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[butterfingers]

https://spinnobi.com/

Spinnobi? This came up on my Facebook feed. Appears this is made by a fidget spinner company ...

[lincolnrick]

Looks kinda fun. I wonder how long a spin lasts.

[Jeremy McCreary]

Wonderful idea! I'm gonna spring for one.

PS: Amazon reviews are mixed WRT performing as advertized. Has anyone here actually played one?

[the Earl of Whirl]

Hmmm.  I have never seen this.  It looks very interesting.  I would like to try it.  Thanks for posting this.

[jmadrigal]

Well I ordered it😁
I will report once I give it a go.

[ta0]

Compared to the regular Fidget Spinner, it's a great improvement in playability. On the trademark application it says first sold in March 2018. The US Patent is # 10,449,418 by Oren Bitton and Reuven Ozer and assigned to Spin Tricks Toys from Linen, New Jersey.

Of course, bouncing tops have a long history. 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Of course, bouncing tops have a long history. 

I see what you mean. Googling for images on '"spinning top" "spring"' returns mostly vintage tops with detaching or built-in spring-powered starters.

Saw one vintage-looking top currently sold new by Garrett Wade with a stout spring for a tip. But the spring looks too stiff to allow much bouncing after release from the detaching starter.

Found no other tops with springs expressly for bouncing. Nor do I recall seeing any in Cyril's collection or on Getty Images.

So bouncing tops would seem to be that rarest of all things in top design -- a largely untapped opportunity.

[ta0]

Jeremy: there was a Gibbs top with a spring  tip for bouncing in one of the cabinets you looked at in my house 
Here is an ad from 1927 for a Dixie Dancer but others have a bigger spring.



I also have a modern Buzz Lightyear top with a large plastic spring.

[Jeremy McCreary]

Wish I'd noticed that Gibbs top now, but I was like a kid in candy shop that afteroon.

How much and how long do these tops bounce after release?

[ta0]

I'm in the opposite latitude from my bouncing Gibbs but, from what I recall, if you drop it waist-height it will bounce 6 to 10 inches and then do 2 or 3 more bounces.

Here is a pic from the Flickr spinning top pool:

[jmadrigal]

So I have played a bit with this and it's ok.
It was fun to try a new toy , but it definitely could use work. All it is is a regular old fidget spinner with a plastic spring loaded center. Not much worth the price tag IMHO.
The body is made of a rubber material and it has a single skate board bearing in the center. The center (tips) is made from plastic . Most likely ABS. I have dropped it a few times on the tile and it's still going so it appears durable. Spin time is ok to do a few quick bounces , but it's difficult to correct in the hand. So far I have been doing the following combos. Spin to a  table bounce then palm up bounce to back of hand bounce finished with spinner in hand.
I have done a couple knee bounces as well.
The body is grippy so it shoots out of the hand when it touches anything. This happens a lot.
It is the best use for a fidget toy I have seen so far. It's fun enough, but could be better.
Hope this helps. Merry Christmas.

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[Jeremy McCreary]

So I have played a bit with this and it's ok.

Merry Christmas to you and your family, and thanks for the report! The Amazon reviews kind of averaged out to just OK as well.

[Jeremy McCreary]

A different kind of bouncing top.

[the Earl of Whirl]

I seldom see tops for sale any place so I was pleasantly surprised to see these at a local Discount Drug Mart.  Looks like they have a number of them available…

[Texture]

It seems like that design gets rebranded a lot. 

But it’s very cool to see tops in a store.