Who are the designers of yo-yo’s that belong in a Hall of Fame? I have played many yo-yo’s and I have some thoughts. But in the relatively long history of yo-yo; my experience is brief.
Here is my obvious choices to start to the list:
Who else belongs in this honorable Pantheon of yo-yo design-masters?
I’d add MrBist (Ettore Ferro)
Oh my… what about G2 Jake? Elvin from Foxland Precision Manufacturers? Oh…and Shawn/Sean? & Steve from One Drop? DocPop to J Pang from Luftverk?
Just to mention a few….
Sorry about spelling name errors
Cant believe Tom Kuhn hasnt been mentioned yet.
Zach Lerner because he’s designed yoyos for at least some of the “designers” on this list.
Also @MarkD because he’s senpai
Jeffrey Pang
Carlo Menon from OXY
Kiya and Sonny from antiyo
Frank from Difeyo
Kentaro from TP
All of the yoyojam guys
Skon from his mods and the MG
Hans and Ben from YYF
Kyle Weems from Kyo
Jeffery pang? Alex hattori?
Frank aka Raytsh from ILYY
Great yoyo design means different things to different people (clearly).
A lot of Research could be done historically through patents to identify clear innovations.
Who developed the original ProYo? Donald Duncan Jr? Whoever it was deserves a spot.
What people are mainly responsible for the designs at yoyofactory?
People on the forums tend to go for the more collectible stuff. I guess that’s why I’m seeing G2, I’m seeing Jeffery Pang. And yeah, those guys make great yoyos.
But if you’re talking about “hall of fame” designs, I’m thinking designs that changed the game. And I really can’t think of many companies that have done that over the past 15+ years more than Yoyofactory.
I absolutely agree. Yo-yos probably wouldn’t be what they are today without Frank Difeo and many of the other designers you mentioned. I’d add Maurice Chavez and Landon Balk to that list, though. I’m sure I’m forgetting a few others as well 
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Edit: Tom Kuhn and Doctor Popular would be two of the ones I forgot to mention.
@hobbygod will be in the mix when everything is all said and done! Awesome guy and designer as well. Always willing to help and improve designs!
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People are often raving about the Ti-Walker - the Ti-Vayder is the my favourite yoyo in my collection ( this is after much consideration over the last 2 years - the design is so well balanced.) What about Heath Vizier from VSNYC?
