# What happened to Playmaxx?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happened-to-playmaxx/334657
**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happened-to-playmaxx/334657 "2021-02-23T23:56:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Chixson8sec](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chixson8sec)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happened-to-playmaxx/334657/1 "2021-02-23T23:56:07Z")
Was my favorite yoyo in the mid 90’s, did the company go out of business? I bought a bumblebee, how could I get parts if needed?
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happened-to-playmaxx/334657/2 "2021-02-24T00:24:47Z")
Yes… they went out of Business.
What kinda parts?
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### Author:  [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happened-to-playmaxx/334657/3 "2021-02-24T00:28:19Z")
Duncan bought them out long ago. They remanufactured some of their yo-yos but all are obsolete now. (bumble bee, bumble bee gt became the dragonfly etc)
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### Author:  [@Chixson8sec](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chixson8sec)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happened-to-playmaxx/334657/4 "2021-02-24T15:01:49Z")
They have cord brake pads I believe and barings
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### Author:  [@chrismacg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/chrismacg)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-happened-to-playmaxx/334657/5 "2021-02-24T16:01:50Z")
Duncan bought Playmaxx. The core Playmaxx design team started YoyoFactory.