I saw the neighbor girl playing with one of these in the middle of the street just a few days ago. I was amazed that they either still make these, or that someone had held on to one of these for 15 years.
i had one as a kid without the counter.
it was molded to look like a lemon.
my brother was doing it once in the basement and jumped up and punched a hole in the ceiling.
Actually, it was called the Yo-Ball.
It was a kind of spring-loaded, enclosed-inside-a-plastic-ball yo-yo that I think was intended for kids too retarded to make a real yo-yo work.
It's so much fun and easy to do
Cos wherever it goes, it comes back to you
And you never have to wind it, you can do it all
Hey baby, it's the yo-yo ball