By Peter Weiss
Got an extra 400 bucks? How about spending it on a yo-yo? A really nice yo-yo, a state-of-the-art, forged-magnesium-alloy, ultralong-spinning yo-yo. Later this year, Duncan Toys, a seller of inexpensive yo-yos for 75 years, will roll out this new high-end yo-yo, which the company plans to call the Freehand Mg. It comes with the latest in axle and bearing technology, and its balance is ensured with precision tooling to micrometer tolerances by a computer-controlled lathe.
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“It’s gonna be awesome,” says champion yo-yoer Stephen D. Brown, Duncan’s chief yo-yo designer. “I’ve gotten a few prototypes of it. It rules!”