DZ Top-B: The Mechanical Fidget Slider Series Guide
The DZ Top-B is the mechanical fidget slider that started DZ's entire TOP series. If you have been scrolling the secondary market trying to pick one, you already know the problem. There are dozens of versions. The names barely make sense at a glance, Bubble, Rain, Qin, Horseshoe, and half of them look nearly identical in a listing photo. So which one do you actually buy?
Start with the thing nobody tells you up front. Pick up a Top-B and push the plate. It glides clean and lands on a crisp click, and there is not a single magnet inside. A metal slider this smooth almost always rides on magnets. The Top-B does not. The plate runs a machined track and a small PEEK detent sets the resistance and the click, so the feel is purely mechanical. That one detail is why a Top-B feels different in hand from the magnetic sliders most people start with, and it is the one thing every edition below shares.
So here is the plan. First the quick answer on what the Top-B is and how the action works. Then the part that untangles the catalog, because almost every Top-B belongs to one of three families, and once you see them the dozens of editions stop looking random. Then the full edition table with runs, years and materials, what to check before you buy pre-owned, and a straight call on which one is right for you. If a coin is what you actually want, that is a different model, the Top-C.
What the DZ Top-B is
The DZ Top-B is a mechanical fidget slider made by DZ (Metal Toys Dz), and it is the model that launched the brand's TOP series. A fidget slider is a palm-sized metal bar whose top plate rides a machined guide track, with a mechanical detent setting the resistance and a crisp click at each end. You hold it, you push, it snaps, repeat. That simple loop is why sliders became the quiet, pocketable answer to the fidget spinner for adults who want real machined feel.
The Top-B started this whole line in 2022 with the Bubble slider, and the slider form carried through the Rain line and the annual VIP editions. Every edition in this guide shares that same slider mechanism, from the Bubble and Rain lines to the themed and VIP drops. DZ's dedicated haptic coin is a separate model, the Top-C.
The Top-B slider editions
So how do you make sense of dozens of editions with names like Bubble, Rain and Qin? You group them. Almost every Top-B belongs to one of three families, and the colors here carry straight down into the table below.
Launched 2022. A bubble-textured face in runs of about 100 per material, from cupronickel and zirconium to a Corian-and-PEEK build, with an exotic titanium-damascus Mokuti later. The piece that defined the Top-B feel.
Followed in 2024 with a rain-pattern face and a deeper material range. Titanium is the regular edition, the Zircuti was a 998-piece limited, and it also appears in zirconium, steel and brass. The most circulated Top-B on the secondary market.
DZ's annual collector editions. The 2023 Qin in copper, the 2026 Horseshoe pairing steel and zirconium with red rosewood, cherry and black walnut, limited to 139. The hardest Top-B sliders to find.
Everything else, the themed drops, glow-resin specials and one-off materials, is built on the same action and sits in and around these three. In the table below they stay neutral, with the three families color-coded.
Materials and editions
So which versions actually exist, and what is each one made of? Here is the whole family tree in one place, color-coded by family, from the early hundred-piece Bubble runs to one-offs in damascus and glow resin. Materials and faces swing wildly, but every single one rides the same foundation: a machined top plate on a mechanical track, with a PEEK detent plate setting that smooth-push, crisp-click action.
Color key ■ Bubble ■ Rain ■ VIP ■ themed / one-off
| Image | Edition | Material & finish | Production run | Released | Notes | Market |
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Bubble | Cupronickel | 100 | 2022 | The launch material of the Top-B slider. A dense, warm hand-feel and the bubble-textured face that defined the line. | Pre-owned |
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Bubble | Zirconium, in black and green | 100 | 2022 | A founding-year Bubble in zirconium, a hard, slick surface that polishes bright and sits at the premium end of the early runs. | Pre-owned |
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Bubble | Stainless steel | Catalog | 2022-2023 | A grounded, neutral-tone Bubble in stainless steel. A durable everyday material at the accessible end of the range. | Pre-owned |
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Bubble | Brass | Catalog | 2022-2023 | A warm-tone Bubble in brass that develops a patina with handling. Dense and substantial in the pocket. | Pre-owned |
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Bubble | Corian plates (orange, red, blue, green, pink, white) with PEEK detent | 100 | 2023 | The lightest, most colorful Bubble. Corian plates over a PEEK detent make it the playful, everyday-friendly build. | Pre-owned |
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Bubble Mokuti | Mokuti (titanium-damascus) | 100 | Year unconfirmed | An exotic Bubble in titanium-damascus, which reveals a layered wood-grain pattern when etched. One of the harder Bubbles to find. | Sold reference |
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Rain (first run) | Zirconium, stainless steel, copper, brass and cupronickel | 664 | 2024 | The first Rain release, a multi-metal run with the dotted rain-pattern face. The widely circulated second-generation Top-B. | Pre-owned |
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Rain (Titanium and Zircuti) | Titanium as the regular edition, plus the limited Zircuti (zirconium-titanium damascus), in silver and blue | 998 | 2024 | The later Rain, titanium as the regular material with a 998-piece Zircuti collector run in swirled damascus. | Collector |
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Qin (annual VIP) | Copper, also brass and white copper (Wcu), terracotta theme | Limited (VIP) | 2023 | The 2023 annual VIP slider on a terracotta-army theme. Tightly limited and hard to source. | Collector / rare |
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Horseshoe (VIP5) | Stainless steel and zirconium with red rosewood, cherry and black walnut | 139 | 2026 | The 2026 VIP5 edition with a horseshoe motif, stacking steel, zirconium and three woods. The newest and most limited VIP. | Collector |
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JEANS (VIP) | Titanium, copper, brass, stainless steel and zirconium denim, in silver, purple, gold and blue | 99 | 2025 | The 2025 VIP5 edition, five metals inlaid in a stitched-denim style with rivet detailing. A scarce collector piece. | Collector / rare |
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Micarta 1off (VIP V5) | Micarta | One-off (VIP) | Year unconfirmed | A single-piece VIP slider in micarta, from DZ's one-off V5 VIP run. Among the rarest Top-B builds. | Collector / one-off |
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Christmas (limited) | G10, festive face art in red, green and white | 299 | 2025 | A holiday limited edition in G10 with festive red-and-green face art. A seasonal collector slider. | In stock at times |
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Valentine's Day (limited) | G10, Blueberry colorway | 520 | 2026 | The 2026 Valentine limited edition in G10. A themed collector slider. | In stock at times |
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Electrode | Stainless steel and copper, electrode-etched face art | 299 | 2025 | The 2025 VIP2 edition, a circuit-board themed slider with a No.0 Electrode engraved face in stainless steel and copper. | Pre-owned |
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3000 | Metal with a numbered 3000 display face | Not documented | Year unconfirmed | A slider with a window-style numbered 3000 face. A scarce special edition. | Sold reference |
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Show Exclusive | Mixed-metal show finish | Show edition | Year unconfirmed | An event-exclusive slider released for a show, in a small range of finishes. | In stock at times |
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G10 Show Exclusive | G10 composite | Show edition | Year unconfirmed | A lightweight G10-composite slider released as a show exclusive. Light in hand with a textured face. | In stock (single) |
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Superconductor | Superconductor alloy, etched, in copper and black | Special | Unknown | An exotic superconductor-finish slider with a distinctive etched surface. A standout collector one-off. | Sold reference |
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Galaxy & Micarta | Galaxy-pattern face with micarta | Not documented | Year unconfirmed | A galaxy-pattern face paired with micarta, blending metal and composite for a textured, one-of-a-kind look. | Sold reference |
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Titanium Flamed | Flame-anodized titanium | Special | Unknown | Flame-anodized titanium, heat-colored to a shifting blue-purple finish. Light and vivid in hand. | Sold reference |
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Special Blue Titanium | Blue-anodized titanium, patterned face | Not documented | Year unconfirmed | A patterned blue-anodized titanium slider. Light, with an all-over engraved face. | Sold reference |
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Special SS | Stainless steel, patterned face | Not documented | Year unconfirmed | A patterned stainless-steel slider with an all-over engraved face. A heavier special finish. | Sold reference |
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Luminous | Glow-in-the-dark resin, multiple colors | Special | Unknown | A glow-resin slider sold in several colors and as sets. Surface-driven color rather than metal, and it charges to glow. | Pre-owned |
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Watermelon Luminous | Glow-in-the-dark resin, watermelon face art | Not documented | Year unconfirmed | A glow-resin slider with watermelon face art that charges to glow. A playful one-off. | Sold reference |
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PEI | PEI engineering polymer | Special | Unknown | A PEI-bodied slider, an engineering-polymer build that runs light with a distinctive amber tone. | Pre-owned |
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PC + Ti plate | Translucent polycarbonate (blue, purple, yellow) with a titanium plate | Not documented | Year unconfirmed | A see-through polycarbonate body paired with a titanium plate. Light, with the mechanism on show. | Pre-owned |
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KONG | Zirconium alloy and aluminum, open-frame multi-hole face | 299 | 2025 | A skeletonized, open-frame Top-B edition, from accessible aluminum up to a mirror-polished zirconium run. An easy entry into the line. | In stock |
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Blood Butcher | Red blood-pattern finish | Not documented | Year unconfirmed | A dramatic red blood-pattern slider, one of the standout one-off finishes in the Top-B range. | In stock |
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One-Offs Bundle | Assorted one-off materials and finishes | Bundle | Year unconfirmed | A collector bundle of one-off Top-B sliders sold together. A way to pick up several rare finishes at once. | Collector / bundle |
A quick material note, because the names get mistranslated constantly. DZ's copper editions are copper, the cupronickel pieces are cupronickel (often mislabeled white copper), Zircuti is a zirconium-titanium damascus with a swirled surface, and Mokuti is a titanium-damascus that shows a layered wood-grain pattern when polished and etched. The table above maps the editions we have been able to document, but the Top-B line is deep: catalog metals, themed limited drops, exotic one-offs and VIP pieces keep surfacing on the pre-owned market, and several editions appear in more materials than a single row can hold. Treat it as a working reference rather than an exhaustive list, and confirm the exact edition and material with the seller before you buy.
How the slider mechanism works
So if it stays this smooth without a single magnet, what is making the click? Strip away the finishes and the Top-B is one mechanism done well, and an unusual one. The top plate rides a machined mechanical track, and the resistance and the click come from a PEEK detent plate, not from magnets. That is the key thing that sets the Top-B apart from magnet-based sliders: the action is purely mechanical, rail and detent rather than magnetic attraction. Push the plate end to end and it runs along the track, then resolves into a clean, audible click rather than a mushy stop. PEEK is a high-performance engineering polymer, and DZ uses it as the detent and wear surface so the action stays consistent over years of use.
That same action carries across every slider edition, which is why the Bubble, Rain and VIP pieces feel like one family despite the different faces and materials. The variety lives in the texture and the metal, not in the motion: the Top-B slider slides, and that is the point.
The feel in hand
The reason people keep a Top-B on the desk is the action. The PEEK detent is tuned for a push that feels smooth all the way through, then resolves into a click that is clean and audible. Material changes the character on top of that: cupronickel and copper feel dense and warm, stainless steel is grounded, titanium lightens everything up, the Corian-and-PEEK build is the lightest, and zirconium and Zircuti sit at the premium end with a hard, slick surface. Mokuti and the VIP wood-and-metal pieces are about the look as much as the feel.
Buying Top-B pre-owned
Say you have found one you like, secondhand. What do you actually check before paying? Because the slider runs are small and the VIP editions especially scarce, the Top-B lives mostly on the secondary market. A few things matter when you buy pre-owned.
Confirm the exact edition and material. This is the big one. The Top-B runs to dozens of editions and finishes, some under very similar names, so pin down the precise edition, the material and the run with the seller before you buy. Clear photos of the face art and any engraving help confirm it.
Pin down the edition and material. Top-B alone is not enough. Know whether it is a Bubble, a Rain or a VIP piece, and which material, since that drives both the feel and the value.
Use rarity, not hype, to judge. The VIP editions (Qin, Horseshoe) and the exotic materials (Mokuti, Zircuti) are the hardest to replace. The Bubble and Rain pieces in steel, cupronickel and the Corian build are the more accessible end.
How to choose and the DZ TOP lineup
So which Top-B is actually right for you? With one mechanism across the whole line, the choice is not about the action. It comes down to three things: how you will use it, which material you want in hand, and whether you are buying to carry or to collect. The quick version is pick the edition for the look and the material for the feel. Cupronickel, copper and steel for everyday density, titanium for an all-day lightweight carry, zirconium or Zircuti for a premium daily, and the Corian-and-PEEK build for the lightest option. Chasing rarity instead? The VIP editions and the Mokuti are the trophies.
Three quick questions
- Carry or collect? Daily carry points to tough, replaceable metals. Collecting points to the limited runs.
- Classic or exotic? Steel and copper are the classics. Zircuti, Mokuti and the wood VIP pieces are the showpieces.
- The origin or the latest? The 2022 Bubble is where it started. The VIP editions are the newest trophies.
| If you are | Start with | Why |
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| New to the Top-B and want one in hand | Rain in stainless steel | Most circulated, easiest to find, tough enough to carry daily. |
| After the classic everyday feel | Bubble in cupronickel or steel | Dense, warm hand-feel and the original Top-B character. |
| Chasing a premium daily | Rain Zircuti or a zirconium piece | Premium surface that still gets carried, not shelved. |
| Building a collection or want the origin | Bubble cupronickel, the 2022 first run | The founding material, the piece with the most history. |
| After the trophy or the latest grail | Horseshoe VIP or the Mokuti | Tightest runs in the line, the hardest to ever replace. |
If you want it picked for you
Rain in stainless steel. In stock most weeks, accessible, and tough enough to actually use.
Rain Zircuti or a Mokuti. The material flex, the one people pick up and ask about.
Horseshoe VIP5. 139 pieces, steel, zirconium and three woods. The trophy of the line.
Our straight call. If you only ever buy one, make it a Rain in steel or zirconium. It is the most available, it carries every day, and it shows exactly why the Top-B earned a whole series behind it. Chase a VIP or a Mokuti second, once you know you are in.
The Top-B launched DZ's broader TOP series, and the siblings are worth knowing:
- Top-C: the compact round model and DZ's dedicated haptic coin, a tap-and-click pocket disc rather than a slider.
- Top-D: a larger, more substantial slider than the Top-B.
- Top-E: a mid-sized slider balancing comfort and footprint.
- Top-F: the smallest and most pocketable slider in the line.
- Top-H: a later TOP-series slider, leaning minimalist.
One note for completeness: if a coin is what you are after, DZ's dedicated one is the separate Top-C. For two more deep dives on sliders in the same family, see our ACEdc Gamer engineering guide and the LAUTIE Choc engineering guide.
Display stand
For collectors who run more than one Top-B, DZ also makes a matching display stand. It has no mechanism, it is a static base for showing the pieces, but it is the natural companion once a collection grows.
Featured Pre-Owned · DZ Top-B sliders
A spread of the Top-B slider across its materials and editions. In-stock pieces are marked in stock; sold pieces are shown as references for the range the line covers, since limited runs move quickly on the secondary market. Availability shifts week to week, so the sold pieces below give a fuller picture of what the Top-B slider has come in.
Top-B Blood Butcher
A standout pre-owned Top-B slider with a dramatic finish, one of our featured collector pieces on the shelf.
View listingTop-B Corian 7-Color Set
The Bubble Corian-and-PEEK slider in a full set of color plates, the lightest, most colorful end of the range.
View listingTop-B Rain Zirconium Green
The Rain slider in green zirconium, a premium hard-surface finish on the most circulated Top-B face.
View listingTop-B Luminous Lemon
A glow-resin Luminous slider in lemon, brand-new condition. Surface-driven color rather than metal.
View listing
Top-B Stainless Steel + PEEK
A stainless steel slider with a PEEK detent plate, a grounded everyday-carry configuration.
View listingTop-B Horseshoe (VIP5)
The 2026 VIP slider, steel and zirconium with rosewood, cherry and walnut. Limited to 139 pieces.
View listingAbout DZ
DZ (Metal Toys Dz) is an independent maker, led by Lao Dai, that specializes in mechanical fidget toys. The TOP series is its founding and flagship line, and the Top-B slider is where it started. DZ's approach is mechanical and material-driven: design a solid action, then iterate on it in premium metals and limited runs rather than chasing disposable novelty. Over time the brand expanded the Top-B across dozens of slider editions and materials, with the Top-C serving as DZ's dedicated coin in the wider TOP series.
Frequently asked questions
What is the DZ Top-B
The DZ Top-B is a mechanical fidget slider from DZ (Metal Toys Dz), and the model that launched the brand's TOP series. As a slider it comes in the Bubble, Rain and VIP editions across a range of materials.
What is a fidget slider
A fidget slider is a palm-sized metal bar with a top plate that slides along a track, with a detent setting the resistance and a crisp click at each end. Some sliders use magnets for the resistance; the DZ Top-B uses a mechanical detent. It is the quieter, more pocketable cousin of the fidget spinner.
What are the Top-B slider editions
Three families. Bubble is the 2022 origin, made in roughly 100-piece runs per material (cupronickel, zirconium, Corian-and-PEEK, and later Mokuti). Rain followed in 2024 with titanium as the regular edition and a 998-piece Zircuti limited. The VIP editions are annual collector drops: the 2023 Qin copper and the 2026 Horseshoe.
Is the Top-B a slider, a coin or a spinner
The Top-B is a fidget slider. Every Top-B edition, from the Bubble and Rain lines to the themed and VIP drops, is built on the same slider mechanism. DZ's dedicated haptic coin is a separate model in the TOP series, the Top-C.
How limited are the Top-B sliders
Quite limited. The Bubble editions ran about 100 pieces per material, the Rain Zircuti was 998, and the 2026 Horseshoe VIP was 139. The VIP editions are especially scarce, which makes them the hardest to find.
What materials does the Top-B slider come in
The range spans Corian and PEEK at the lighter end, through cupronickel, copper and stainless steel, up to titanium, zirconium, Zircuti (zirconium-titanium damascus) and Mokuti (titanium-damascus), plus the wood-and-metal VIP pieces.
What is the rarest Top-B slider
The VIP editions (the 2023 Qin copper and the 2026 Horseshoe) and the exotic materials like Mokuti and Zircuti are the hardest to find. Material adds a second axis of rarity on top of the small production runs.
How is the Top-B different from the Top-C, Top-D, Top-E and Top-F
They are siblings in DZ's TOP series. The Top-B is the founding slider, the Top-C is the compact round haptic coin, the Top-D is a larger slider, the Top-E is mid-sized, and the Top-F is the smallest. They share DZ's mechanical design language.
Is the Top-B good for focus or fidgeting
It is built for exactly that kind of repetitive, low-attention tactile input that many people find calming or focus-supporting. The slider's push-click gives a satisfying, consistent action without being distracting.
Where can I buy a pre-owned Top-B slider
TRB Creation specializes in pre-owned and collector-grade EDC fidget toys, including the DZ Top-B slider and the wider TOP series. Because editions are limited, in-stock availability changes weekly. The Bubble and Rain pieces are the usual starting points.
Bottom line and where to next
The Top-B slider is where DZ's TOP series began, and it still rewards collectors because it pairs one well-tuned PEEK-detent action with a tight set of editions in premium materials. The Bubble line is the origin, the Rain line is the most circulated, and the VIP editions are the trophies. That is the whole slider story, and it is worth understanding as a family rather than a single purchase.
If you are new to it, a Bubble or a Rain piece is the cleanest entry. If you are buying pre-owned, pin down the exact edition and material, and use rarity to judge. And if a coin is really what you are after, the Top-C is DZ's dedicated one. The rest of the TOP lineup, from the Top-D down to the minimalist Top-H, is worth knowing once the Top-B has earned its place in your carry.
One action, dozens of faces. Start with a Rain. Chase a VIP. Let the Mokuti be the one you hunt.
Last updated May 30, 2026. Edition list, production runs and release years current as of that date. In-stock availability on the secondary market changes weekly. For up-to-date listings, see the linked product pages.
