Your question: “So curious who actually designed this [Inception top]… any ideas?”

It seems this is one of the most antique archeological top design, found in the ruins of Troy. So imagine a trojan kid (or a woman… spinning tops was not a warrior´s dignified activity) playing one of these trojan tops some 5 thousand years ago!

sweet collection!

They have the whole set of 5 totems at www.inceptiontops.com as well as some other pretty awesome things. You can even get the dark version of the top, which I think is more accurate

Great site, I also got back into Top’s since seeing this movie last night. I work alot in metals making knives, mostly Titanium but I did not have any round stock big enough for a top so I made my first couple out of aircraft grade aluminum, there awesome! Cant stop playing with it. Cant wait until my Ti rod stock gets here, I want to make some really fancy decorated ones soon.Thanks for the info on the movie totems.
Matt

I like these ones at www.inceptiontops.com

they have bishops too

I ran across this page as I searched “Inception Tops” - now I have to learn more about “Notcot” - but in the meantime I wanted to say I love your tops. Not like that! I’m a top collector (and was before this movie made it cool) and more important a Spin Top Artist. No, I don’t spin them artistically, I make fancy wood tops. After my dad found out I had a small collection of plastic comic based toy tops, he found me some real nice hand made wood ones in Italy. I was in cool toy heaven. About a year later I was buying some used wood working tools and found a lathe and chisels for $25 and thought I would make my dad a couple tops for Father’s Day. That was 2005. I never made kid’s furniture as the plan had started, but instead began turning wood. I make all sorts of bowls, vases and pots, but my teleidoscopes and tops are my favorite items. Tops more so because I love making them, collecting them and distributing them to people all over the world. I have dreamed of being able to make a business where all I did was make and sell spin-tops. But the market has been restricted to collectors (although it has been growing with our tactile-deprived, video game addicted generation) and grandparents buying for themselves and their grandchildren. This movie is changing that and I want to ride this wave of popularity - no I want promote and strengthen this fad into a lasting hobby for future generations.

I sell my wood at a local art show. I usually sell MAYBE a dozen tops on a good sale day - I sold at least 20 today, almost half my customers mentioning this movie. I’m very excited, so much that I ramble on to you, some stranger on some strange web-blog. (Although I will be using this on my promo page).

Ok here’s my FaceBook Tops page. I don’t care to make a sale, but I wanted to share what I do with another top collector.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DanDLions-Spin-Tops/121066444582243

Jean, if you still have your ticket stubs to the movie (you need 2 for this so hopefully you went with a friend), you can mail them in for a free totem + usb drive.

Here’s the info from Saito’s facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/InceptionSaito

I got mine a few weeks ago. :)

It feels like a Georg Jenson! But since the whole movie is architecture inspired and all I bet they took queues from Gehry.

This movie was a total mindbender! Next in the category I can’t wait for: TRON

Lovely object…no wonder it is copied.