Festival Official NHL Hockey Puck Yo-Yo - Vancouver Canucks
Exhibit #4931
Type
Production
Shape
Specialty
Axle
Fixed
Color
Black
Packaging
Bubble Carded
Construction
Multi-piece plastic
Response
Starburst
Gap
Fixed
Condition
Mint
Date
1972
To
1973
Owner
Rick Brough
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Festival's Official NHL Hockey Puck Yo-Yo. Made by Union Wadding Co., of Pawtucket, Rhode Island (their "UW" logo is on the card back). The yo-yo sports a paper sticker for the Vancouver Canucks. Their classic "stick-in-rink" crest was used on the team's jerseys from 1970-1978.
The mail-in coupon on the back for Bob Rule's Yo-Yo Secrets booklet expired Sept. 30, 1973, which dates this carded yo-yo to 1972–1973 (early 1970s NHL-licensed run).
The novelty yo-yo itself featured a "Puck" profile with two black plastic halves forming a short cylinder to mimic a hockey puck. Fixed-axle, with traditional, original response for string trick play.
