# Standout modern yo-yo timeline? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 25, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894 "2017-09-25T03:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oldyoyoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oldyoyoguy/32/56863_2.png) [@oldyoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oldyoyoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/1 "2017-09-25T03:28:44Z")
Does anyone have a year-by-year timeline of modern yo-yos that are standouts? By standouts I mean, as recognized by the yo-yoing community, yo-yos that are unique, innovative, popular, horrible, etc. I’m thinking of mainly just one or two a year (or 3, or 4 :)). Beginning arbitrarily at 1976 when the Duracraft ProYo was introduced by Donald Duncan Jr., here is a start from my collection database (laughably incomplete, please fill in/correct as appropriate; also dates tend to be introduction years, but may also be announcement/patent years): 1976 Duracraft ProYo 1977 Tom Kuhn No Jive Maple Leaf 1978 Tom Kuhn No Jive 3-in-1 1979 Tom Kuhn Big Yo, Duncan Wheels 1980 ? 1981 Duncan World Class 1982 ? 1983 Russell Coca-Cola Super 1984 SKF ball-bearing promotional yo-yo, Yomega Brain, Tom Kuhn Silver Bullet 1985 ? 1986 ? 1987 Tom Kuhn Mandala 1988 Tom Holmes Wooden Monarch, Hummingbird Nature in Motion, Bird in Hand tournament 1989 Yomega Fireball 1990 Tom Kuhn Silver Bullet 2 1991 Yomega Raider 1992 Tom Kuhn Sleep Machine, Tom Kuhn Roller Woody 1993 Doble Ariel, Doble Calypso (first patent date) 1994 BC/What’s Next Apollo, SuperYo Cruiser 1995 Spintastics Technic, What’s Next BC Classic 1996 Playmaxx Pro-Yo II 1997 Playmaxx Turbo Bumble Bee, Henrys Viper, Came-Yo Moonstar 1998 YoYoJam SpinFaktor, Playmaxx Cold Fusion, Came-Yo Mondial, Hspin Handquake, Yomega Wing Force 1999 SuperYo Renegade, Revolution Rev-G, Aerobie Aerospin, SuperYo Samurai 2000 YoYoJam GatorJam 2001 Duncan Freehand 1, Tom Kuhn RD-1, YoYoJam Patriot 2002 Duncan Freehand 2, Spintastics Eclipse, YoYoJam Matrixx, Oxygene 3 2003 YoYoJam Hitman, YoYoFactory F.A.S.T. 201, Dif-e-Yo Sportster 2004 Hspin Good & Evil, YoYoJam Lyn Fury, Duncan Freehand Mg, YoYoJam Dark Magic, AntiYo Fluchs, Oxygene 4 2005 Dif-e-Yo Bare Bones, Hspin Pyro, Matt Schmidt Underdog, SPYY Radian, Kyo TiPhiter, Tom Kuhn Silver Bullet 3 2006 CLYW Peak, AntiYo Bapezilla, SPYY Addict, BrokenYoyos Plugin 2007 One Drop Project, YoYoFactory eight8eight, CLYW Bear vs. Man, Russell Andert Dert, ILoveYoYo E1NS, BrokenYoyos Plugin 2 2008 General-Yo Torrent, Doctor Popular Bolt, One Drop M1, Zamstrom Black Death, BrokenYoyos Plugin 3 2009 Chico Yo-Yo Company Bulldog, YoYoFactory ProtoStar, YoYoRecreation Sleipnir, SPYY Pure 2010 One Drop 54, YoYoFactory Loop 900, YoYoJam Dark Magic II, vsNYYC Sky Walker, General-Yo Hat Trick, YoYoJam Phenom 2011 vsNYYC TiWalker, CLYW Chief, Turning Point Positron, TMBR Irving, Bandai HyperInfinity (motorized) 2012 YoYoFactory Loop 1080 2013 YoYoFactory Shutter, YoYoRecreation Draupnir, Spencer Berry Walter, Sterm Panzer Stealth Ogre 2014 YYF Space Cowboy, One Drop MarkMont Classic 2015 Luftwerk Evora, One Drop Terrarian 2016 YoYoFactory Edge, MagicYoYo Skyva, A-RT Grail 2017 YoYoFriends Hummingbird 2018 Edge Beyond I don’t have a clue after about 2009 as I haven’t kept up. :-\ ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/2 "2017-09-25T05:53:55Z")
Draupnir should be on the list but I don’t know the year. Also Loop 900 was a pretty big deal, also don’t know the year. ---
**Author:** ![GrindDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@GrindDude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GrindDude)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/3 "2017-09-25T13:58:53Z")
When did shutter come out? 2013? 2014? Also the edge in 2016 ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/4 "2017-09-25T14:36:23Z")
> [@rizkiyoist](#): > > Draupnir should be on the list but I don’t know the year. > Also Loop 900 was a pretty big deal, also don’t know the year. Just curious why the Draupnir? To me, I’d put a YYJ in there for first bi-metal, then whatever yoyo was the first V shape, not sure I’d put the Draupnir in there, but maybe? Also, I’d probably add the Duncan Butterfly to the list, which was around 1958. That’s a huge step for yoyos going to the butterfly shape. Others: 1968, Duncan began making the plastic Butterfly (first mass produced plastic?) with a metal axle. 1997/98 - ProYo Cold Fusion - world record holder for sleeper 2004 Duncan Freehand Mg 2007/08 - DocPop Bolt 2010 - One Drop 54 (first side effect yoyo) ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/5 "2017-09-25T20:28:01Z")
> [@AaronW](#): > > Just curious why the Draupnir? To me, I’d put a YYJ in there for first bi-metal, then whatever yoyo was the first V shape, not sure I’d put the Draupnir in there, but maybe? Hmm, I’d think that being one of the most popular/well known modern bimetal, it counts as ‘standing out’? I don’t think that standing out have to be ‘the first’, but it depends on what OP is asking for. ---
**Author:** ![boywithcap](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/boywithcap/32/507_2.png) [@boywithcap](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/boywithcap)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/6 "2017-09-25T22:21:31Z")
Few off the top of my head… 2008 M1, started “budget metal” trend 2009 Sleipnir, uber popular; protostar, “death to metal” 2010 54, first side effects yoyo ---
**Author:** ![oldyoyoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oldyoyoguy/32/56863_2.png) [@oldyoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oldyoyoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/7 "2017-09-26T01:34:22Z")
> [@rizkiyoist](#): > > Hmm, I’d think that being one of the most popular/well known modern bimetal, it counts as ‘standing out’? I don’t think that standing out have to be ‘the first’, but it depends on what OP is asking for. No, doesn’t have to be the first. I would think the Hspin Handquake (circa 1998) qualifies as the first bi-metal, but I may be wrong. The Draupnir passes muster because it’s so wildly popular in the community, similar to the way the Bape and Hitman were in their day. ---
**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/8 "2017-09-26T02:03:37Z")
Dark magic or dark magic 2! It was such an iconic yoyo for so many years 🙂 TiWalker? I honestly don’t know about this, just throwing it out there. ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/9 "2017-09-26T03:43:33Z")
The summer of 2014 I think? Also called the Summer of Titaniums. Seemed like it was kickstarted by the YYF Dream project, which in turn caused One Drop to release the Citizen, and I think Jeffrey Pang was already planning on releasing the Evora at that time. And now there seems to be a new titanium release every time I look on facebook. ---
**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/10 "2017-09-26T04:29:09Z")
I would have to add: 2011 - Ti Walker. to the list. ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/11 "2017-09-26T13:53:56Z")
2004 - AntiYo Fluchs 2013 - Walter ---
**Author:** ![GrindDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@GrindDude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GrindDude)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/12 "2017-09-27T13:35:49Z")
IMO the skyva should be on the list. I have never thrown one but they seemed to have sparked the widespread trend of fingerspins. I swear, everyone was fingering for a couple months there and every new yoyo was for fingerspinning. ---
**Author:** ![N8dogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@N8dogg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/N8dogg)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/13 "2017-09-28T16:09:25Z")
2011 CLYW Chief needs to be added to the list. ---
**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/14 "2017-09-28T23:51:40Z")
2011? - Turning Point Positron. Not sure of the release date. But, definitely a standout. Should there be a TIMBR release that started the whole “Year of fixed axle” phenomenon too? I have no idea of the models or release dates that might qualify though. ---
**Author:** ![kyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/15 "2017-09-29T19:22:47Z")
Not to sound self-important, but 2005 TiPhiter, the first titanium yoyo that actually worked. ---
**Author:** ![oldyoyoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oldyoyoguy/32/56863_2.png) [@oldyoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oldyoyoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/16 "2017-09-29T20:30:30Z")
> [@kyo](#): > > Not to sound self-important, but 2005 TiPhiter, the first titanium yoyo that actually worked. Hi Kyle, you bet, I still have mine! 🙂 [https://tinyurl.com/y93gjwww](https://tinyurl.com/y93gjwww) ---
**Author:** ![\_Z1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_z1/32/230318_2.png) [@\_Z1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_Z1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/17 "2017-10-02T05:44:34Z")
A specific yoyo that needs to be placed on the timeline is the Yoyojam Patriot. This yoyo was first introduced in 2001 after the 911 attacks, being named patriot with the colors of red, white and blue. The reason it needs to be added is that it was the first yoyo to use the large bearing, size C. This then opened the doorways to larger gaps for yoyos and lead the way to it being an industry standard. The Patriot was a direct competitor to the Freehand 1 during its time due to similar organic shape but used the starburst system instead of friction stickers. The next yoyo to be added on the list, and one I absolutely loathe for personal reasons, is the Yoyojam Matrixx. This was roughly the first yoyo to allow a groove for rubber o-ring response which would then lead to having silicone grooves in the industry. The matrixx was released in 2002. Now my memory is a bit hazy, but I believe it was Yoyojam that did the oring groove idea first, and then the Yoyojam Nightmoves 2 was developed between 2002-03 which featured the large bearing and two oring grooves. I wish I knew which specific Dif-e-yo came with the Konkave bearings first, because the KK revolutionized yoyo play via string centering. If anyone out there knows their yoyo history and that I am wrong, please do correct me. I love this thread a lot, gives way to thinking over the years how yoyo technology has evolved. ---
**Author:** ![GrindDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@GrindDude](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GrindDude)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/18 "2017-10-02T13:31:02Z")
2010 - Phenom ---
**Author:** ![oldyoyoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/oldyoyoguy/32/56863_2.png) [@oldyoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/oldyoyoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/19 "2017-10-02T14:38:56Z")
> [@\_Z1](#): > > I wish I knew which specific Dif-e-yo came with the Konkave bearings first, because the KK revolutionized yoyo play via string centering. Hi Daniel, thanks for the update. I’m extrapolating based on information in YoYo Wiki that the Sportster was the first to come stock with the KonKave bearing, as they were both introduced in 2003. I also added, in 2008, the Black Death, which I consider to be one of the coolest and most resourceful collaborative mods ever. 🙂 [https://tinyurl.com/yb44jfj7](https://tinyurl.com/yb44jfj7) ---
**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894/20 "2017-10-05T01:43:14Z")
How about: 2013 - Stealth Ogre - Was this the first of the modern Japanese Bi-Metal yo-yo’s? 2014 - YYF Space Cowboy - first affordable bi-metal 2015 - Sengoku Nobuanga, Hideyoshi, Masamune. Innovation ^2 ? [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894.md?page=2)