Yo-yo water balls, the stretchy, rubbery toys that are sold near checkout lines for as little as $1, pose a potential strangulation hazard to children but will not be recalled, according to a federal ...

Every year on June 6, we celebrate National Yo-Yo Day. It coincides with the birthday of Chicago businessman Donald F. Duncan Sr, who in the 1930s, got into the yo-yo business. Yo-Yo was first sold in ...

One of the hardest toys to find this holdiay season is the X-Brain, right up there with Furby and Bouncing Tigger. That’s a Yomega X-Brain. As in yo-yo. You know, two discs and an axle that go up and ...

Before buying from your kids’ Christmas wish lists of toys, a consumer group yesterday warned parents to beware of toxic ducks, flammable water yo-yos and numerous other playthings that can also ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s been 90 years of fun for Duncan Toys, an Ohio company known for its yo-yos. To celebrate, it’ll be slinging out a few yo-yo events in downtown Cleveland this summer. The ...

We'll forgive you if you've never heard of Hyper Scanner. The carnival style arcade game is apparently all the rage in Japan, though. Kids line up to battle it for king of the yo-yo hill. Yo-Yo ...

June 6 marks National Yo-Yo Day, a celebration of one of the world's oldest and most enduring toys. The date honors the birthday of Donald F. Duncan Sr., the entrepreneur who helped turn the yo-yo ...

U.S. contestant Jake Elliott was crowned a world champion at the 2015 World Yo-Yo Contest. YoYoTricks.com The yo-yo is simple enough and the concept has been around since Greek antiquity. As a child, ...

Few people get to turn a childhood passion into a lifelong career. Musical prodigies can do it. Some athletes. But a kid who does yo-yo tricks? Just ask Yo-Yo Mike. Or, as he’s known at Flambeau ...

When you played with a yo-yo, have you ever wondered when and where this toy came from? The truth is, we don’t have an exact answer for either. While historians suggest that the toy likely originated ...

CLEVELAND — An Ohio toy company known for its yo-yos is marking 90 years in operation and plans to celebrate with a yo-yoing contest and other events in Cleveland next month. Cleveland.com reports ...

The yo-yo is set to be this year's biggest playground craze, according to retailers who have reported a ten-fold increase in sales over the past year. By Harry Wallop and Harrywallop 16 January 2010 • ...