# YYE "Graveyard" Threads

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**Created:** [April 3, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yye-graveyard-threads/373051 "2023-04-03T13:11:27Z")\
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I would imagine the 2004 shift is the grind machine, which is the first unresponsive (unresponsive out of the box that is, plenty of others were modded/shimmed/bearing cleaned) IIRC.

Here’s a thread I like:

> [@Standout modern yo-yo timeline?](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/standout-modern-yo-yo-timeline/84894):
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> Does anyone have a year-by-year timeline of modern yo-yos that are standouts? By standouts I mean, as recognized by the yo-yoing community, yo-yos that are unique, innovative, popular, horrible, etc. I’m thinking of mainly just one or two a year (or 3, or 4 :)). Beginning arbitrarily at 1976 when the Duracraft ProYo was introduced by Donald Duncan Jr., here is a start from my collection database (laughably incomplete, please fill in/correct as appropriate; also dates tend to be introduction …

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