# What's happened to ILYY? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 16, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879 "2016-01-16T08:55:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yomega\_fan\_335](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomega_fan_335/32/14085_2.png) [@yomega\_fan\_335](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomega_fan_335)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/1 "2016-01-16T08:55:12Z")
They haven’t been very active lately. ---
**Author:** ![southbound280](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@southbound280](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/southbound280)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/2 "2016-01-16T15:55:24Z")
They just released a titanium YoYo and have two bimetals coming out! ---
**Author:** ![MikeEff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@MikeEff](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MikeEff)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/3 "2016-01-17T16:34:37Z")
Back in April, they also had a couple of short runs of yoyos made (10 each) of the Lightning and Thunder. The Lightning was an homage to an old company AnY and their Air Rider model, one of Frank’s favorite designs. Very similar in shape, narrow width, and even has an IRG to do thumb grinds, the lightning is an old school type of throw. The Thunder was an homage to SPYY’s Radian, a favorite of Dominik’s. They made a few tweaks to the design, but it was another awesome result. I love them both. Here’s a pic from ILYY’s website: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/8/a/58ab33a332bca07c0e0056b8a9c5aa81f9ad5314.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Colbywill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Colbywill](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Colbywill)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/4 "2016-01-17T22:38:18Z")
Those are really really cool ^^ ---
**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:** [January 17, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/5 "2016-01-17T22:43:46Z")
> [@MikeEff](#): > > Back in April, they also had a couple of short runs of yoyos made (10 each) of the Lightning and Thunder. > > The Lightning was an homage to an old company AnY and their Air Rider model, one of Frank’s favorite designs. Very similar in shape, narrow width, and even has an IRG to do thumb grinds, the lightning is an old school type of throw. > > The Thunder was an homage to SPYY’s Radian, a favorite of Dominik’s. They made a few tweaks to the design, but it was another awesome result. > > I love them both. > Here’s a pic from ILYY’s website: > [http://ilyy.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/16516545693\_9b39184e05\_k.jpg](http://ilyy.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/16516545693_9b39184e05_k.jpg) MikeEff you mentioned the air rider… that was the first competitive yoyo i ever saw… do you know how i might be able to find one. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/6 "2016-01-18T14:21:00Z")
I also got them. The Lightning is really nice as long as you can keep up the high rpm. kindly Dominik equipped it with an concave bearing. as an late entry player with interest in classic models i had to hook up the chance to get them. for the lightning you can ask dominik himself, get the contact @ [ILYY.de](http://ILYY.de) website. sometimes he has some yoyos around. i for myself always ask himself for deals and frequently watch their HP an Forum for annoucements. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Geigle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dave_geigle/32/291_2.png) [@Dave\_Geigle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dave_Geigle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/7 "2016-01-18T16:50:18Z")
What happened? Well, both have full-time jobs now, so yo-yos got a bit out of focus. Plus, ILYY really never had the plan to become big, but basically a ±zero hobby for both of them. The bi-metals where supposed to be done “soon” since summer or so :wink: They designed our collaborative effort, the TiGER though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saintrobyn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saintrobyn/32/54_2.png) [@saintrobyn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/saintrobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/8 "2016-01-18T17:56:19Z")
> [@Dave\_Geigle](#): > > They designed our collaborative effort, the TiGER though 🙂 Which looks great. You can definitely see the ILYY influence in the design. ---
**Author:** ![crackout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crackout/32/44608_2.png) [@crackout](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crackout)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/9 "2016-01-24T10:10:58Z")
It’s indeed true that both Frank and I are pretty busy right now. That’s one of the reasons we ramped down our yoyo output. But that doesn’t mean we’re stopping. We have some realses planned for 2016. The first being a double release of our brand new bi-metal yoyos (Prometheus & Abyss). We’ve been working on these for quite a while now (about 7 months). The “soon” is nigh though, as we got the finished halves in our hands. It’s only a matter of finding time to assemble and QC them. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/b/f/9bf4c56fa1dfe02ea05ef5a2f3da802e146ad00a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/10 "2016-01-24T11:53:53Z")
Good stuff is always worth the wait😳 ---
**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:** [January 24, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/11 "2016-01-24T12:43:19Z")
> [@crackout](#): > > It’s indeed true that both Frank and I are pretty busy right now. > That’s one of the reasons we ramped down our yoyo output. > But that doesn’t mean we’re stopping. We have some realses planned for 2016. The first being a double release of our brand new bi-metal yoyos (Prometheus & Abyss). We’ve been working on these for quite a while now (about 7 months). The “soon” is nigh though, as we got the finished halves in our hands. It’s only a matter of finding time to assemble and QC them. > > [News on the ILYY Abyss & Prometheus - Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/U0xt5ZS.jpg) Man, that is absolutely gorgeous! ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/12 "2016-01-30T02:34:07Z")
^^ Will buy. Sweet looking yo-yo’s for sure. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yomega\_fan\_335](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomega_fan_335/32/14085_2.png) [@yomega\_fan\_335](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomega_fan_335)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/13 "2016-01-30T02:52:23Z")
> [@crackout](#): > > It’s indeed true that both Frank and I are pretty busy right now. > That’s one of the reasons we ramped down our yoyo output. > But that doesn’t mean we’re stopping. We have some realses planned for 2016. The first being a double release of our brand new bi-metal yoyos (Prometheus & Abyss). We’ve been working on these for quite a while now (about 7 months). The “soon” is nigh though, as we got the finished halves in our hands. It’s only a matter of finding time to assemble and QC them. > > [News on the ILYY Abyss & Prometheus - Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/U0xt5ZS.jpg) Cool, will absolutely buy ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![stevedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@stevedave](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevedave)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/14 "2016-01-31T07:07:46Z")
I clicked on this thread not expecting anything, but wow. So much cool stuff to see. I didn’t know about the thunder and the lightning. wow those look great. I really liked the any air rider. oh and ebay has an air rider- [http://www.ebay.com/itm/YoYoNICK-AnY-Air-Rider-7075-aluminum-Beautiful-with-serial-numbers-FREE-Shipping-/121778169314?hash=item1c5a8b65e2:g:qzQAAOSwVL1WFNW2](http://www.ebay.com/itm/YoYoNICK-AnY-Air-Rider-7075-aluminum-Beautiful-with-serial-numbers-FREE-Shipping-/121778169314?hash=item1c5a8b65e2:g:qzQAAOSwVL1WFNW2) ---
**Author:** ![yomega\_fan\_335](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomega_fan_335/32/14085_2.png) [@yomega\_fan\_335](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomega_fan_335)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/15 "2016-03-13T09:38:34Z")
> [@crackout](#): > > It’s indeed true that both Frank and I are pretty busy right now. > That’s one of the reasons we ramped down our yoyo output. > But that doesn’t mean we’re stopping. We have some realses planned for 2016. The first being a double release of our brand new bi-metal yoyos (Prometheus & Abyss). We’ve been working on these for quite a while now (about 7 months). The “soon” is nigh though, as we got the finished halves in our hands. It’s only a matter of finding time to assemble and QC them. > > [News on the ILYY Abyss & Prometheus - Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/U0xt5ZS.jpg) Would these bimetals be available on YYE? ---
**Author:** ![crackout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crackout/32/44608_2.png) [@crackout](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crackout)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/whats-happened-to-ilyy/78879/16 "2016-03-14T09:12:35Z")
No, these will be sold directly from us due to extremely limited quantities.