Hi all! 
This intro may be a little late. I’ve already been actively buying here for a few months, so some of you may recognize me. 
I started yo-yoing around 2005, when YoYoJam was my gateway into the hobby. Back then, I could only drool over SPYY, Anti-Yo, and ILYY. They were hard to find where I lived and far beyond my teenage budget. As a small-town kid with an unusual hobby, I became a bit of a local curiosity. I even appeared in a local newspaper and performed at events and parties for very little pay, all of which, naturally went toward more yoyos.
Around 2015, life happened and I gradually drifted away. The competitive scene began to feel repetitive. And I missed the excitement of waiting for each year’s WYYC videos to see someone revealing something I never knew was possible. John Ando’s 2008 freestyle is still my all-time favorite.
I also started hanging out with the “wrong crowd”, the kind who thought yoyo wasn’t cool. 
By then, I had collected more than 100 yoyos, with Japanese high-ends being my main thing. I packed them into cases and stored them at the bottom of my wardrobe. Thankfully, I never sold them, although most of the boxes disappeared through several moves.
Fast-forward to 2026. I’m married, life has moved on, and one weekend I was spring-cleaning when I rediscovered those forgotten cases. The moment I opened them, years of memories came rushing back 
I picked up my Anglam, my favorite from back then. And discovered that my muscle memory hadn’t abandoned me. I could still run through Hiroyuki’s speed combo flawlessly. My wife was surprised, not only by the skill, but also by what she thinks an insane number of yoyos for one person to own.
That weekend, I did a ton of research into the modern yoyo world, and did a shopping spree to update my collection. My first instinct was to log into YoyoNation, only to find that it no longer existed. That eventually brought me to the YoyoExpert forum.
3 months later, my collection had grown from 100+ to more than 200 
My wife is not happy about the pace, but she has been wonderfully supportive. One day she said, “It’s such a waste to keep all these yoyos hidden in random cases. Let’s build something to organize them!” We initially considered a transparent wall display, but displaying 200 yoyos would require a wall we simply don’t have. So, we built this custom storage system using modular stackable drawers and foam inserts:
20 years after I first picked up a YoyoJam, I feel like that excited small-town kid again, only now I can finally own the yoyos I once dreamed about. I’m glad to have found this community, and I look forward to sharing the next chapter of the collection with all of you 
