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I have just been watching a little bit of the world yo-yo championships on youtube (which is very impressive, by the way, you should check it out).

However, it led to a conversation with colleagues about the 1980s yo-yo craze. A colleague of mine insists it was around 1987-1988, which I dispute since I'm fairly sure it was well over by the time I went to secondary school ('87). We considerd that the craze may have hit different areas of the country at different times, but in general I'd expect the North (where I was) to be behind the South (where he was).

Suggestions that the North was so far behind that it only managed to catch up with the previous craze in the 80's are regarded as rude :)

Wikipedia unhelpfully notes the "1960s resurgence" and the "1990s technological renaissance", but is bizarrely quiet on the topic of the 80s. Maybe the 80s plague of yo-yi was limited to the UK?

Anyone have any data points to offer?

I had a bright yellow Duncan Rainbow, if you're curious. I still have :) (And I can still do around 0.75 of a trick with it.)

Date: 2011-09-16 09:23 am (UTC)
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Yes, ChrisC also last night cited the Coke promotion as evidence that it was '87-'88ish. It's looking increasingly like I'm Just Wrong :(

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