The Moon Shine is the result of a cross-collaboration effort between CLYW (Canada) and YoYoFactory (USA), known as "Basecamp". Basecamp's first release was a set of three yo-yos: The Jackknife, Moon Shine, and Expedition. Originally, you could only buy (optionally) the Moon Shine yo-yo if you purchased both the Jackknife and Expedition yo-yos together. But a yo-yo website began selling them individually in September 2016, without the need to buy the other two yo-yos.
Out-of-the-box, the Moon Shine comes as an original tug response yo-yo with a narrow string gap and high inner walls. The tug response uses a M4 x 8mm axle and a half-spec bearing. The box also included one M4 x 10mm axle and a size C bearing to upgrade (or downgrade, depending on your point-of-view) the yo-yo to dead response.
