# The olden days **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039 "2016-10-01T16:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Cannon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/1 "2016-10-01T16:39:16Z")
Does anyone remember back to when you first started yoyoing, saw people with crazy collections and was like wow, I wish I had something that cool! Or Woah! People spend $10 on a yoyo! People spend $100 ON A YOYO! Or Trying to convince your parents to let you buy your first “high end” yoyo? I know I do! For me it wasn’t really that long ago, only 5 years or so, but there was so much learning and exciting new things every time you started yoyoing! Though that still happens, I will never forget the pure joy that I obtained when I landed a double trapeze with my Duncan dragonfly. I just start shouting with joy for my sister to see what I did! Or the absolute frustration of learning to bind, only to overcome that frustration with hours of tedious practice. ---
**Author:** ![Convig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@Convig](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Convig)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/2 "2016-10-01T16:52:40Z")
Yep. Until just recently my mom thought yoyoing is a waste of time and money–I mean, you can go to Walmart and buy a yoyo for 3 bucks, right? Lol A few years back I splurged on a $115 unresponsive when I first learned to bind. Since then, my collection’s grown a bit with throws that look nice and play smooth. Funny thing is, though, that first Cascade is still my favorite and everyday throw. ---
**Author:** ![andy569](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andy569/32/1256_2.png) [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/3 "2016-10-01T17:00:03Z")
I remember my progression from having the worst yoyo to one of the best yoyos and how everytime I got a new one I thought it was the best thing. Imperial \> Fireball \> ONE \> Markmont.Next Pretty much at this stage everytime I got a new yoyo I thought it was way better than the last one I had Around the time I got a ONE I thought it was completely unnecessary and unfathomable that I’d ever get a yoyo more than $30. But a little while later one guy on the forums ended up giving me his Markmont and I’ve always thought that was the point when I really started taking yoyoing more seriously and believed it in being a long time hobby and it’s really when I started to post more on the forums and start expanding my horizons of my yoyo collection so I’m really grateful to Yored or Sam Harper as I don’t know if I’d be where I am now if that experience never happened. ---
**Author:** ![darkmagicII](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/darkmagicii/32/7951_2.png) [@darkmagicII](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/darkmagicII)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/4 "2016-10-24T01:02:15Z")
I remember using a yomega brain and the a velocity. Those were the fun times-I got a DM 2 soon after and then a Shutter. And a raider, a firebird, a pun, a replay pro, Kuyostar, replay metal, and now bimetal superstar ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/5 "2016-10-27T03:54:03Z")
Yup, my olden days - saw somebody playing with a Yomega Brain. I had never seen a yoyo being properly used before and thought it was as good as just dribbling up and down…(give your parents a yoyo and have them try it, you’ll know what I’m talking about). Never saw a yoyo sleep before and I thought the brain yoyo was just sitting there at the end (not spinning) and then suddenly retracting. My parents thought $10 was too much to spend on a yoyo (as they didn’t know any better either on what can be done with a yoyo) and I ended up settling for a Duncan Imperial, where I learned how to use it properly and learned about sleeping. The rest, well that’s all history now…growing up I had different colored Imperials, Neo, Midnight Special, Butterfly…eventually graduating to the Fireball and more ‘modern’ yoyos at the time. Speaking of, remember the Yomega X-brains and Firestorms they had at McD’s? ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/6 "2016-10-27T05:18:24Z")
Sheesh! I remember … ah way before most of your “olden” days. Yomega Brains, Velocity, Dark Magic are from the olden days? Dang whippersnappers! :🙂 ---
**Author:** ![\_RTD\_alecto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_rtd_alecto/32/1336_2.png) [@\_RTD\_alecto](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_RTD_alecto)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/7 "2016-11-03T16:10:25Z")
I remember when I thought that spending anymore then forty dollars was a waste of money. Now today i have spent 1500 dollars to machine a run of yoyos and sold them for 100 dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Dust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dust/32/83340_2.png) [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/8 "2016-11-03T17:55:33Z")
'Member? ;D ---
**Author:** ![Bbdave](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bbdave/32/1662_2.png) [@Bbdave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bbdave)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/9 "2016-11-03T17:59:05Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/a/c/0ac2f2aeb31414fa2b7ec5abd8417b01ec739316.jpeg) -bbdave- ---
**Author:** ![WoodRat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/woodrat/32/1651_2.png) [@WoodRat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WoodRat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/the-olden-days/82039/10 "2016-11-04T03:53:48Z")
Ah, yes. The olden days when I had a 30 customer paper route and eventually took over the neighboring route and grew that puppy to 150 customers, both morning and afternoon papers. Bought a new bike to deliver with and also bought a Duncan Imperial. Had my own money so I didn’t need to ask my parents :wink: \*\