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| Duncan Butterfly - No. 707 |
| Exhibit #2606 |
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| Type | Production |
| Shape | Concave )-( |
| Axle | Fixed |
| Packaging | Poly Bagged with Card |
| Construction | One piece wood |
| Response | None |
| Gap | Fixed |
| Condition | Mint in Package |
| Date | 1961 |
| Owner | Rick Brough |
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This model was put onto a card labeled as No. 707. However, this card is version 1, with an older butterfly design on the front of the card, and a printed "The Spinner" trick described on the back of the card. Compare with v 2 design that has a more modern butterfly design on the front of the card and a printed form to order a Duncan trick book on the back of the card.
Originally sold for 69 cents. Another card versioned as No. 707 B (B stood for bagged or "poly-bagged"; identical model to the 707) was also used but it had a different design on the front of the card, and no printing on the back of it.
About mid 1962 or early 1963, Duncan began to switch from using three digit product stock numbers to four digits. They also began to switch from using polybags to bubble carded product. As such, it is fairly easy to date these early poly-bagged Duncan yo-yos.
The Duncan Butterfly was first released in 1958. A yo-yo demonstrator named Wayne Lundberg introduced the idea for reversing the traditional tournament-shaped wooden halves and making a yo-yo that had a wider string gap. The wider gap helped kids perform more complex string tricks. While the actual Butterfly design has been around since 1878 (see patent 207527, by William Katz, for "Improvement in bandelore toy", August 27, 1878), Duncan was the first company to actually mass product them. The Butterfly yo-yo was changed by Duncan from wood to plastic in 1968. In the words of Bob Rule, long time yo-yo player and last demonstrator on Duncan's payroll, "Probably the advancement I see the most is the Butterfly invented by Wayne Lundberg. I called it a bicycle with training wheels but had to accept it as it helped the players advance in skill so fast."
Compare to the similar 75th anniversary Butterfly in this museum and the No. 707 B Butterfly. | |
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