Friday, February 29, 2008

CU and more CU

Judging by the activity on the blog we have been sitting around, doing nothing. Well, that is not quite true. As a matter-of-fact, I have at least 3 unknown protos for various models lying around on my desk as I type this, but these things do take time.

So it looks quiet, but is not. Back to the present... We've updated everybody's favourite micro yo-yo for a new run - they have been out of stock for too long now. We call this one the CU sexy-eye addition - lots of makeup but apart from that, all the goodness you've come to expect in this micro model.



Second up for today are the final images for the CU Later. We are in the process of starting to take orders for these, so expect to see them (along with the updated CU) at your favourite store soon.

The CU Later is a slightly undersized scaled-up version of the CU. Take the CU, enlarge all dimensions by 1.3157 (50mm diameter, 39mm width, aluminium), keep the weight at 65g, add a 5x11x5 bearing for a decent 4.2mm gap, add Alchemy Vapor pads for silicone response goodness, bead-blast the body for a smooth grinding surface, anodize it in black, print a cool cat-eye logo, add an Alchemy string and you have the CU Later.





(Unfortunately the CU Later photos turned out a bit brown - we should have better photos up soon enough to show the exact black color. For now, just imagine it darker.)

Sunday, December 9, 2007

101 Uses for the CU

I found this avatar picture over at YoYoNation and just had to get a full-sized version from Jason.



I quite enjoy it when people have fun with their yo-yos.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Reviews and more reviews

Over at YoYoNation new reviews for both the Nimbus and Eric's Silk have made their appearance.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

String, Pads, Bearings...

I just found this short review of a couple of a Alchemy products over at TheYo. Alchemy string, Vapor Pads and our Beefcake kit.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

First Nimbus Review

The first Nimbus review is up at TheYo, you can read the impressions here.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

CU vs. Stikfa

I found this picture on YoYoing.com.



Well, it made me smile.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

CUs & Nimbi are Shipping!

Ok, I'm a bit late in this update having had some trouble posting in the last day or two. But let's not dwell on the past. Both the CU and Nimbi are shipping or have been shipped to retailers. We did the shipping to international customers first (last week), followed by the US-based stores (this week). The following stores will receive their orders shortly and should have some Alchemy products in stock real-soon-now:

A-two-Z (US), Bird In Hand (US), Boing Skilltoys (ZA), Gyroscope (RU), Infinite Illusions (US), LetsHaveFun (UK), Lofty Pursuits (US), Spingear (JP), Wonderful Yo-Yo World (TW), YoBoy (AU) and YoYoNation (US).

11 Retailers, 7 Countries, 5 Continents. Get one, get a couple, you can even build your own 132 gram yo-yo...



(Disclaimer: We don't advocate playing with crazy-insanely-heavy combined yo-yos. It cannot be too good for your wrists, arms or sanity.)