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| Dracco Yo-Yo Team pins |
| Exhibit #4451 |
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| Type | Production |
| Size | 26mm |
| Condition | Mint |
| Date | 2001 |
| To | 2003 |
| Owner | Rick Brough |
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An obscure trio of Dracco Yo-Yo Team pinbacks from 2001 to 2003. Each pin is 26mm diameter. Despite the pins using "Dracco Yo-Yo Team" and "Yo-Yo Champion" in the design, the pins were never actually given exclusively to official Dracco Yo-Yo Team members (in fact, I have found no evidence that Dracco even sponsored a professional yo-yo team). Nor were the pins given to a player for winning a yo-yo contest. If you simply used a Dracco yo-yo in a contest or not, you were considered a member of Team Dracco worldwide. The "Yo-Yo Champion" title was akin to a popular feel good yo-yo slogan spoken by some yo-yo professionals: "Everyone's a winner" (even if you lose). These pins were made available through retail and also as give-aways by Dracco at yo-yo contests and other events, mainly throughout Western Europe/Denmark. The same art work on each pin was also used on actual Dracco yo-yos. Other round Dracco pinbacks also exist, not just the three seen in this exhibit.
Dracco Company Limited was headquartered in Hong Kong. The company's line of business included the wholesale distribution of games, toys (such as yo-yos near the end of the yo-yo boom about 2001), hobby goods, and supplies. As of 2024, Dracco continues to have a LinkedIn profile, but their website has been offline for more than five years.
If you are familiar with Jack Russell Coke yo-yos, then you are familiar with Dracco yo-yos. They featured the same wooden fixed axle design with bulging sides as Coke yo-yos. The new YoYoFactory Loop Classic from 2024 uses a similar profile design but with a ball bearing axle. | |
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