The chess-themed flagship pusher: 599 units per colorway, dropped July 9, and the CN market cleared it on the spot. Geeone had it the same day at $429 as a pre-order that ships October 15, and the oil-slick zirc is already gone there too. The first CN video review (review unit from the maker) shows why people moved fast: the whole thing tunes with one screw. Pop the rear plate with a thumb twist and that screw sets the damping for both the push and the spin; back it out fully and the rotor track swaps without touching the push section. Faceplates swap too, brass knight on the black zirc, stainless on the rainbow, and the chessboard face is machined in 0.5 mm passes rather than etched. Ships with a two-tone track out of the box. The reviewer's line stuck with us: the Groove is the structure that carries half the clone market, and it still found this many upgrades.
A pusher in two flavors: fried tofu (18 g) and frozen tofu (43 g). Run it with buckyballs or swap in a 4 mm magnet for a harder snap, and the marketing leans hard on silent gliding. Same day the brand drops Ti-purple ARTILLERY and SHAKE editions, busy weekend over there.
Player Nation, City Pop, and a ~$500 Cathedral. For once the announcement prints an explicit overseas allocation, 20 + 20 + 10 units for international buyers.
The decision-maker coin: flick it and a steel ball races the hollow track, lands on a circle or a cross. Yes or no, decided by magnets. Gunmetal matte this round, glow ball included.
Stainless base, no visible screws, and a magnet system that takes both 7 mm and 8 mm balls without swapping parts. In stock on the CN side.
Steel and Ti versions with a drumbeat-style track. From the Lucky Ballad maker.
Zirc body, new dense track, mechanical and magnetic feedback in one frame, and you can reconfigure it bare-handed, no tools.
A carry pouch designed specifically for metal fidgets. Not a toy, but if your sliders ride loose in a sling bag, this is the cheapest fix in this issue.
The ZERO series two-leaf top shrunk to palm size, keeping the signature circular spin play.
One price, random dish, that is the whole bit. Between this and the tofu, the CN scene is apparently hungry this cycle.
Third in the fortune series: titanium body with copper inlay, PEEK track, a toad and a koi for money luck. The ornate end of the spectrum, and they know it.
Second run of the sabertooth top, copper up to tungsten. Owners of the first run get priority registration, which tells you how the first run went.
Mostly WeChat group signup chains, some Taobao. CRITICAL is on NXEDC now; several others will surface at the usual western shops within days. Many never will.