Customer Reviews

The Yo-Yo Book & the Yo-Yo

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This is a terrible start to yo-yoing. The yo-yo it comes with is almost unusable as it does not have a smooth axle (there are grooves down it, making the most basic tricks almost impossible). Once you get past this joke of a yo-yo you realize that the book is filled with errors. The author does not know what a transaxle really is, tricks are misnamed and badly explained, and there are many things just wrong. The major errors can be found in almost every chapter starting with inaccuracies in the history. This part bothers me the most because Lucky Meisenheimer, the foremost yo-yo historian is thanked for his help in the forward, yet things are in the history that directly contradict common thought, Luckys book, and all historical evidence. The tricks are just sloppy. Many of the illustrations are impossible to follow, or in a good case are drawn from angles so that either you cant figure out how to hold the yo-yo, or that the art just obscures the part of the illustration you really need to see.

Go get the Yonomicon, the Klutz book, or Larry Saycos' book first (The last is for small children).

Actually, I found it rather entertaining. And the yo-yo wasn't meant for a 'current' World's Champion ... Just Say Yô¿ô !!!

I do have some personal bias, but this is a nice introduction to the world of the yo-yo. This book is not aimed at the advanced yo-yo player, if you want advanced tricks check out the Yonomicon. Also don't buy this book for the attached yo-yo unless you need an extra cat toy. If you are looking for an introduction to yo-yos, basic tricks, a few bits of yo-yo trivia, and a book that will fit in your back pocket then you will be happy with this book. . Lucky Meisenheimer M.D. author of "Lucky's Collectors Guide to 20th Century Yo-Yos...History and Values"

My kids love this book. It is clearly written and shows them how to do all the coolest tricks!