Remember Nostalgia
Aug 5th, 2007 by schalicto
Look at that yo-yo for a second. NO! DON’T LOOK AT IT!!! You don’t deserve it yet! Close your eyes, process what you saw and now look back. This is the Nostalgia by Shinobu Konmoto and it was his entry for the Mod Contest this year at worlds.
What you are seeing is a yo-yo with an axle that is completely independent of the rims. Each spoke is stainless steel and fashioned in place with a brass rivet (Probably not a rivet, but I don’t know what to call them).
You might ask yourself, where would he get brass rivets small enough to do the job…. well he couldn’t, so he made them.
You’ve determined by now that it’s like the wheel of a bicycle. Bikes use that system because it gives a skilled person doing bike repair tremendous flexibility and adjustability.
Of everything that I have seen at the World Yo-Yo Contest this year, this was the most mind-blowing (Even more mind-blowing than Boyd Seth… ish). You might be asking how it plays and let me assure you that it plays like the most perfect of perfect.
-Josh
i can visualize it spinning, while i’m holding one half, and the other half is still spinning. cuz the rivet/nut fix straight to the axle unlike fhz’s or any other yoyo, their nut and screw got to go thru the yoyo body. which means its like hub stack but its the whole yoyo that u can hold. correct me.
I’d buy one of those just on looks, not to mention if it was a player!