YoYoFactory

YoYoFactory is a yo-yo company that was founded by Benjamin McPhee and Hans "YoHans" Van Dan Elzen. The first yo-yo the company made was the F.A.S.T. 201. F.A.S.T. is an acronym for "Fully Adjustable Starburst Technology" which meant that the 201 made use of adjustable teeth that acted as starbursts and allowed you to change how responsively the yo-yo plays. After securing a contract with Hasbro for the F.A.S.T. 201, the YoYoFactory Contest Team was started, and competitions around the world in the form of the Fast Challenge were launched. YoYoFactory tries to keep its products fresh and at the forefront of yo-yo design, launching new lines of advanced metal yo-yos such as the F.A.S.T. 401k while continuing to produce plastic yo-yos like the FlyMaster and Spinstar.

In 2003, YoYoFactory began "Project Red Alert" (formerly known as the Redline Series): a series of unconventional and experimental yo-yos produced in small batches for the purpose of trying out new ideas and getting feedback from players. Of these, so far the G5 has been the most successful. In 2009, YoYoFactory began its "Fundametal Line". This new line aims to provide high-quality metal yo-yos at a price around $65 as a more economical alternative to the average $80+ price of metals today.

Yo-Yos Produced

F.A.S.T. Series

Project Red Alert

Premium Collection

FundaMetal Line

Evolution Series

Signature Series

Other

Spin tops Produced

Acrobat
Throwback

Contest team

John Ando (1A,2A)
Shinji Saito (2A)
Yuuki Spencer (1A)
Kentaro Kimura (1A,3A,4A )
Tyler Severance (5A,1A)
Miguel Correa (5A, Spin top)
Sterling Quinn (5A,1A)
Augie Fash (5A, 1A)
Vashek Kroutil (1A)
Paul Kerbel (5A,1A)
John Chow (1A)
Patrick Mitchell (2A)
Mateusz Ganc (1A)
Jensen Kimmitt (1A)