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Stewart Little Roadster Yo-Yo

90s SKU KIC-TOY-0052
$20.00

1 OF 1 · NO RESTOCK

The piece

Toy Biz and Columbia Pictures put this one out in 1999 as a direct tie-in to the "Stuart Little" theatrical release. Black disc yo-yo, original yellow retail box, catalog number 60-1196 printed on the packaging, red string included. The label on the face of the yo-yo shows Stuart at the wheel of his red roadster. One-of-one in our inventory, box and all.

"Stuart Little" opened in December 1999 and pulled strong numbers through the holiday corridor. Columbia was leaning into the merchandise hard that season. The CGI mouse technology was a real moment for the studio. Rob Minkoff directed it. Michael J. Fox voiced Stuart. The film competed in a holiday market crowded with "Toy Story 2" and "Sleepy Hollow," and the merch cycle reflected that push. Yo-yos were a legitimate mass-market toy category in 1999 because the yo-yo revival had been building through 1998 and 1999 on the back of brands like Yomega and Duncan reclaiming shelf space at Toys R Us and Target. Columbia and whoever held the toy license read that room and produced a range of small promotional items at accessible price points. This yo-yo belongs squarely in that pocket.

Stuart behind the wheel, label art intact, red string still wound in its baggie.

The box shows light shelf wear, which is honest for a retail item that has been stored for roughly 26 years. The yo-yo itself should be unplayed. The red string reads as original. That catalog number, 60-1196, is the best production anchor we have on this piece, and it tracks with the mass-market toy lot numbering Toy Biz was running in the late 1990s. The yellow box has a compact footprint and displays cleanly. This is the kind of licensed toy that never made it back to a second production run once the theatrical run closed. Inspect the axle housing where the two disc halves meet to confirm the string has never been loaded and the yo-yo is in factory condition.

OWNER VERIFY: Confirm 1999 production year against the copyright text printed on the box bottom.

Stuart behind the wheel, label art intact, red string still wound in its baggie.
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The Toy Aisle

The toy shelf at the shop runs from 90s plush to promotional tie-ins to the odd in-box figure that someone's mother never let them open. Everything here was stocked, not displayed. We list the survivors, photograph the boxes honest, and keep the patina where it sits. Every piece is a single unit.

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Inspected in Las Vegas on June 2026. Each piece is a single unit, sold as inspected.

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CERT KIC-TOY-0052 / ONE OF ONE

LOT NO. 7544865620077

This stewart little roadster yo-yo originates from the 90s era[01], represents Keep It Classic[02]'s output, . Each piece in the shop is a single unit, inspected by hand in Las Vegas before listing. The data manifest to the right records the fields on file for this lot; where a field is empty it has been omitted rather than guessed.

Stuart Little roadster yo-yo, 1999 movie tie-in toy

Stuart Little roadster yo-yo. Movie tie-in toy from the 1999 Columbia Pictures release. The toy is shaped or printed with the film's signature little red roadster, the convertible Stuart drives through Central Park in the climax of the film. Late-90s promotional yo-yo, original Stuart Little branding. One copy on the shelf.

Stuart Little, the 1999 film

Stuart Little hit US theaters December 17, 1999. Rob Minkoff directing, Columbia Pictures and Sony releasing, an adaptation of E.B. White's 1945 children's novel about a mouse adopted into a New York City family. Michael J. Fox voiced Stuart in a CGI-and-live-action hybrid that pushed what was technically possible in 1999. Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie played Mr. and Mrs. Little, Jonathan Lipnicki played their human son George, Nathan Lane voiced the family cat Snowbell, and Chazz Palminteri voiced the alley cat Smokey. The film grossed over $300 million worldwide against a $133 million production budget and spawned a 2002 sequel and a 2005 third installment.

The visual that did the heavy lifting in the film's marketing was Stuart in his little red roadster, a 1958-Triumph-TR3-style miniature convertible that the production built as a practical prop and that the animators matched to in CGI shots. That roadster appeared on the theatrical poster, the home-video cover, the Happy Meal toy line, the storybook tie-ins, and a wave of small promotional toys including this yo-yo. If you remember Stuart Little visually, you remember the roadster.

Late-90s movie-tie-in toys

The 1999 holiday-season slate was dense with kid-targeted live-action features and the toy aisle reflected it. Toy Story 2, Tarzan, The Iron Giant, and Stuart Little all shipped tie-in toy lines through fast-food chains, retail toy partners, and direct-mail premium offers. Yo-yos were a stock format in that pipeline alongside cup-toppers, plush, plastic figures, and snap-together vehicles. The format was cheap to produce, packed flat, and traveled well in cereal-box and fast-food-bag distribution. Stuart Little's roadster shape was a natural fit for a yo-yo because the silhouette read clean at the small scale a yo-yo body sits at.

The merch run on Stuart Little continued through 2000 with home-video release tie-ins. The original 1999 theatrical-window toys carry the film logo and Columbia Pictures copyright marks, which is what dates a piece to the original release rather than a later sequel-era reissue. The print run on movie-tie-in yo-yos of this period was high but the survival rate is the question: kids played with these, the strings broke, the halves came apart, and most got tossed. Intact roadster yo-yos with original branding are not common at the resale layer 25 years later.

Why this lands at our case

Movie-tie-in toys from the late 90s and early 2000s are one of the strongest collector categories at the secondary market right now because they index the millennial childhood with high specificity. A Stuart Little roadster yo-yo is not a generic toy, it is the toy you got at the theater snack counter or the cereal box or the McDonald's drive-thru that one specific December. The provenance is narrow and the nostalgia hits hard for the cohort that was eight to twelve years old in 1999. The toy is also small enough to display on a shelf without dominating it, which is the use case most of these end up in 25 years later.

Format and condition

Plastic yo-yo with Stuart Little branding, original 1999 theatrical-release tie-in. Pre-owned. The toy is visible across the full photo set, and we shoot every angle so what you see is what ships. String condition not warranty-tested. Display piece or working yo-yo, your call.

Sourcing and policy

This piece came through our Las Vegas storefront at 707 E Fremont, sourced through estate buys and trade-ins the way every collectible in our case gets here. One copy, one shelf life. Online orders accept returns within 14 days of delivery, buyer ships return; in-store sales are exchange or store credit only. Questions before you buy, info@keepitclassiclv.com or (702) 605-3332.

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