# Visited YYE simply awesome **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [August 24, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840 "2012-08-24T12:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mullicabob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mullicabob/32/1108_2.png) [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/1 "2012-08-24T12:56:34Z")
The family and I are on a short vaca in Boston so on our way up we had an appointment to visit the mecca. All I can say is WOW! My 9 year old yoyo nut Mitchell was in absolute heaven and at times looked as if he may explode with excitement. Andre and his guys are simply awesome and I hope they have all the success they deserve. Just a great trip and something I’ll remember for a very long time. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![haxmonkey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/haxmonkey/32/1150_2.png) [@haxmonkey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/haxmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/2 "2012-08-24T14:50:00Z")
you can go to the yye store now i want to go ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Deanhardt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/austin_deanhardt/32/1028_2.png) [@Austin\_Deanhardt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Austin_Deanhardt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/3 "2012-08-24T15:19:08Z")
I want to go also. ---
**Author:** ![WretchedRapture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wretchedrapture/32/1124_2.png) [@WretchedRapture](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WretchedRapture)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/4 "2012-08-24T20:06:19Z")
I wannnaaa goooooo. O.o’ ---
**Author:** ![BanjoSpins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/banjospins/32/704_2.png) [@BanjoSpins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BanjoSpins)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/5 "2012-08-24T20:53:29Z")
I didn’t even know this “mecca” existed as a place where you could actually drive up to it, get out of your car and walk in. There’s an actual storefront someplace? I’ve always had this picture of André sitting with a laptop in a basement full of all kinds of yoyos, off to one side a little bowl of Kraft Easy Mac getting cold on top of a laser printer spitting out invoice after invoice. His hair all a mess, gripping a Bic pen in his mouth, wild eyed desperately attempting to keep track of inventory and get orders ready for shipping. A mail truck backs up to his garage door every afternoon, a weary carrier loading up another load of yoyos to be delivered around the globe. A real location you say. A brick and mortar shop with a canvas awning out over the front window? Inside there are glass cases of Dark Magic IIs, Gnarwhals, Spyder IIs, and the like? Walls with less expensive throws and bulk string hanging on pegs? A cash register with point of purchase temptations like One Drop 10 bearings and counterweights? Look there, hanging on one wall, an aged and browning photo of Donald Duncan with Pedro Flores shaking hands hanging in a frame, the glass is cracked just a little bit in one corner. A Duncan O-Boy sits in a little dusty shadow box under that picture. There is plenty of open area out in the middle of the place for trying out different throws. It used to be just a wooden floor, but André threw down a large area rug so people didn’t ding up the trial samples. Like that? Is it anything like that? ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Deanhardt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/austin_deanhardt/32/1028_2.png) [@Austin\_Deanhardt](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Austin_Deanhardt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/6 "2012-08-24T21:02:37Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve always had this picture of André sitting with a laptop in a basement full of all kinds of yoyos, off to one side a little bowl of Kraft Easy Mac getting cold on top of a laser printer spitting out invoice after invoice. His hair all a mess, gripping a Bic pen in his mouth, wild eyed desperately attempting to keep track of inventory and get orders ready for shipping. A mail truck backs up to his garage door every afternoon, a weary carrier loading up another load of yoyos to be delivered around the globe. I sure hope that isn’t how it is. ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/7 "2012-08-24T21:32:52Z")
> [@Jayyo](#): > > > [@BanjoSpins](#): > > > > I’ve always had this picture of André sitting with a laptop in a basement full of all kinds of yoyos, off to one side a little bowl of Kraft Easy Mac getting cold on top of a laser printer spitting out invoice after invoice. His hair all a mess, gripping a Bic pen in his mouth, wild eyed desperately attempting to keep track of inventory and get orders ready for shipping. A mail truck backs up to his garage door every afternoon, a weary carrier loading up another load of yoyos to be delivered around the globe. > > MLP image removed… > -jhb8426- > > You have a creative mind there good sir. > > J > [@](#): > > New forum rule. Andre, the admins and mods have come to agree that the My little pony pics and references have no place here. We will allow avatars only. Don’t post anymore pics with anything from My Little Pony in any other part of the forum other than the MLP thread in the unrelated section. Can’t stand MLP ---
**Author:** ![Mikers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mikers](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mikers)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/8 "2012-08-24T21:37:30Z")
> [@BanjoSpins](#): > > A real location you say. A brick and mortar shop with a canvas awning out over the front window? Inside there are glass cases of Dark Magic IIs, Gnarwhals, Spyder IIs, and the like? Walls with less expensive throws and bulk string hanging on pegs? A cash register with point of purchase temptations like One Drop 10 bearings and counterweights? Look there, hanging on one wall, an aged and browning photo of Donald Duncan with Pedro Flores shaking hands hanging in a frame, the glass is cracked just a little bit in one corner. A Duncan O-Boy sits in a little dusty shadow box under that picture. There is plenty of open area out in the middle of the place for trying out different throws. It used to be just a wooden floor, but André threw down a large area rug so people didn’t ding up the trial samples. I think likely it’s an office space or something of that sort they’re running it out of. YYN was run out of Pat’s apartment for years, and people in the NY area stopped by frequently, if I’m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![offstring-stewart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/offstring-stewart/32/940_2.png) [@offstring-stewart](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/offstring-stewart)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/9 "2012-08-24T21:39:36Z")
Woot, that’s awesome. I would love to visit sometime. ---
**Author:** ![VinegarEel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vinegareel/32/872_2.png) [@VinegarEel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/VinegarEel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/10 "2012-08-24T21:41:27Z")
Wow. A storefront for all of this stuff? I’ve been to a brick-and-mortar yo-yo store before. It’s exactly like what Banjo is picturing. On a Main Street, with the inside filled with glass cases of yo-yos and other skill toys. There was also a revolving case with Trinities, Pros, and many other expensive yo-yos. Behind the register was a huge stock of the same yo-yos. Bulk string everywhere, expensive ones in smaller packets. I swear it was one of the most wondrous places I have been. I can only imagine the amazing scene the Yo-yo Expert Store has… ---
**Author:** ![mullicabob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mullicabob/32/1108_2.png) [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/11 "2012-08-24T21:45:02Z")
No storefront!! By appointment only. ---
**Author:** ![VinegarEel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vinegareel/32/872_2.png) [@VinegarEel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/VinegarEel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/12 "2012-08-24T21:46:14Z")
> [@mullicabob](#): > > No storefront!! By appointment only. Still. Pretty amazing. ---
**Author:** ![offstring-stewart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/offstring-stewart/32/940_2.png) [@offstring-stewart](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/offstring-stewart)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/13 "2012-08-24T21:48:54Z")
> [@VinegarEel](#): > > > [@mullicabob](#): > > > > No storefront!! By appointment only. > > Still. Pretty amazing. Ditto ---
**Author:** ![mullicabob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mullicabob/32/1108_2.png) [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/14 "2012-08-24T22:00:31Z")
Hard to go up from here after seeing YYE’s stock. Just crazy. Andre said they are thinking about a new location with a storefront in the future. That would be epic… ---
**Author:** ![StrippedAxle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/strippedaxle/32/1163_2.png) [@StrippedAxle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/StrippedAxle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/15 "2012-08-24T22:02:59Z")
> [@BanjoSpins](#): > > A real location you say. A brick and mortar shop with a canvas awning out over the front window? Inside there are glass cases of Dark Magic IIs, Gnarwhals, Spyder IIs, and the like? Walls with less expensive throws and bulk string hanging on pegs? A cash register with point of purchase temptations like One Drop 10 bearings and counterweights? Look there, hanging on one wall, an aged and browning photo of Donald Duncan with Pedro Flores shaking hands hanging in a frame, the glass is cracked just a little bit in one corner. A Duncan O-Boy sits in a little dusty shadow box under that picture. There is plenty of open area out in the middle of the place for trying out different throws. It used to be just a wooden floor, but André threw down a large area rug so people didn’t ding up the trial samples. > > Like that? Is it anything like that? _Tears up_ That was beautiful. _Sniffle_ ---
**Author:** ![Nathanael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@Nathanael](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathanael)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/16 "2012-08-24T22:03:30Z")
> [@WildCat23](#): > > > [@Jayyo](#): > > > > > [@BanjoSpins](#): > > > > > > I’ve always had this picture of André sitting with a laptop in a basement full of all kinds of yoyos, off to one side a little bowl of Kraft Easy Mac getting cold on top of a laser printer spitting out invoice after invoice. His hair all a mess, gripping a Bic pen in his mouth, wild eyed desperately attempting to keep track of inventory and get orders ready for shipping. A mail truck backs up to his garage door every afternoon, a weary carrier loading up another load of yoyos to be delivered around the globe. > > > > Brony Pic Removed > > -jhb8426- > > You have a creative mind there good sir. > > > > J > > > [@](#): > > > > New forum rule. Andre, the admins and mods have come to agree that the My little pony pics and references have no place here. We will allow avatars only. Don’t post anymore pics with anything from My Little Pony in any other part of the forum other than the MLP thread in the unrelated section. > > Can’t stand MLP You have just given fuel for the trolls. May the forum god have mercy upon your soul. ---
**Author:** ![BanjoSpins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/banjospins/32/704_2.png) [@BanjoSpins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BanjoSpins)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/17 "2012-08-24T22:34:33Z")
> [@mullicabob](#): > > Hard to go up from here after seeing YYE’s stock. Just crazy. > > Andre said they are thinking about a new location with a storefront in the future. > > That would be epic… …somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly and dreams really do come true… ---
**Author:** ![offstring-stewart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/offstring-stewart/32/940_2.png) [@offstring-stewart](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/offstring-stewart)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/18 "2012-08-24T22:39:12Z")
> [@BanjoSpins](#): > > > [@mullicabob](#): > > > > Hard to go up from here after seeing YYE’s stock. Just crazy. > > > > Andre said they are thinking about a new location with a storefront in the future. > > > > That would be epic… > > …somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly and dreams really do come true… Hey…I like Rainbows…And ya never know, maybe Cthulhu will grant Andre a wish…maybe ---
**Author:** ![BanjoSpins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/banjospins/32/704_2.png) [@BanjoSpins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BanjoSpins)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/19 "2012-08-24T22:40:30Z")
> [@VinegarEel](#): > > Wow. A storefront for all of this stuff? I’ve been to a brick-and-mortar yo-yo store before. It’s exactly like what Banjo is picturing. On a Main Street, with the inside filled with glass cases of yo-yos and other skill toys. There was also a revolving case with Trinities, Pros, and many other expensive yo-yos. Behind the register was a huge stock of the same yo-yos. Bulk string everywhere, expensive ones in smaller packets. I swear it was one of the most wondrous places I have been. Just where is this vacation destination? ---
**Author:** ![VinegarEel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vinegareel/32/872_2.png) [@VinegarEel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/VinegarEel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840/20 "2012-08-24T23:08:44Z")
> [@BanjoSpins](#): > > > [@VinegarEel](#): > > > > Wow. A storefront for all of this stuff? I’ve been to a brick-and-mortar yo-yo store before. It’s exactly like what Banjo is picturing. On a Main Street, with the inside filled with glass cases of yo-yos and other skill toys. There was also a revolving case with Trinities, Pros, and many other expensive yo-yos. Behind the register was a huge stock of the same yo-yos. Bulk string everywhere, expensive ones in smaller packets. I swear it was one of the most wondrous places I have been. > > Just where is this vacation destination? Manitou Springs, Colorado Look for “Plinkety Plink” on Manitou Avenue Hard to miss 🙂 [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/visited-yye-simply-awesome/41840.md?page=2)