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| Hummingbird 2nd place - Silver - 1989 |
| Exhibit #3664 |
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| Type | Award |
| Shape | Standard (-) |
| Axle | Fixed |
| Finish | Painted |
| Color | Blue metallic |
| Packaging | Display Boxed |
| Construction | Three piece wood |
| Response | None |
| Gap | Fixed |
| Condition | Mint in Package |
| Date | 1989 |
| Owner | Rick Brough |
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A very hard to find fixed axle award yo-yo made by Hummingbird from 1989. Came in the standard Hummingbird rainbow counter display box seen in this exhibit.
Maple yo-yo painted in a very subtle sparkle dark blue body, with a silver foil stamp that reads, top to bottom, left to right:
HUMINGBIRD [sic] TOY COMPANY
2nd
SILVER
PLACE
AWARD 1989
The company's own name was spelled incorrectly on the stamp of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place award yo-yos. The first place had the same stamp design but in gold foil on red body halves; the third place also had the same stamp design but in bronze foil on white body halves.
The unfortunate misspelling of "Hummingbird" caused these special award yo-yos to be pulled from yo-yo contests around the country in the late spring of 1989, less than a month or two after they were introduced. A complete set was hard to find back then, and even more so today. In May 1989, at the Utah State Yo-Yo Championship at Trolley Square in Salt Lake City, Dale Myrberg awarded these 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place yo-yos to the respective winners, before the mistake was noticed. The year stamped on these special editions make them even more interesting and valuable.
See also BC 2000 Millenium Edition (Millennium was misspelled).
See also:
• - Hummingbird 1st Gold Place Award 1989 yo-yo
• - Hummingbird 2nd Silver Place Award 1989 yo-yo
• - Hummingbird 3rd Bronze Place Award 1989 yo-yo (... coming soon!) | |
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