Marines 2013: Festival des toupies, yoyos et diabolos
Marines's edition 2013, honor guest: Mauricio founder/designer of Strummol8 Tops!
Eggbeater tops: a Lego creation
Recently I posted a collection of balloon tops based on the elegant and graceful balloon panel (18969) originally used to make hot air balloons.The orignal collection included two 8-panel tops -- one with all the panels narrow-end-down (left, with red trim), and the...
Znappers: a Lego creation
Finger top — A spinning top delivering good play value when spun with a twirl or snap of the fingers alone.Overhand launch — The usual method of launching a finger top via a stem twirled from above.Underhand launch — A powerful way to launch a finger top by its tip...
Lego Tops: Simple battle top
I call the simple LEGO® battle tops in this video "cleat tops" after the large hard plastic wheel (64711) used for their rotors. They pack a lot of punch and fun for their size.∧ The simple game here is similar to the ancient Japanese battle top game of bei.∨ From...
ITSA Finger Top Kit
I'm donating this LEGOŽ finger top kit to the International Top Spinner's Association as a raffle prize. This MOCpage is the winner's user's manual. The glossary defines words and phrases with potentially unfamiliar specific meanings. Defined terms appear in italics...
Technical LEGO: Space Ferrari project
Introduction∨ I'm sure that many here will agree that LEGO® has no higher purpose than in the construction of swooshable flying machines. This little jet plane is one of my favorites... ∨ And thanks to a very cool design by favorite builder Seaman SPb, I now have a...
Technical LEGO: More centrifugal tops
I call the tops in this video "centrifugal tops" because they bear mechanisms designed to harness centrifugal force in interesting ways. The Japanese, who have been making such tops for at least 300 years, call them "edo koma". The ingenious wooden edo koma of...
Technical LEGO: Black and white spinning tops
Black and white patterns have a timeless allure. When embodied in a LEGO® spinning top, the patterns become not just 3-dimensional but in a sense 4-dimensional, as they also evolve as the top spins down. The video opens with a flyover of some of my better black and...
Technical Lego: Gyrophonic sidewinder tops
Here I explore the influence of mass distribution and tip radius of curvature on spin-down behavior in a group of small LEGO finger tops specifically designed for that purpose. The top behaviors seen here are intrinsic to the tops and are little affected by my...
Technical LEGO: Wind-up starters for 3-inch Relampago peg top
Peg tops are made to be started in midair with a string and a throw. Where the top lands -- on the ground, on the string, or in the hand -- is up to the player. The amazing tricks skilled players perform with peg tops make it easy to forget that peg tops also do...
The movement of spinning tops
I have been amazed to see in how many different ways a spinning top can move while spinning; I observed and analyzed these movements, then I decided to make this video to share with you what I have discovered. Good watching ! Iacopo could be called a spintop...
Gyroscopic effect and precession explained
Gyroscopic effect and precession logically explained. No math here, but the logicality is explained in some depth. This video is for people who have not studied physics nor mathematics, but have curiosity and like to think about these matters. This is the first of...
