Comments on: Waging Epic Battle With Japanese Tops

By: Rich Duffy

Rich Duffy — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 13:51:00 +0000

If I got a top like that I could definitely defeat my students ;)

By: K80

K80 — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:50:00 +0000

That’s really neat!! The stemless tops look hard to use, but it must be fun to get them to work. I liked the old timey toy daruma otoshi, or whatever it’s called–the stacked blocks you whack with a mallet to pop out one block at a time. Old toys are cute!

By: Marcos Fernandes

Marcos Fernandes — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:32:00 +0000

Yes. But I think it produces more speed as we can have a better grip.

By: Aya

Aya — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:15:00 +0000

Omg, this brings back a lot of childhood memories. I’ve never played with tops, but I loved watching the older kids playing with them. There was this one trick they did where they use the string to hoist a spinning top onto their palm. IT WAS SO COOL. (I still can’t do it. T__T)

By: Rie

Rie — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 05:11:00 +0000

The Illustration is wonderful as well as your article. You really seem to enjoy being an kindergaten teacher ! Hope you also find another fun with your new classes in an elementary school.

By: Rich Duffy

Rich Duffy — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 02:59:00 +0000

It’s a lot rounder, maybe even more shell-like than the Japanese ones. Do you wrap the string around it in the same way?