Reviews "Lucky's
Collectors Guide to 20th Century Yo-Yos"
Fiend Magazine: "Lucky's Guide
is the book we've all been waiting for." "This is the mother
lode of yo-yo history, more yo-yo history than has ever been complied
before.." "The publication of this book is a turning point in
the yo-yo collecting hobby"
Antique Trader "Collector
interest in yo-yos continues to grow and the field has long anticipated a
comprehensive resource like this one from one of the premier yo-yo
collectors."... "Yo-yo enthusiasts will want this book: it will
be a standard reference in the hobby."
Infinite Illusions: "Any
serious player, collector, historian, or advocate of the sport will relish this
book."
AYYA Newsletter: "Lucky
Meisenheimer has delivered an incredibly informative and entertaining volume
with his collectors guide, and the collecting world will never be the
same."
Amazon.com: Five stars *****
Toy Shop: "The book is one of
the most comprehensive works on yo-yos.."
Yo-Yo Times: "This is a HUGE
book of yo-yo collecting information."
Noble Disk: "I predict you're
going to like it (even if you're not a collector) but there are two things for
sure: There's a lot of work that went into this book, and if you are a
collector you will have to get a copy."
Yo-Yo.com (The Duncan Yo-Yo company) "The
definitive guide for collectors and one of the best histories of the yo-yos ever
printed"
Fearless Reviews (Fearlessbooks.com) I haven’t been into yo-yos since I was about age
twelve, and I wasn’t any good with them. But this spectacular volume
comprising the toy’s lore, the comprehensive cataloguing of its every
permutation through the decades of the last century, not to mention a detailed
pricing guide, is enough to reawaken anyone’s inner child and inspire a series
of wows and gee whizzes. There are hundreds of
glossy, full-color illustrations of the spinners both inside and outside their
original packaging, from the official Smothers Brothers’ version to the Bart
Simpson, the Star Trekkers, and the more-or-less plain but venerable Duncans.
The incredible care and detail that the author has lavished on this
encyclopaedic guidebook suggests both a true passion and no little degree of
all-American nuttiness — the latter charge being documented by a last-page
photo of Dr. Lucky circa the 70s, when he paused from his yo-yo practice long
enough to earn a place in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” for swimming a
half-mile with his foot in his mouth. I kid you not. Like the rest of this
astonishing volume, you gotta see it to believe it!
What Others are saying about
"Lucky's Collectors Guide to 20th Century Yo-Yos
"Wow! What a piece of work. I am awed by your new
definitive book"...Tom Kuhn
"Without a doubt, this is the most complete and
authoritative reference ever compiled on the time-honored yo-yo"...
Jason
Sauey, President Duncan Toys
"...will, no doubt, go down in history as being the most
authoritative source on the compilation of yo-yos"..
.Alan Amaral, President
Yomega
"The book is simply terrific!"..
Bill Cress, American
Spinners
"I would consider this book book an encyclopedia of
Yo-Yos. I have found every aspect of this book outstanding"...
Jim
Johnson, AYYA board member
"It is a jewel in every respect and will no doubt be the
definitive collectors guide for many years"...
Bill Caswell, yo-yo
collector
"It is unbelievable"...Bob Rule
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