Wow! Some really great ideas for storing and displaying yo-yos! I’ve been racking my brain on this topic for some time now. Thanks for pointing me to this thread Mr. Jordan. (I wonder if I should delete the duplicate thread I started…
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TJ
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Just picked this up today. Leather briefcase for 2$… took me less than 10 min to watch a YouTube and crack the code lol. Will fit about 20 yoyos and need to find foam.
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Nice! And when you carry it around the neighborhood people will think you’re delivering or just picked up ransom money. Cool.
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I can also randomly say “cancel my 3pm meeting- I’m busy”
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Just need a set of handcuffs now for the handle.
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Best idea yet
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BREAKING NEWS : suspicious man walking all over town wearing handcuffs attached to an unusually large leather briefcase 
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UPDATE: Man found dead, hand severed from his arm as thieves took what they assumed was a highly valuable briefcase and the man apparently resisted. Investigators later found the briefcase broken open and tossed into a bush nearby. It turns out that the prized possessions were kids’ toys, which the thieves left strewn about in apparent disappointment.
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I put the case in my car from the store, shut the door, and instantly knew I can’t keep it in plain view. It’s so inviting and mysterious. Whats inside?!
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I’ve been collecting yo-yos for 35 years and my collection has grown out of storage solutions many, many times. My current storage set up is a set of three wide Alex drawers from IKEA lined with kitchen shelf liners. Each drawer can handle around 60 yo-yos. I like the drawers because they keep my office from looking too cluttered, and give me a lot of space for yo-yoing. The majority of my 1,000 or so yo-yos are now either in these drawer units or in cases/boxes in the IKEA Kallax units below the drawers. You can also see my string collection hanging from a lamp for easy access.
My Tom Kuhn throws are primarily stored in 18-compartment jewelry trays, heirloom boxes or in the original boxes they came from. They get the premium placement on the bookshelf because they’re beautiful to look at and I don’t throw them as often.
On top of the drawer units I have a couple of different options for storing yo-yos. The metal rack on a Brada laptop stand (again. from IKEA) works well for wooden yo-yos and generally I use it as a holding station for new yo-yos I am adding to my collection. I also use spice jar organizers on the laptop stands and that works great for plastic and metal yo-yos.
These photos remind me that I need to hang those longhorns on the wall. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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I have posted this display shelf before, but I threw some paint on it. And it has a much better selection of yoyos to choose from now.
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You’ve seen Repo Man or Pulp Fiction, right? It’s that.
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Rolling with an expanded version of what I posted about a year ago. Two of those cheap Target shelves for the throws, just added some of the cooler boxes to the desk layout today actually. Have a handful of “overflow” throws in my drawer, so, yeah, that display mostly covers it. Hoping to have fewer throws at the end of the year than I do now, but we all know how that goes. Then again, my current number isn’t far off what it was a year ago.
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Phenomenal collection and display. What do you do with packaging for all the yo-yos in drawers? That is my problem as I end up with either piles of random boxes or all the yos kept in original boxes and harder to display?
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Nice telescope!
Clear sky and happy yoyo.
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I used to always toss the boxes unless they were something special (or a Tom Kuhn box). In the past year or so I’ve ben flattening the boxes and storing them in the basement. I don’t keep yo-yos that I’d throw in boxes; I prefer to make it easy to pick up and play with them.
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Awesome display!!
I look every time I’m there and havent seen them either.
