# WTB: yoyofactory yoga flame genesis **URL:** \ **Category:** Buy / Sell / Trade\ **Created:** [May 21, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048 "2026-05-21T07:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/1 "2026-05-21T07:44:20Z")
Looking for an OG genesis in this colorway, any condition works, just DM me 😃 ![c68e5c0ddc53009ba7bb61d74c054060](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/f/e/4fe8e5364f60cebdfba417afd6780d3ac48e6281.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/will/32/687327_2.png) [@Will](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/2 "2026-05-21T08:21:47Z")
The colourway is called yoga flame. I think it was from the very first run, with the thin 21mm broad pads. ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/3 "2026-05-21T08:22:53Z")
Yes it’s yoga flame! ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/4 "2026-05-22T06:38:53Z")
bump ---
**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:** [May 22, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/5 "2026-05-22T09:50:37Z")
If you don’t mind, my curiosity… Is there anything significant about that particular color way? ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/6 "2026-05-24T18:23:08Z")
Im happy to answer. Yuuki won the NYYC 2009 with this colorway, Im a huge fan and this fs is my favorite one from him. ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/7 "2026-05-24T18:23:35Z")
bump 😃 ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/8 "2026-05-25T10:35:47Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/9 "2026-05-27T07:38:21Z")
bump again ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/will/32/687327_2.png) [@Will](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/10 "2026-05-27T07:43:27Z")
It might be worth updating the thread title to mention the actual colourway ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/11 "2026-05-27T08:43:58Z")
p\_b92 is looking specifically for the Yoga Flame colorway\> ![IMG2825](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/f/e/4fe905b3cb4fa6534796b53076c5b50a3f2accd4.jpeg) ![IMG2824](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/4/d/34dee800faaf780167ae8882754fcef4948e0255.jpeg) ![IMG2823](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/b/7/fb7aec40bf018635100b2e57c3de05af2469c3dc.jpeg) About 16 years ago, I drove 400 miles to visit my friend Hans for several days. One day, he had meetings all morning long. To keep busy, I tinkered in the YoYo assembly room. The assembly table, I sat down at, had a bunch of stuff sitting here in there. One of the halves that was sitting on the table was the yoga flame half. I looked at it, put it back down and started fiddling with other stuff. Way back then when I was somewhat of a yo-yo modding Frankenstein, It was just my nature to play musical parts And stick a bunch of stuff together that wouldn’t normally be stuck together, lol and then I would throw the mutations around to see what they did. After that form of entertainment start wearing down, I went back and picked up that yoga half. I thought to myself if sure would be cool if I had another half that looked anything like this one. Between meetings Hans would swing by the room and stick his head In for a sec, and asked me if I was doing OK? I told him sure and I showed him that half. I asked him if there were any more halves In this particular color way? He told me to scoot the stool back and look under the table. There were open boxes just filled halves from various models, That didn’t pass QC for one reason or another. No matter how Small of a defect they might have, they would get tossed in one of the containers under the table. He told me he was headed to another management meeting and suggested that I pull containers out and fish through them until I was happy. So I’m digging through these parts and digging and digging not know exactly what I’m looking for but wishing for a miracle That got kind of boring in short order, lol and right before I was gonna pass and go to do something else, I dug deep and Grabbed 1/2 of a yo yo, and immediately felt the shape of a genesis. Obviously, at that moment, I had no idea what color way it was, but I knew I had grabbed a half of a Genesis as I pulled my hand out of the container… If I’m lying, I’m dying, lol. It was another yoga flame half so against the backsplash basically there was a big multi bin that had everything you could think of in it. Different axles, different response pads different bearings different everything… Hundreds apart, to whatever they needed for whatever they were doing. So I got the appropriate axle and the appropriate bearing and what I felt with the appropriate response pads…. Screwed the halves together… And that’s what you see these pics. I never did find out which of the halves represented the actual intended color way? Obviously, in the images you don’t have to look too close either that they are different. At the same time, after you get over that visual variance, it doesn’t really matter. Especially when you throw the yo-yo, you can hardly tell what’s going on except it looks pretty darn cool. The yo-yo factory Genesis is a timeless design. It played great back then and it played great all these years later. I can’t remember seeing them for sale when they dropped? I consider Hans One of my best friends, but obviously he doesn’t tell me everything he’s releasing and sometimes when I’m not paying attention, a batch gets sold out, and I didn’t even know what color way it was, lol I’ve been through a lot of contests over the years. Not as many of some of you guys… But I’ve been to a good number of contests. I don’t ever remember seeing anyone with a yoga flame Genesis? As you can see in the images 1/2 is little more saturated. And the other has is lighter and appears to be more of an acid wash visually. It’s really an amazing yo-yo. And if I didn’t have one already, I would certainly not hesitate to look for one. Regardless, this is what it looks like blah blah. ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/12 "2026-05-27T10:52:00Z")
Thanks for the advice 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/13 "2026-05-27T10:55:22Z")
> [@yoyodoc](#): > > About 16 years ago, I drove 400 miles to visit my friend Hans for several days. One day, he had meetings all morning long. To keep busy, I tinkered in the YoYo assembly room. The assembly table, I sat down at, had a bunch of stuff sitting here in there. One of the halves that was sitting on the table was the yoga flame half. > > I looked at it, put it back down and started fiddling with other stuff. Way back then when I was somewhat of a yo-yo modding Frankenstein, It was just my nature to play musical parts And stick a bunch of stuff together that wouldn’t normally be stuck together, lol and then I would throw the mutations around to see what they did. > > After that form of entertainment start wearing down, I went back and picked up that yoga half. I thought to myself if sure would be cool if I had another half that looked anything like this one. > > Between meetings Hans would swing by the room and stick his head In for a sec, and asked me if I was doing OK? I told him sure and I showed him that half. > > I asked him if there were any more halves In this particular color way? > > He told me to scoot the stool back and look under the table. There were open boxes just filled halves from various models, That didn’t pass QC for one reason or another. No matter how Small of a defect they might have, they would get tossed in one of the containers under the table. > > He told me he was headed to another management meeting and suggested that I pull containers out and fish through them until I was happy. > > So I’m digging through these parts and digging and digging not know exactly what I’m looking for but wishing for a miracle > > That got kind of boring in short order, lol and right before I was gonna pass and go to do something else, I dug deep and Grabbed 1/2 of a yo yo, and immediately felt the shape of a genesis. Obviously, at that moment, I had no idea what color way it was, but I knew I had grabbed a half of a Genesis as I pulled my hand out of the container… If I’m lying, I’m dying, lol. > > It was another yoga flame half so against the backsplash basically there was a big multi bin that had everything you could think of in it. Different axles, different response pads different bearings different everything… Hundreds apart, to whatever they needed for whatever they were doing. > > So I got the appropriate axle and the appropriate bearing and what I felt with the appropriate response pads… Screwed the halves together… And that’s what you see these pics. I never did find out which of the halves represented the actual intended color way? Obviously, in the images you don’t have to look too close either that they are different. > > At the same time, after you get over that visual variance, it doesn’t really matter. Especially when you throw the yo-yo, you can hardly tell what’s going on except it looks pretty darn cool. > > The yo-yo factory Genesis is a timeless design. It played great back then and it played great all these years later. > > I can’t remember seeing them for sale when they dropped? I consider Hans One of my best friends, but obviously he doesn’t tell me everything he’s releasing and sometimes when I’m not paying attention, a batch gets sold out, and I didn’t even know what color way it was, lol > > I’ve been through a lot of contests over the years. Not as many of some of you guys… But I’ve been to a good number of contests. I don’t ever remember seeing anyone with a yoga flame Genesis? > > As you can see in the images 1/2 is little more saturated. And the other has is lighter and appears to be more of an acid wash visually. > > It’s really an amazing yo-yo. And if I didn’t have one already, I would certainly not hesitate to look for one. Regardless, this is what it looks like blah blah. That’s such a cool story, thank you for sharing! Glad you got one! ---
**Author:** ![LouVanLanning](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/louvanlanning/32/604181_2.png) [@LouVanLanning](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LouVanLanning)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/14 "2026-05-27T22:21:47Z")
Casually flexing the carbon fiber Dark Magic 😅 ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/15 "2026-05-29T14:45:02Z")
Bummmp ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/16 "2026-05-31T09:10:52Z")
bump again for this rare beauty ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/17 "2026-06-03T03:32:15Z")
never gonna give you up~ ---
**Author:** ![p\_b92](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/p_b92/32/682612_2.png) [@p\_b92](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/p_b92)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wtb-yoyofactory-yoga-flame-genesis/446048/18 "2026-06-08T16:31:43Z")
never gonna let u down ---
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