# Return Bottoms aka Sickburn Yo-Yo Workshop News and Updates **URL:** \ **Category:** Up & Coming Manufacturers\ **Created:** [July 25, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149 "2025-07-25T20:50:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1042 "2026-08-12T18:31:15Z")
My $1 bearings are kind of a hot seller. Anyone have any bearings they find hard to source or overpriced? I’m putting together a new order with the factory and wasn’t sure if there was anything folks are having a hard time finding and would appreciate a reliable and affordable source for. Greased and sealed A bearings? One dollar 10 ball unresponsive flats? Half specs? Putting together an order with the factory. Figured I could poll folks informally and see if there are any struggles I can help out with. I don’t think I can get U grooves except for C bearings but anything flat and either unresponsive or greased and rubber sealed is on the table. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1043 "2026-08-12T18:34:41Z")
Half specs are a tad scarce. ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1044 "2026-08-12T18:38:12Z")
I’ll add half specs to the order. Probably end up costing a buck like the others. ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1045 "2026-08-12T18:40:43Z")
Agreed, it does play well! ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1046 "2026-08-12T18:49:33Z")
I did sort the trash grades by order of quality and have been handing out the better ones as freebies and slowly working my way down. Eventually you’ll be getting some really weird ones as freebies :joy: ---
**Author:** ![yoyoknight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoknight/32/67706_2.png) [@yoyoknight](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoknight)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1047 "2026-08-12T19:15:04Z")
What is the diameter of these? Are they minis too? ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1048 "2026-08-12T20:03:15Z")
No these are full size, 55 mm diameter. ---
**Author:** ![Son-of-Morris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/son-of-morris/32/250533_2.png) [@Son-of-Morris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Son-of-Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1049 "2026-08-13T02:21:07Z")
Cross-post on the Plump v2 testing, just for historical purposes. 🙂 > [@Let's Get Plumpy! (SoM Return Bottoms Signature)](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/lets-get-plumpy-som-return-bottoms-signature/443419/90): > > It’s time for a massive update! Plumpy V2 Testing! We’ve arrived, case closed, pack it up, this is it! When @AudreySickburn at Return Bottoms dropped the V1 prototype in my lap, they practically nailed my dream on the first try. But V2 is where the slight fine-tuned mad scientist magic really happened. I wanted a yoyo that didn’t really exist in the current marketplace (or even much in the past). As an old-head who loves oversized, bubbly, schoolyard-legend throws, and who occasionally likes t… ---
**Author:** ![Number44](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/number44/32/696970_2.png) [@Number44](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Number44)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1050 "2026-08-13T12:52:35Z")
More balls. Always more balls. Considering I don’t have any anymore, one can never have enough. ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1051 "2026-08-19T05:00:23Z")
[https://youtube.com/shorts/mU0l3qPpC5M](https://youtube.com/shorts/mU0l3qPpC5M?si=s-xf2l4_GQPYJuAC) ---
**Author:** ![cowmamba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cowmamba/32/270859_2.png) [@cowmamba](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cowmamba)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1052 "2026-08-21T02:49:16Z")
The laser engraving on the bottom side is hilarious and ingenious! I don’t think FD even thought of that haha! So many possibilities for cool artwork for translucent yoyos. ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1053 "2026-08-21T03:03:41Z")
Yes I am considering if these sell well, doing a run of “clearamels” in clear PC some day. Would be fun for engravings. Or I have a second STEM based Ultem design in the works that is considerably wider and I have some fun engraving ideas for it. ---
**Author:** ![cowmamba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cowmamba/32/270859_2.png) [@cowmamba](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cowmamba)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1054 "2026-08-21T03:27:07Z")
> [@AudreySickburn](#): > > I have a second STEM based Ultem design in the works that is considerably wider and I have some fun engraving ideas for it. Oh heck yeah! Love the sounds of this! ---
**Author:** ![yoyoknight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoknight/32/67706_2.png) [@yoyoknight](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoknight)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1055 "2026-08-21T03:37:29Z")
I agree the engraving looks so cool through the caramels. I also love that your using stem kits. Did you just do a custom order with FD to get them? I haven’t seen them instock for a long time. I thought maybe they stopped making them. They were great to experiment with in 3D printing. I have D and C kits but would love to get an A kit. ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1056 "2026-08-21T04:05:35Z")
Yes, I contacted Arthur directly and ordered 100 C bearing stem kits! He is like super busy and traveling a lot, so some correspondence with him took a little while. I love the stems! They are what got me into designing yo-yos in the first place, my first design used stems. ---
**Author:** ![AudreySickburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/audreysickburn/32/313292_2.png) [@AudreySickburn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AudreySickburn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1057 "2026-08-21T04:11:12Z")
I’ll show you the render then. It only exists right now as a cad sketch and render. Probably gonna prototype it in a month maybe? Maybe sooner idk. Whenever the itch hits. It’s named Chicken Pot Pie. It’s big. 60 mm diameter, 53 mm width. 61 ish grams by my estimate. Maybe a little heavier. Intended to be an unresponsive focused Ultem follow up to the Dirty Caramel. It has big ol fat ultem rims. I was thinking of doing like a chicken sketch on the hubs and doing a pie on the underside of the stem seat to show through, surrounding the chicken. ![IMG_2962](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/c/d/bcd959e8042e7de4efb4d381167e437b028adcf6.jpeg) ![IMG_2960](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/f/8/1f8c1d726adec94e66c1a0eaa515a18bbe362a6a.jpeg) ![IMG_2961](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/8/0/580d5ce10ce6fa6f934cf3e75bc19bd3c3ee246d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Throws\_Of\_Yo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/the_throws_of_yo/32/664670_2.png) [@The\_Throws\_Of\_Yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/The_Throws_Of_Yo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1058 "2026-08-21T04:29:30Z")
Wowsers! This would probably get me over the line to fork out for the ridiculous postage cost to Australia, and finally get a Sickburn throw in the collection! Up that to definately over the line if was available in a sub 50mm width! Keep up the good work Andy! ---
**Author:** ![SlowThrow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/slowthrow/32/307451_2.png) [@SlowThrow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlowThrow)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1059 "2026-08-21T04:31:29Z")
A mini version, the Chicken Hot Pocket? ---
**Author:** ![Son-of-Morris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/son-of-morris/32/250533_2.png) [@Son-of-Morris](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Son-of-Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1060 "2026-08-21T06:08:22Z")
This is absolutely fantastic. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/2/7/527b18ebb622c92a025ae095a9eee4ddda5cb9f7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bznalcapone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bznalcapone/32/691806_2.png) [@Bznalcapone](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bznalcapone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149/1061 "2026-08-21T13:15:34Z")
I kind of like this one a lot. I’m not really a big fan of anything plastic. Kind of just stick with the metals but I think this one might be my first one. I would possibly be up for a chicken pot pie [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149.md?page=52) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/return-bottoms-aka-sickburn-yo-yo-workshop-news-and-updates/430149.md?page=54)