# Why are yoyos available online and not offline? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [January 28, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-are-yoyos-available-online-and-not-offline/298233 "2019-01-28T19:41:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zslane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zslane/32/19816_2.png) [@zslane](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zslane)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-are-yoyos-available-online-and-not-offline/298233/21 "2019-01-29T18:22:11Z")
Most kids don’t get into some new activity because the activity itself looks cool to them. They get into the activity because someone they think is cool is into it. Never underestimate the power of peer influence (and its more insidious cousin, peer pressure) over kids. (The practical upshot of this observation is that if you want kids to think yoyoing is cool, have someone they think is cool demo some tricks. Some old fart like me throwing a few Brain Twisters ain’t gonna get it done.) ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-are-yoyos-available-online-and-not-offline/298233/22 "2019-01-29T23:47:36Z")
Right. When I first learned Brain Twister no one seemed remotely interested in me demonstrating it except the old janitor. If I was Justin Timberlake or that annoying singer of Maroon 5… ---
**Author:** ![beeebon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beeebon/32/30672_2.png) [@beeebon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beeebon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-are-yoyos-available-online-and-not-offline/298233/23 "2019-02-01T18:08:50Z")
The only ‘proper’ yoyos I have seen in stores in this neck of the woods is the Yoyofactory Ten Trick and surprisingly that was in a branch of Tesco. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-are-yoyos-available-online-and-not-offline/298233.md?page=1)