Answers.Body: <p>I've had a few of these in the past, and I've managed to find one so hopefully I can explain it with a few pictures.</p>
  
  <p>They are simple, hand-powered spinning tops, best spun by a finger and thumb:<br>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lKIc5.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lKIc5.png" alt="Spinning"></a></p>
  
  <p>Usually the original spinner would have a <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2654" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Rounded Bottom</a> on the bottom to aid spin:<br>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/sPIck.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/sPIck.png" alt="Smooth spinning plate"></a></p>
  
  <p>Although clearly these became more advanced as per the other examples with pin holes in the bottom for further attachments.</p>
  
  <p>The minifig stands inside the spinner, only lightly held on by the parts inside:<br>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/7DixD.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7DixD.png" alt="Low-clutch feet holes"></a><br>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LLNIK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LLNIK.png" alt="With minifig (lowered)"></a></p>
  
  <p>The interesting part is the light grey part that holds the minifig's feet which can go up and down, which happens when the dark grey part is rotated:<br>
  <strong>Lowered:</strong><br>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/utzqC.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/utzqC.png" alt="Lowered"></a><br>
  <strong>Raised:</strong><br>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/94Qif.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/94Qif.png" alt="Raised"></a></p>
  
  <p>And it was this action that made the game you'd play with them: By getting two people with spinners, you could spin them at each other, and hope that they'd bump, or at least the characters with their weapons would catch on each other, and this would cause them to rotate within the spinner, lifting them up, and hopefully knocking one off!<br>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ikOEd.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ikOEd.png" alt="With minifig (raised)"></a></p>
  
  <p>The cards would then allow you to add additional weapons to your minifig, or parts to the spinner itself, either raising it up, or building up "defences" that would stop the minifig from rotating, and so keep it in place for the next battle.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I've found <a href="https://www.lego.com/biassets/bi/6010999.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a manual online</a> for set <a href="https://brickset.com/sets/9591-1/Weapon-Pack" rel="nofollow noreferrer">9591</a> which includes one of these spinners, but it has no English instructions. I decoded all of the translations using Google translate, but they only told what you should do depending on which card is available.</p>
  
  <p>Then this part of the PDF rang a bell in my head:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3gSyJ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3gSyJ.jpg" alt="spinthing"></a></p>
  
  <p>As you can see in the image, the hyperlink in your question leads to only one of the parts required to build the spinner, which is <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=bb0549c14pb01#T=S&amp;O=%7B%22st%22:%224%22,%22ss%22:%22US%22,%22rpp%22:%22100%22,%22iconly%22:0%7D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this one</a>. Also, you <strong>can</strong> attach minifigures to it as shown. Based on the looks of that grey bottom part, it's pretty much a typical top. This part of the image also contributed to that conclusion:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/M3E7d.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/M3E7d.jpg" alt="turnthing"></a></p>
  
  <p>So it seems like these are ordinary tops like I already said. They don't seem to have any special mechanism like <a href="https://beyblade.hasbro.com/worldwide" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Beyblades</a> or any other special tops, but <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/9988/why-did-lego-stop-the-ninjago-spinjitzu-flyer-and-switch-to-the-ninjago-spinjitz">they <strong>did</strong> make similar tops</a> before these came out.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Same page with instructions include an [English version](https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/6011003.pdf) as well.
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Answers.Text: Thanks @Alex but they don't seem to lead us any further. They do not show any clue as to how the spinners are assembled.
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Body: <p>How do the <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=bb0549c14pb01#T=S&amp;O=%7B%22st%22:%224%22,%22ss%22:%22US%22,%22rpp%22:%22100%22,%22iconly%22:0%7D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ninjago spinners</a> work? From the set it looks like you can put a minifigure on it. It's a little hard to understand how that works from the picture though.</p>
  
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Title: How do the Ninjago spinners work?
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ThreadText: # How do the Ninjago spinners work?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-24)
  
  How do the [Ninjago spinners](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=bb0549c14pb01#T=S&O=%7B%22st%22:%224%22,%22ss%22:%22US%22,%22rpp%22:%22100%22,%22iconly%22:0%7D) work? From the set it looks like you can put a minifigure on it. It's a little hard to understand how that works from the picture though.
  
  **Tags:** ninjago
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-24. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  I've had a few of these in the past, and I've managed to find one so hopefully I can explain it with a few pictures.
  
  They are simple, hand-powered spinning tops, best spun by a finger and thumb:  
  [![Spinning](https://i.sstatic.net/lKIc5.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/lKIc5.png)
  
  Usually the original spinner would have a [Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Rounded Bottom](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2654) on the bottom to aid spin:  
  [![Smooth spinning plate](https://i.sstatic.net/sPIck.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/sPIck.png)
  
  Although clearly these became more advanced as per the other examples with pin holes in the bottom for further attachments.
  
  The minifig stands inside the spinner, only lightly held on by the parts inside:  
  [![Low-clutch feet holes](https://i.sstatic.net/7DixD.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/7DixD.png)  
  [![With minifig (lowered)](https://i.sstatic.net/LLNIK.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LLNIK.png)
  
  The interesting part is the light grey part that holds the minifig's feet which can go up and down, which happens when the dark grey part is rotated:  
  **Lowered:**  
  [![Lowered](https://i.sstatic.net/utzqC.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/utzqC.png)  
  **Raised:**  
  [![Raised](https://i.sstatic.net/94Qif.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/94Qif.png)
  
  And it was this action that made the game you'd play with them: By getting two people with spinners, you could spin them at each other, and hope that they'd bump, or at least the characters with their weapons would catch on each other, and this would cause them to rotate within the spinner, lifting them up, and hopefully knocking one off!  
  [![With minifig (raised)](https://i.sstatic.net/ikOEd.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ikOEd.png)
  
  The cards would then allow you to add additional weapons to your minifig, or parts to the spinner itself, either raising it up, or building up "defences" that would stop the minifig from rotating, and so keep it in place for the next battle.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-05-24. Score: 1
  
  I've found [a manual online](https://www.lego.com/biassets/bi/6010999.pdf) for set [9591](https://brickset.com/sets/9591-1/Weapon-Pack) which includes one of these spinners, but it has no English instructions. I decoded all of the translations using Google translate, but they only told what you should do depending on which card is available.
  
  Then this part of the PDF rang a bell in my head:
  
  [![spinthing](https://i.sstatic.net/3gSyJ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/3gSyJ.jpg)
  
  As you can see in the image, the hyperlink in your question leads to only one of the parts required to build the spinner, which is [this one](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=bb0549c14pb01#T=S&O=%7B%22st%22:%224%22,%22ss%22:%22US%22,%22rpp%22:%22100%22,%22iconly%22:0%7D). Also, you **can** attach minifigures to it as shown. Based on the looks of that grey bottom part, it's pretty much a typical top. This part of the image also contributed to that conclusion:
  
  [![turnthing](https://i.sstatic.net/M3E7d.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/M3E7d.jpg)
  
  So it seems like these are ordinary tops like I already said. They don't seem to have any special mechanism like [Beyblades](https://beyblade.hasbro.com/worldwide) or any other special tops, but [they **did** make similar tops](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/9988/why-did-lego-stop-the-ninjago-spinjitzu-flyer-and-switch-to-the-ninjago-spinjitz) before these came out.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Same page with instructions include an [English version](https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/6011003.pdf) as well.  
  > **username_2**: Thanks @Alex but they don't seem to lead us any further. They do not show any clue as to how the spinners are assembled.  
  
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