The UFO (Item No. 655028) was a yo-yo produced by Auldey Toys in 1999 for its Super Yo-Yo (超级悠悠) line-up.
It is a light-up clone of the Hyper Brain, which, in turn, was a licensed version of the Brain produced by Yomega for Bandai's Hyper Yo-Yo line-up. Two of the plastic ring-shaped weights on each side cap were modified, and screws were added to secure the side cap to the body of the yo-yo. Thus, the caps could be removed, and customization parts could be added inside the body of the yo-yo.
Electronics were fitted into one side of the yo-yo, which lights up a single LED and makes 8 kinds of sound effects as the yo-yo spins.
Like most Yomega-based molds, Auldey would use this Brain copy mold again and again to make parts of many of its yo-yos released in the following years.
In 2002, the UFO was re-released by Auldey, this time for its Fire Yo-Yo (火力悠悠) line-up.
Variants[]
- An older variant of this yo-yo exists, which had the side caps screwed from the outside of the yo-yo, instead of from the inside.
- The packaging mentions that it is in a "Korean drum shape" (i.e. Butterfly shape); however, this is not true.
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