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{{Infobox Yo-Yo New
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The '''Fireball''' by [[Yomega]] is an plastic imperial bodied, transaxle yo-yo.
  
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|title1=Fireball
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|image1=YomegaFireball4Infobox.jpg
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|caption1=
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|manufacturer=[[Yomega]]
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|release_date=1989
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|shelf_status=Available
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|shape=Convex/Standard
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|color(s)=Various
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|weight=53 grams
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|dimensions=Diameter: 58.3mm <br> Width: 35.01mm
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|material=Plastic
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|bearing=Plastic transaxle sleeve
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|response_system=Starburst
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}}The '''Fireball''' by [[Yomega]] is a yo-yo first released in 1989. It was also licensed to [[Bandai]] for the ''Hyper Yo-Yo'' line in the late 1990s. 
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==Description==
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Released five years after the original [[Yomega Brain|Yo-yo with a Brain]], the Fireball featured a transaxle, a plastic sleeve made of teflon placed over the yo-yo's metal axle. The sleeve also has a groove where the string could be attached. This component allowed the yo-yo to spin three times longer than yo-yos that have a fixed axle, thus giving players a bit more time to complete advanced tricks.
   
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The Fireball also became a very popular yo-yo for [[Styles Of Play|looping]], especially during the yo-yo boom of the 1990s, and was even released in the Japanese ''Hyper Yo-Yo'' line. Some 2A players modify their Fireball yo-yos for professional-level 2A looping play. It was also popular for promotions, ranging from player teams to yo-yo retailers (such as [[Infinite Illusions]]) and even contests.
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==Specifications==
  
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*Shape: Imperial
  
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Even to this day, it is one of Yomega's flagship yo-yos, alongside the Brain and the roller bearing-equipped [[Yomega Raider|Raider]].
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*Axle: Transaxle - Plastic
  
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==Variants==
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*Packaging: Bubble Carded
  
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*'''[[Yomega Saber Wing Fireball|Saber Wing Fireball]]''' - Features a wing-shaped body for string tricks. Originally released in Bandai's ''Hyper Yo-Yo'' line as the '''[[Yomega Stealth Fire|Stealth Fire]]'''.
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*Construction: Multi-piece plastic
  
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*'''Fireball Glow''' - Glow-in-the-dark variation.
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*Response: Starburst
  
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*'''Fireball Collector's Edition''' - Features a special transaxle sleeve for even longer sleep times.
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*Gap: Fixed
  
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*'''Fireball Stealth''' - Japanese-exclusive version with a special transaxle sleeve to allow for faster looping.
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*Size: 2.25" diameter
  
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*'''Fireball Jewel''' - Features a plastic jewel on the center for looks.
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*Weight: 53 g
  
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*'''SpinPhoenix''' - 2010s ''Hyper Yo-Yo'' re-release with a phoenix motif.
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==Trivia==
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*When the Fireball was first released, it was originally named the '''Outrageous Yo'''. The name was changed in 1992 to Fireball after Yomega took over the trademark for the name ''Fireball'' when it expired, and it has been used since then.
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*In 2020, the Fireball Model were updated with the new logo and packaging.
   
 
==Photos==
  
==Photos==
 
<gallery>
  
<gallery>
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Image:Fireball.jpg
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Image:Fireball.jpg|An early 1990s Fireball
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Image:Fireball_profile.jpg
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Image:Fireball_profile.jpg|Profile
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Image:Fireball_response.jpg
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Image:Fireball_response.jpg|The halves showing the internals, especially the transaxle sleeve.
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Image:FireballCat.jpg|What one looks like on a cat.
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Image:FireballCat.jpg|A Fireball on a cat
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image:Yomegaprospinred.jpg|Award yo-yo for Yomega's Pro Spinner program (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireball1999nats.jpg|99 Nationals logo yo-yo
  
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image:Yomegaprospinyellow.jpg|Ditto (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireball1999summertour.jpg|Bandai 99 summer tour
  
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image:Yomegafireball1999nats.jpg|1999 Nationals edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballcea.jpg|Logo yo-yo for the College for the Easily Amused MIDWEST
  
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image:Yomegafireball1999summertour.jpg|Limited Hyper Games Summer Tour 1999 edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballcollectors.jpg|Collectors edition
  
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image:Yomegafireballcea.jpg|College for the Easily Amused MIDWEST edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballcorocoro.jpg|Coro Coro Comics Bandai official Hyper yo-yo
  
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image:Yomegafireballcollectors.jpg|Collector's Edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballdreamland.jpg|Logo yo-yo for the Dream Land shop in Japan
  
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image:Yomegafireballcorocoro.jpg|Bandai/CoroCoro Official Yo-Yo! in the ''Hyper Yo-Yo'' line (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballglow.jpg
  
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image:Yomegafireballdreamland.jpg|Dream Land Pro Shop edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballii.jpg
  
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image:Yomegafireballglow.jpg|Fireball Glow (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballjewel.jpg|Jewel edition
  
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image:Yomegafireballii.jpg|Infinite Illusions edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballkitts.jpg|[[Rob Kitts]] signature yo-yo
  
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image:Yomegafireballjewel.jpg|Fireball Jewel (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballlimited.jpg|Limited Edition
  
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image:Yomegafireballmcbride.jpg|[[Dennis McBride]]signature yo-yo
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image:Yomegafireballkitts.jpg|[[Rob Kitts]] signature Fireball (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballlimited.jpg|Limited Edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballmunster1999.jpg|Team yo-yo
  
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image:Yomegafireballmcbride.jpg|[[Dennis McBride]] signature Fireball (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballmwr2002green.jpg|MWR contest logo yo-yo
  
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image:Yomegafireballmunster1999.jpg|Yo-Yo Team Monster 1999 edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballsaito.jpg|Shinji Saito signature yo-yo.
  
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image:Yomegafireballmwr2002green.jpg|2002 Midwest Regionals edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafirebally3aclub.jpg|Y3A yo-yo association member yo-yo
  
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image:Yomegafireballsaito.jpg|Shinji Saito signature yo-yo (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafirebally3aclub.jpg|Y3A Yomega Yo-Yo Association member yo-yo (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballstealthred.jpg|Fireball Stealth (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballyoyohouse.jpg|Yo-Yo House edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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image:Yomegafireballyyn.jpg|Yoyonation.com edition (from Dave Schulte's collection)
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FireBall2020.jpg|Fireball (2020s Model)
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Fireball2020 Packaging.jpg|2020 Packaging
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
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==Player Reviews==
  
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The Yomega Fireball is an inexpensive standard yo-yo with good consistant performance and a plastic transaxle. I enjoy both string tricks and looping tricks. It's not the best for either, but does reasonably well at both with practice. I've had it for several years, and just oil it, change strings, and get many hours of use each week. --Eric Walker
  
   
 
==External Link==
  
==External Link==
 
*[http://www.theyoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=706 Yomega Dennis McBride Fireball at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
  
*[http://www.theyoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=706 Yomega Dennis McBride Fireball at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=1919 Pro Spinner program award Fireball at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2091 Yomega Fireball Glow at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2119 Yomega Fireball at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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[[Category:Reviews]]
  
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2314 Yomega Fireball (2013 NY Toy Fair edition) at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2329 Yomega Fireball (Hyper Yo-Yo) 1999-2000 Limited Edition at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2427 Yomega Fireball 20th Anniversary edition at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2428 Yomega Fireball Dream Land Pro Shop edition at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2430 Yomega Fireball (1992) at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2594 Yomega Fireball (Hyper Games Summer Tour 1999 edition) at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2621 Yomega Fireball (CoroCoro Official Yo-Yo!) at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2642 Yomega Fireball (Hyper Yo-Yo 2004 release) at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2641 Yomega Fireball (Y3A 1999 edition) at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=2655 Yomega Fireball (YoYoAddict Special Edition) at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
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*[http://www.yoyomuseum.com/museum_view.php?action=view&subaction=exhibit&exhibitid=3922 Yomega Outrageous Yo at the Museum of Yo-Yo History]
 
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[[Category:2020s yo-yos]]

Revision as of 07:16, 13 September 2021

The Fireball by Yomega is a yo-yo first released in 1989. It was also licensed to Bandai for the Hyper Yo-Yo line in the late 1990s. 

Description

Released five years after the original Yo-yo with a Brain, the Fireball featured a transaxle, a plastic sleeve made of teflon placed over the yo-yo's metal axle. The sleeve also has a groove where the string could be attached. This component allowed the yo-yo to spin three times longer than yo-yos that have a fixed axle, thus giving players a bit more time to complete advanced tricks.

The Fireball also became a very popular yo-yo for looping, especially during the yo-yo boom of the 1990s, and was even released in the Japanese Hyper Yo-Yo line. Some 2A players modify their Fireball yo-yos for professional-level 2A looping play. It was also popular for promotions, ranging from player teams to yo-yo retailers (such as Infinite Illusions) and even contests.

Even to this day, it is one of Yomega's flagship yo-yos, alongside the Brain and the roller bearing-equipped Raider.

Variants

  • Saber Wing Fireball - Features a wing-shaped body for string tricks. Originally released in Bandai's Hyper Yo-Yo line as the Stealth Fire.
  • Fireball Glow - Glow-in-the-dark variation.
  • Fireball Collector's Edition - Features a special transaxle sleeve for even longer sleep times.
  • Fireball Stealth - Japanese-exclusive version with a special transaxle sleeve to allow for faster looping.
  • Fireball Jewel - Features a plastic jewel on the center for looks.
  • SpinPhoenix - 2010s Hyper Yo-Yo re-release with a phoenix motif.

Trivia

  • When the Fireball was first released, it was originally named the Outrageous Yo. The name was changed in 1992 to Fireball after Yomega took over the trademark for the name Fireball when it expired, and it has been used since then.
  • In 2020, the Fireball Model were updated with the new logo and packaging.

Photos

External Link

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