JUNE 2025
The Melzi & Rio from YoYoFriends

The Melzi is yoyofriends Japanese player Tomoki Toyama’s second signature yoyo. Compared to Da Vinci. Melzi utilizes a more aggressive wrapped around SS ring. More center cup weight and a wider catchzone. The result is a fast accelerating, high speed and high pace yoyo just like the Da Vinci. However due to the changes there are significant upgrade to power, stability and catchability. Satisfying Tomoki’s high demand which is borderline physics defying.

Melzi’s shape and performance will remind people of da Vinci in terms of performance and shape.

The name of Melzi comes from Francesco Melzi who is one of the disciples of Leonardo da Vinci. So, people can understand easily to why his second signature yo-yo is named like this.

The yoyofriends Rio is our highest performing plastic yet. Following the heritage of AoE and Dove’s profile, Rio has increased width and rim weight. Resulting significant increase in power and stability. Rio also features beadblasted aluminum cap and hub allowing for great fingerspin tricks. Rio is our solution for a plastic yoyo that can standup to monometal in performance, excel at fingerspin, all while budget friendly. 

This month’s box value is $125.00