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| Hummingbird 1st place - Gold - 1989 |
| Exhibit #4194 |
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| Type | Award |
| Shape | Standard (-) |
| Axle | Fixed |
| Finish | Painted |
| Color | Red |
| 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, maple 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 red body, with a gold foil stamp that reads, top to bottom, left to right:
HUMINGBIRD [sic] TOY COMPANY
1st
GOLD
PLACE
AWARD 1989
The company's own name was misspelled on the stamp of their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place award yo-yos. The second place had the same stamp design but in silver foil on dark blue body halves; 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 across the USA in the late Spring of 1989, less than a month or two after they were first introduced. A complete set was hard to find back then, and even more so today (2023). 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. Both the year stamp and error on these special editions make them even more interesting and valuable.
See also BC 2000 Millenium Edition (Millennium was misspelled).
Designed in USA and manufactured in USA.
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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