# Tom Kuhn Heirloom Box of six yo-yo history

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**Created:** [January 20, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tom-kuhn-heirloom-box-of-six-yo-yo-history/297724 "2019-01-20T09:15:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/tom-kuhn-heirloom-box-of-six-yo-yo-history/297724/21 "2019-01-26T00:49:25Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> All this eventually leads to the [Turbo Bumble Bee](http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/ProYo_Turbo_Bumble_Bee) in 1997 and [the Cold Fusion](http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/ProYo_Cold_Fusion), in 1998!

Here’s the 1997 Turbo Bumble Bee!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/9/d/49d5dc3b1d3d30233d7ff2400d608ed269d3504f.jpeg)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/5/0/550f661e10882376d20aab00f788aff3a042520c.jpeg)

As you can see, coming from the very good performance of the Pro-Yo II we now have

- replaceable response pad stickers
- metal bearing 🤘

And thus begins the dawn of the modern yo-yo! 🙌

I don’t know if you can see it in the pic but there was a bit of rust on the outer edge of the bearing. I cleaned it up as best I could with a lightly oiled buffing cloth, then thick lubed the bearing. It plays _great_, actually. 🤩

Now just add some metal to the mix (Cold Fusion, a year later), begin sloooowly widening the yo-yos a tad, and we’re set for the last yo-yo boom around 1999, as you can see here:

> [@Here's what a high end yo-yo collection looked like.. in 2001](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/heres-what-a-high-end-yo-yo-collection-looked-like-in-2001/297390):
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> This came up on eBay and I thought it was a striking example of what a complete “high end” yo-yo collection would have looked like in the year 2001: Details This is quite an impressive collection… for its time. Look how far we’ve come in 18 years!

I don’t think I’m going to bother getting a metal Cold Fusion, since they’re (as far as I know) basically just metal Bumble Bees, and a bit pricey as they are in demand by collectors.

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