Actually YYJ released there first yoyo that year
The original SpinFaktor was released in late 1998/ early 1999, and if I remember correctly there was a 1999 SouthEast Regionals edition that may have been the very first special edition. I had one. I broke it. I was bummed.
The Came-yo Mondials were fun, if you dust those off.
I stand corrected. 
Although I honestly don’t remember them being around until 2000-ish.
Mr Brown! I met you in 1999 at a convention and you were awesome. I had just finished playing with the Aerobie prototype (which was amazing, and then ruined during production) and I ran into you. You were much scarier looking back then. 
I rocked Team Losi because of you. Haha.
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They are fun. Mo turned them on a lathe for me and installed brake pads - they were amazing. I wonder if Mo is still around, haven’t seen him in 15 years.
Hi Paul cool story! I would love to also grab a Renegade off you!
If I were you, just keep those yoyos. They’re basically a time capsule and they’re still fun to play with. Old school is still cool, y’know? :]
Mo is still around. Just spoke to him yesterday. Pretty cool that you have some stuff modded by him. He’s done some unreal mods.
Here is his user profile for this forum:
http://yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=2341
Whatever you do Paul, do not sell these yoyos. It would be blasphemous
Can’t wait to see what you got.
ditto.