First off I want to say thank you to everyone who made a purchase from my post. Second I want say thank you to everyone who sold these very special throws to me in the first place. All of you helped me build an amazing collection and Im truly thankful. This goes to show how great our community is. As I said in my for sale post, I wont ever purchase another throw again but Ill never stop throwing the few I saved for myself. I started this hobby when I was 19 or so in Tucson Arizona. To you older throwers you will remember that is the home town of Playmaxx. In my opinion the reason the yoyo world had its second boom. Turbo Bumble Bee was the must have throw around. 2002 was the year I believe. It was when I visited a shopping mall and saw a guy selling and throwing a Turbo Bumble Bee. That very second I was hooked. I couldnt believe the tricks he was preforming. Today they are mostly forgotten but they are the start to most every 1a trick out there. Tricks like Cold Fusion, Atomic Bomb, or just some Barrel Rolls. I purchased one right there right then. He showed me Man on the Trapeze and said practice that for one week and return so he could teach me more tricks. The rest was history. From then on you wouldnt see me ever without a throw on me somewhere. I went through the plastics phase with Yomega and Duncan, and when Aluminum throws came oh man was that a fun time. The boom was nuts. I had just about every Dif-e-Yo, ILYY, and Antiyo. Oxygen were my favorite back then and are my go 2 throws currently. When Youtube popped off that made for incredible videos of showing off or teaching. I remember waiting daily for Jonnie Delvalle and Andre Boulay. Getting together at parks with friends and trying to learn the tricks from the videos. Then later on I started going to contests just to watch the pros and having the time of my life. My fondest memory is from 2005 where my buddy and I flew to Orlando to go to Worlds. Hiroyuki Suzuki , A.K.A. “Mickey” was freaking nuts to see perform in person. He is so fast its just a blur. There were so many pros I got to meet, talk to, and throw with. If you ever have the chance Please Go to Worlds if you can. Trust me you will love it! When I saw my favorite thrower I count believe it. I was so stoked to watch him. Augie Fash hands down my fav. He was the whip and suicide king. Augie if you are out there thank you for being awesome. He could throw combos of just different types of whips in a row. Blew my mind. If you havent heard of him please Youtube ASAP. Later on in life I slowed down but always threw when I could. Then Ti throws came out and sucked me back in lol. Tricks got more crazy and the players skills went through the roof. Yoyoing seems to have no limit it just keeps evolving and I love it for that. Im 47 now and moving onto some other interests but I will always have a yoyo nearby. My parting words I guess would be Thank you again and please show someone a trick. Get someone inspired to join the hobby. Yoyo for life!
This is an awesome read! I’m only 26 but started throwing around the time you describe and the nostalgia came rushing back man. Major congrats on selling that entire collection, those all went pretty quick haha
And the king himself is def still around, finally got to meet him in person @ Nats this year which was super dope! @Augie
Hell yea!
Awesome read! We will be waiting for your return… 
Yoyo testimonials are so beautiful and just like Spencer I felt those butterflies of nostalgia.
The Turbo Bumblebee. That thing just blew my mind. I yo-yoed for a straight year on a Duncan Butterfly, learned the basics (split the atom, rollercoaster, barrel rolls, shoot the moon, etc…). When I tried the Bumblebee, it was like cheating. I went to a local yoyo contest soon after I got it (because during the boom, we all threw down), and absolutely slaughtered. They had us all do one trick.
I did the trapeze, double or nothing, rock the baby on the trapeze, regeneration into split the atom, followed by tossing it up into shoot the moon. The kid before me walked the dog. The kid after me gave me looks to kill. They put me on the front page of the paper and a cheerleader asked me out soon after (8th grade.). I can’t make this stuff up, we had it made.
I’ll wait for you on this point 
This was awesome to read man. Thank you 
Super happy I could be a part of this - good luck with everything and thank you.
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