Dressel Designs Apollo Yo-Yo - POM (Delrin) Bodied with a POM Cap YoYo

from Dressel Designs We have liftoff! It's time to meet Apollo! A precision-machined plastic model that's both new and nostalgic. When it comes to yoyos, Dressel Designs studies the past to shape the future. Apollo is our second yoyo machined from POM, and our first non-hybrid plastic design. Our team grew up with plastic yoyos, when throwing rancid milks and hourglass combos reigned supreme. There's something special about that early feeling of yoyos, when your favorite staple tricks were being innovated left and right. We opted to build Apollo with POM (Delrin) plastic. It is tough to use POM with complex construction like fixed caps or bimetal rims, and even moreso when the materials are slippery like POM. But there is an undeniably buttery-smooth texture that comes with POM that is difficult to recreate with other plastic materials, and most closely matches the feeling of those old plastic toys. While we love Polycarbonate and value how much easier it can be to build a multi-pi