A Michigan toy since 1968

The Yop-Yop is back.

Brighter, tougher, and hand-made in Michigan on the original molds. Wind it up, pull, and hear the clik-clak you remember.

Get one — $17.95, shipped
  • Editor's Choice Blue Ribbon · Maker Faire Detroit
  • Featured on TIME's Detroit blog
  • 3,000+ sold since 2010
Original 1968 Op-Yop display card
The 1968 original
Yop-Yops glowing under a blacklight
Today's Yop-Yops, under blacklight
Bags of fluorescent discs around finished Yop-Yops, glowing under blacklight

Turn off the lights.

Every disc is molded in true Day-Glo color. Put one under a blacklight and it lights up just like the '60s originals did.

Same fun. Built better.

Two assembled Yop-Yops

Discs that glow

Fluorescent Day-Glo plastic in the original formula keeps the true clik-clak sound, and lights up under blacklight.

A string that won't quit

Letters to the original company said the strings broke. So we switched to heavy #8 Day-Glo cord in variegated colors.

Made in Michigan

Molded on the original tooling and assembled by hand. Each one ships ready to play, with instructions.

Had one as a kid?

This is the toy you remember from the '60s, built tougher — for you, and for your grandkids.

Never seen one?

No screens, no batteries. Just a satisfying sound, a hypnotic spin, and a toy that fits in your pocket.

Pick your pack

Every Yop-Yop ships assembled, in its own bag with instructions. Tracked shipping to the lower 48 states is included. Outside the U.S.? Email us for a shipping quote.

Bagged Yop-Yops ready to ship

One Yop-Yop

$17.95

One to try, or to bring back a memory.

Gift favorite

Two Yop-Yops

$28.95

One for you, one for the grandkids.

Five Yop-Yops

$59.97

Stocking stuffers, party favors, the whole family.

Yop-Yops glowing under blacklight Boxed handheld blacklights
Christmas special · limited holiday run

The Glow Gift Set

Five Yop-Yops plus a handheld blacklight. Turn off the lights and watch them glow — the perfect gift for the grandkids.

$74.95 shipping included

Batteries included — ready to glow right out of the box.

Not recommended for children under 5. Questions? opyoptoy@gmail.com · 586-306-9217

Hands threading the string through a Yop-Yop

How to Op-Yop

  1. Slip a finger through each ring.
  2. Spin the discs 6 to 10 times to wind the string.
  3. Pull your hands apart, then bring them back together, and find your rhythm.

Fast pulls, slow pulls: the sound changes with your speed. Slow and gentle is surprisingly relaxing.

Schools, libraries & fundraisers

Teachers, librarians, therapists and party planners keep asking for these. Make-your-own kits turn into a hands-on activity kids are proud of, and a fundraiser that actually sells.

  • Classroom packs of make-your-own kits
  • Library, camp and scout craft programs
  • Fundraiser bundles with resale pricing
  • Wholesale for gift, toy and museum shops
Email us for bulk pricing
Make Your Own Op-Yop instruction board from Maker Faire Detroit

A Michigan toy, made new

The Op-Yop was a 1960s sensation. In 2010 our family, plastics people from Clawson, Michigan, brought home the original molds and artwork and started making them again. We call the new ones Yop-Yops, so nobody confuses them with the 1968 originals collectors prize.

That summer, kids built their own at Maker Faire Detroit at The Henry Ford, and Op-Yop won an Editor's Choice Blue Ribbon. Since then we've shipped more than 3,000, to Michigan, Chicago, Los Angeles, and as far as the UK.

Full playing instructions · Free Op-Yop ringtone · Our Goodfellows fundraiser