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7UP, FANTA, COKE YO YOS 1980s

  • 14-05-2010 9:45pm
    #1
    stone roses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭


    lol :-O remember these yo yos!! cant remember the names of the tricks! walk the dog was one, thats all i remember please help!!!

    7up, fanta, and coke yo yos i loved them, i wonder can these be got today love to get one!! i would spend hour trying to do the tricks then i got a pain ripped of on me bmx

    cheers :-)


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  • #2
    Ann22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭Ann22


    Yeah I do...I got a spinner with my confirmation money...and a rubik's cube. Dunno where the rest of it went. Probably paid for the grocery shopping. I've memories of a summer playing with my spinner..and that song 'I won't let you down' by Jim Diamond playing.
    I had a red Coke one. My friend had a blue, white and orange Fanta one. I don't know the names of the wee games either. I remember the walk the dog...and one where you held the string in a trianglar shape and swung the spinner like a pendulum. There was an ad on tv for them where a man did different tricks:).


  • #3
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I remember I can coming to our primary school to teach us how to use a yo yo properly. I could never get a hang of it!

    But I was in the newer generation of yo yo users so I had one with a light so it looked class when you turned off the lights at night!


  • #4
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    Ann22 wrote: »
    and one where you held the string in a trianglar shape and swung the spinner like a pendulum. .

    i think that was called rock the cradle
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  • #5
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    There was one that you saved ring-pulls or bottle tops to send away for.

    Think it was called the Galaxy Spinner?


  • #6
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Their official name is "Russell Spinners" if you're tying to track one down. I had a few as a kid (destroyed , lost, thrown out or whatever as you'd expect).

    I bought a coke one on ebay recently and had a day of fun with it. Was even able to do a few of the tricks this time around thanks to the advent of online video tutorials! :)


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