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The birth of Spintastics Skill Toys actually began with the birth of the Technic yo-yo in the summer of
1995. Dale Oliver's dream of producing the perfect player's yo-yo - one that was not only perfect for the
beginner, but also perfect for the professional player, and at the perfectly affordable price had just
become a reality. Designed predominantly for his renowned Yo-Yo Fun and the Science of Spin TM (YYF/SoS)
program, to be best for kids, now was catching the eye of professional and competitive players as well.
It did not take long for the retail market to take notice, or for Dale to realize that with his extensive
travel schedule presenting the YYF/SoS program to over 40,000 elementary and middle school students
nationwide per year, he needed to expand his one man operation. In 1996, he decided to offer his most
successful YYF/SoS demonstrator, Valerie Krantz, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, the opportunity to join
talents and form Spintastics Skill Toys, Inc. As well as yo-yo and demonstration skills, Valerie brought
with her a Business Administration degree and over fifteen years of computer and management experience.
This, teamed up with Dale's world class performance style, teaching ability and his remarkable foresight in
research and development, quickly placed Spintastics in the top 5 U.S. yo-yo manufacturers, making it the
only manufacturer of a yo-yo owned and designed by a world champion player himself.
Spintastics' first purpose was to further develop and market its YYF/SoS program. A full Interdisciplinary
Yo-Yo Curriculum was written, carrying yo-yoing into the educational disciplines of Social Studies
(history), Language Arts, Physical Education, Math and Science. Demonstrators were trained and supported
nationwide, producing a consistent and educational program to schools across the country. The success of
this program since 1989 has proven its steadfast appeal to schools and children, regardless of the cyclical
popularity of yo-yos through the retail setting. This basic focus forms a solid foundation for Spintastics,
assuring its presence in the years to come.
Spintastics' second purpose was to develop, market and sell the highest quality and most reasonably priced
yo-yos on the market. Dale designed Dale Oliver's Signature line including the Technic, Tornado, TigerShark
and Torch yo-yos with incredible success. New products ensued, including the auto-return SpinWizard, and a
full line of spinning tops.
As word of mouth spread the name of Spintastics, staff and shipping locations increased in the Midwest. In
1997, Spintastics relocated and is now a Texas corporation based in Euless, Texas. Now all under one roof,
it maintains a full office staff and shipping department, as well as supporting territorial marketing reps
throughout the country. Spintastics shares a building and has formed a working partnership with one of
their major contract suppliers, R. L. Davis & Associates, providing in-house services of die-cutting,
thermal-forming, lamination, foil stamping, and professional graphic arts. This has allowed Spintastics to
respond quickly to market needs, as well as to expand into the custom logo market, providing customized
side disks which are able to be produced in a timely manner and installed quickly into Spintastics' yo-yos.
In addition to its U.S. based manufacturing facilities, Spintastics now manufacturers yo-yos in Taiwan and
mainland China and is now marketing Spintastics' yo-yos worldwide with distributions throughout western
Europe, Australia, South America, Canada and Japan.
Visit Spintastics on the web at http://www.spintastics.com
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