# Pick five yo-yos to demonstrate yo-yo history from 1950-2019?

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Here’s my choices:

1. **[Duncan Imperial wood (1954)](https://yoyo.fandom.com/wiki/Duncan_Imperial)** – I figure nothing really changed on wooden yo-yos since Flores (1928) invented the string loop on a wood axle, and the Duncan was the best known and most widely disseminated wood yo-yo, so I’m going with that.

2. **[Tom Kuhn No Jive 3-in-1 (1978)](https://yoyo.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Kuhn_No_Jive_3-in-1)** – the first “modern” wood yo-yo, it can be disassembled, has an easily replaceable axle, and even flipped to Butterfly. 🦋

3. **[Tom Kuhn SB-2 (1990)](https://yoyo.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Kuhn_Silver_Bullet_2)** – the first ball bearing all metal yo-yo with response pads (turbo disks). Shows the evolution to “wheel” geometry versus Imperial or Butterfly, too.

4. **[Turbo Bumble Bee (1997)](https://yoyo.fandom.com/wiki/ProYo_Turbo_Bumble_Bee)** – the first mainstream plastic with ball bearing and modern-ish similar-to-silicone (cork) response pads. This model is the foundation of the last yo-yo boom in 1999, but note that it’s still narrow wheel looping geometry.

5. **[Hitman (2003)](https://yoyo.fandom.com/wiki/YoYoJam_Hitman)** – the first mainstream ball bearing, silicone response, wide and _wide gap_ yo-yo, every yo-yo after this would follow in the footsteps of what the Hitman laid out.

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