Changes: ProYo Turbo Bumble Bee

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Turbo Bumble Bee

Manufacturer	ProYo
Release date	1997
Shape	Modified
Color	Various
Weight	52 grams
Dimensions	Diameter: 57mm Width: 28mm
Material	Plastic with laminated paper pogs
Bearing size	Size A (5mm x 10mm x 4mm)
Response system	Brake Pad Technology (BPT)

The ProYo Turbo Bumble Bee was Playmaxx's most successful yo-yo. With its mismatched black and yellow halves (as well as black and yellow string), this yo-yo got its name from the noise that the bearing made after the user played with the yo-yo for some time. The Bumblebee was known for being a very smooth player once the Brake Pads were broken in, that led to gaining the nickname "Butterbee" because it was considered as smooth as butter.

The TBB featured a stainless steel A-sized ball bearing and a Modified-style body shape.

This yo-yo was the first plastic yo-yo to use Playmaxx's patented Brake Pads, a response system using cork-like rubber stickers in a starburst-like pattern around the area of the bearing. Originally, the Turbo Bumble Bee was to use a reverse starburst response system, but this was changed to the Brake Pads known to this day.

The Turbo Bumble Bee was also licensed to Bandai for the Hyper Yo-Yo line and was released as the ProYo Hyper Wasp.

When Duncan bought out Playmaxx, the yo-yo was re-branded as simply the Bumblebee.

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  | material = Plastic with laminated paper pogs
  | bearing_size = Size A (5mm x 10mm x 4mm)
+ | response = Brake Pad Technology (BPT)}}The '''ProYo Turbo Bumble Bee''' was [[Playmaxx]]'s most successful yo-yo. With its mismatched black and yellow halves (as well as black and yellow string), this yo-yo got its name from the noise that the bearing made after the user played with the yo-yo for some time. The Bumblebee was known for being a very smooth player once the Brake Pads were broken in, that led to gaining the nickname "Butterbee" because it was considered as smooth as butter.
- | response = Brake Pad Technology (BPT)}}
-[[File:Th_IMG_0456.jpg|thumb|Turbo Bumble Bee poster. 18x28.]]The '''ProYo Turbo Bumble Bee''' was [[Playmaxx]]'s most successful yo-yo. With its mismatched black and yellow halves (as well as black and yellow string), this yo-yo got its name from the noise that the bearing made after the user played with the yo-yo for some time. The Bumblebee was known for being a very smooth player once the Brake Pads were broken in, that led to gaining the nickname "Butterbee" because it was considered as smooth as butter.
 The TBB featured a stainless steel A-sized ball bearing and a [[Shapes|Modified-style body shape]].
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 Image:Turbo_bumble_bee_response.jpg|Internals
 image:Playmaxxkillerbee.jpg|The '''[[ProYo Killer Bee]]''', a special red edition distributed to contest winners
+Th IMG 0456.jpg|ProYo Turbo Bumble Bee/ProFire 18" x 28" poster
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 [[Category:Yo-yo]]

Changes: ProYo Turbo Bumble Bee

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