Ask Animal: Keychain Loops

by Animal

Bryan asks: Why do some Myachis have keychain loops on the side?

While the rest of the world is slowly catching on, Myachi has been around for years.  In that time, there have been a few distinct variations on sacks.

When first created, each Myachi had only a paper tag, detailing the name of the game, and either the website or a phone number to order from.  The modern sacks all have power loops and woven tags.  In the interim, some sacks have had keychain loops, some have had power loops and some have had both!

The simplest answer to why is simply one of product testing and consumer input.  When the Myachi Man first set out spreading the word, all he knew was a game of toss and catch.  The notion that people would collect the different styles and want to display their collection wasn’t there yet.  When he figured that out, the keychain loop came into being.

For a while every series came in two varieties, keychain looped and non-keychain looped.  This doubled Myachi’s product line, but it only lasted for a few series before being re-upgraded (new word?  I think so) to include an elastic loop for glow sticks and night play. 

Finally, because the metal keychain that came attached to the sack was difficult to jam with and a mild annoyance to take off and put back on, it was phased out before starting production on the 1.0 series.  We still offer the option on promo sacks so several promos made after 1.0 will have the loop, but none of the series sacks do.

Therefore, if you have a keychain loop on a series Myachi, you know you’ve got an old school sack.  Put that baby on eBay, put yourself through college!