After our chat with Joe and Dave last Wednesday, October 10th, the team made some changes to the mechanism and aesthetics of our yo-yo.

  • Bitcoin logo side
    1. The Bitcoin logo will snap-on to the dome or will be over-molded. The manufacturing technique is still TBD. 



       

  • Stock Market side  
    1. The stock market line will be be a snap-on, an overmold or will be painted on. Thus, we have deterred from the original idea of making the line a channel in which a liquid with gold glitter (like that in snow globes) will be inserted and will be able to move around freely within the channel.                                                                 


  • Shaft for string gap
    1. As for the shaft originally designed, we will change to those manufactured in class because this knot and bolt design could cause some problems with the string while the yo-yo is spinning. Firstly, the string could get touched, and secondly, there might be too much friction and the yo-yo will not be able to go back up.
    2. Below is the old design and right below that one is the design of the 008 shaft, the one we'll be using.


      

 

  • Thermoformed packaging
    We know have the design of our thermoformed part which will be used for the packing of our yo-yo.

    • Custom case molded over single mold

    • Single piece

 

Those are all the updates at the moment, but after the Yo-yo design review (Oct. 17th) we will be updating on any changes to this current design.

 

Go Team Tropical Escape!

Bonus Kermit meme: https://goo.gl/images/ft9vJc 

 

  

 

 

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