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| Festival Be-A-Sport - Basketball |
| Exhibit #3544 |
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| Type | Production |
| Shape | Specialty |
| Axle | Fixed |
| Packaging | Bubble Carded |
| Construction | Multi-piece plastic |
| Response | None |
| Gap | Fixed |
| Condition | Mint in Package |
| Date | 1972 |
| To | 1973 |
| Owner | Rick Brough |
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Bubble carded plastic yo-yo in the shape of a basketball. Made by Festival Toys from about 1972 or 1973.
The "Be-A-Sport" series was a product line that Festival made and sold for more than ten years. The series of plastic yo-yos began selling in the late 1960s and continued production, albeit under at least five complete packaging re-designs, until the very late 70s. The series included yo-yos in the shape of sporting goods, including a football, basketball, baseball, eight ball, tennis ball, bowling ball, and golf ball. Yo-Yos shaped like hockey pucks were also made by Festival but were not part of the Be-A-Sport series.
In 1965, just before their bankruptcy, Duncan introduced of their Sportsline models, all in the shape of round sports balls. Duncan re-introduced the same Sportsline yo-yos in 2003 and added the football.
See the equivalent Duncan Basketball yo-yo return top from their 1965 Sportsline series. | |
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