan is an amazing yoyoer: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/0/3/8037368b4cb6c3ff86aecf9021674821efe33717.jpeg "Memory Dump vol. 1 - Bryan Figueroa [#sectory]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFE3NYmEwww) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/3/8/638a352921553a1ca549449d5d2a3c115af91745.jpeg "Memory Dump vol. 2 - Bryan Figueroa") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxkpQnFWZQw) ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/origin-of-unknown-yo-yo-branding/299626/40 "2019-08-01T22:11:57Z")
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