C. Some spinnin' links

Collectors, spinning top makers. Art, theory and history.

• Flickr-group for spinning tops
• Deutschlands grösste Kreiselsammlung
• Toupies et compagnie
  Previous: Toupies or not toupies.
• Topspinning.com. A lovely site with discussion group, top spinning tips and tricks, pictures and videos. If you're looking for spinning top contests, see here.
• Armin Kolb's site of selfmade tops
• Der Kreisel, a German site devoted to the systematics, the physics and the cultural history of the spinning top.
• Largest top in the world? See exciting pictures from the producing process.
• El mundo de las peonzas - a Spanish spinning top site.
• ASSOCIACIÓ AMICS DE LA BALDUFA
• Topguy - Jonathan's top page
• THE SPINNING TOP'S FRIENDS ASSOCIATION  (SPAIN - CATALONIE) or http://www.terra.es/personal2/fercar/
• Micha's Kreiselsammlung. The first (and only ?) German top collector on the web.
• MIA'S TOP COLLECTION
  Mia has even a top tattoo on her shoulder !
• Japanese Top collection
• International Tops Spinners Association
• Peninsula Woodturners Guild
  This Australian woodturner club arranged a special top day.
• How to use animateuler - animating a spinning top.

Commercial sites

• SmartToy's Quarck Top
• Palea. A German spinning top shop.
• SPINNING TOP KREISEL. Exciting metal (brass) tops. Includes ordering service.
• Tin Toys Tops. The tops page by Ray Quinn at Tim's Tiny Tin Toys, Inc. He ships tops all over the world at reasonable prices. He also manufactures other tin toys, enter the store and select Tops.
• The Quark top The manufacturers own opinion "The Quark top is the highest performance classic spinning top in the world". You may order it to see y
• Tetratop - a new kind of top
• The Toycrafter
  Many beautyful tops both made by The toycrafter himself and some real nice antique ones. Take a look !

Dead links.

Please inform me if you find them at another URL.

• Kim's top collection
• Brian Lemin's top collection
• Science in Toyland . Tournament of Tops.
• Examples of gyroscopes
• Spinning top
• The World of Tops (commercial)

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