# Solved! Yo-yo Identification Assistance Required **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 12, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120 "2026-09-12T04:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/1 "2026-09-12T04:22:00Z")
Today I took on identifying 50 yo-yos from the onedrop museum. About half I figured out, and I got some help from ig followers on the rest. Other than two of them. What are these: ![IMG_0789](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/c/3/5c39aeef57b20773ce494d474a6660f9b4d9bd27.jpeg) ![IMG_0791](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/1/3/313d8cdf78c1305928eb1916b8115424b42479e9.jpeg) ![IMG_0790](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/2/1/f21ab2c66af95eaa09865374f85f67c1eb78586f.jpeg) ![IMG_0818](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/b/e/7beeedd11f16d6bfc819a53ce6e81b01e1c016f4.jpeg) ![IMG_0819](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/d/c/8dc479c7f50e7e48de71114460e39483e5146dd3.jpeg) ![IMG_0820](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/1/f/c1f92a7956bd2e150e676065696f0cb8f45e8a78.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/2 "2026-09-12T04:33:37Z")
The blue one looks like it’s from Big Brother Yoyos, I don’t think that one ever had a formal name. The owner released a small run of this one. The anodizing looks like a job from Vendetta. The bottom one is a ILYY Phase. ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/3 "2026-09-12T04:38:25Z")
> [@LouVanLanning](#): > > ![IMG_0789](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/c/3/5c39aeef57b20773ce494d474a6660f9b4d9bd27.jpeg) It’s shaped like a Küntosh with a tap-through axle? That’s kind of sick actually. > [@LouVanLanning](#): > > ![IMG_0790](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/2/1/f21ab2c66af95eaa09865374f85f67c1eb78586f.jpeg) Are those O-ring pads? ---
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/4 "2026-09-12T05:09:32Z")
Thank you Wesley! There are a few other Big Brother pieces in there that were a little easier to find info on but this one completely eluded me. ---
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/5 "2026-09-12T05:10:08Z")
Original o ring response for sure. ---
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/6 "2026-09-12T12:26:59Z")
For fun, here are a few others I was able to identify. ![IMG_0792](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/1/c/e1c86df44ad32d52e07edbe18a8aef6ac9bcd861.jpeg) ![IMG_0800](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/8/1/d818f9519c20a33a3dbf213dbc39c84f076a6044.jpeg) ![IMG_0817](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/4/6/546a6c204b524e0bd5f5c06afc09e06a3062df06.jpeg) ![IMG_0840](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/e/1/8e1a6e1d7239fa9ae5eed9c2f37ae19b2454fa7b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![zxin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zxin/32/649326_2.png) [@zxin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zxin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/7 "2026-09-12T17:26:39Z")
@LouVanLanning ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/e/0/de0f1e85af5d9dcb6c86284c8fb5a35bec2a9575.jpeg) Spingear American Metal SpinGadget Prototype. > **[SPINGEAR - American Metal SPINGADGET](https://spingear.jp/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=18097)** > > 重量 62 0 g 直径 56 8 mm 全幅 40 3 mm ベアリング NSK フラットC size レスポンス FlowGroove Pad Officially manufactured by One Drop Manufacturing under license from Side Effects this yo-yo is a Spin Gear design The process from prototype to launch proceeded at a very... ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/8 "2026-09-12T19:18:32Z")
Spartanik RoA (Rage of Achill)… Italy (Or rather, the creator is an Italian who, at least at the time, was living in Germany). The V2 (only official release) is machined by ILYY. Review of the 2nd proto 👇 > [@Spartanik Rage of Achill: A High Speed YoYo Review](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spartanik-rage-of-achill-a-high-speed-yoyo-review/36604): > > Spartanik Rage of Achill Reviewed by Chris Rhoads April 7, 2012 Introduction Spartanik is a new yo-yo company out of Europe. What started out as a small joke design ended up being latched on to by quite a few players in the German and Italian yo-yo communities. As the company owner, who only goes by Sparta, explains he continued on with the manufacturing for two reasons: He likes to finish what he started. He was eager to give people an alternative to the big company and Chinese … and > [@Spartanik Rage of Achill v.2: A High Speed YoYo Review](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/spartanik-rage-of-achill-v-2-a-high-speed-yoyo-review/48726): > > When Spartanik released the first version of the Achill I thought it was a blast and was a little bummed that it would never be released in that form due to a structural design flaw. Spartanik vowed to release a corrected design but after a second failed attempt they all but disappeared. That was over 8 months ago and honestly I had almost completely forgotten about them… until the Achill v2 design surfaced on the forums over at One Drop. Spartanik explained that the second failed atte… The first version—which suffered from a design flaw involving overly thin walls that would snap at the slightest impact, causing the cup rim to break off—was aesthetically much more extreme than Version 2; it featured points sharp enough to pierce one’s finger and a shape strongly reminiscent of the Hspin Envy. It was two-toned, with one dark grey cup and one orange cup. They were manufactured in Italy, I believe by the same machinist used by B!ST. video ot the 1st model [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/7/8/c78f9150b06f0bec8066552b35aae3359597e71d.jpeg "SPARTANIK - Rage of Achill // feat. Lasse Nolsøe Lund") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgwmWk9VdjQ) @crackout likely remembers, and this could be useful for better reconstructing the story—at least the final part. ---
**Author:** ![crackout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crackout/32/44608_2.png) [@crackout](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crackout)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/9 "2026-09-13T19:24:26Z")
Sure, we added some fillets here and there, got rid of the breaking issue and changed some arcs for better manufacturability and less bubble trapping during anodization (the first batch suffered from this as well). Here’s a comparison of Spartaniks fixes and our final version (v2.1 vs v3, not 100% to scale mind you). ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/e/a/3ea26b6fe9b83324d7920f3570a791b1465ea7fb.png) The horn remained a weapon though. 🥲 He never sent me his original CAD though. :thinking: ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/10 "2026-09-14T12:54:39Z")
Thanks a lot for the valuable information. So, in your opinion, is the one in the photo at the top—in the sixth post—the V2 that you produced and marketed, or is it the second prototype that never went into production? ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/11 "2026-09-14T13:03:35Z")
> [@crackout](#): > > less bubble trapping during anodization (the first batch suffered from this as well). This is an aspect that not many people consider during the design phase, as they are often preoccupied with either maximizing mass distribution (according to their own criteria) or the aesthetics they have in mind; however, when I anodized my yo-yos., I realized that if this factor isn’t carefully weighed, it can lead to significant issues—the Compass and the Seed were the ones that gave me the most trouble. ---
**Author:** ![crackout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crackout/32/44608_2.png) [@crackout](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crackout)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/solved-yo-yo-identification-assistance-required/453120/12 "2026-09-14T13:10:09Z")
The one shown in the original post looks to me like a V1, that is suffering breaking issues.