That was then. When yoyos did not have cartoons developed around them.

Isaac had a specific yoyo in mind too. It was a Super Yoyo based on a cartoon of the same name. Having seen the cartoon on TV, and also having friends who were carrying this elite yoyo, Isaac decided that he too, had to be a Super Yoyo-er.

I was dispatched to buy one for him. My first stop was a toy store and I saw how big the Super Yoyo selection was. There were the entry level yoyos, and the professional level ones. There were yoyos with motion-sensitive blinking LED lights in them (the best ones we had in my day were glow-in-the-dark). There were even the uber-expensive ones with the superior ball bearings and mini weights you could add to the yoyo to alter its physics so you could do tricks.

And they even had names. Names like Dragon Supreme, Golden Fire, Stealth Raider, Super Wasp, Ultra Russell, Fire Dragon and Super Aqua Dragon.

There are classes you can attend to learn the tricks.