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Skill Level :	From simple to complex
Clear diagrams?	Yes - hand drawn
Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)?	Yes
Photos of completed models?	Yes
Is there indication to the model size resulting from size of starting paper?	No
Are the models "Pure" origami (From square - no cuts)?	Most are

Overall Impression

Originally published in 1985 as the 2nd part of the "Viva! Origami" series under the name "Top Origami". This was the only book of the set to be published in English.
The book has a nice variety of subjects, with many geometrical and modular
forms, and also animals, objects etc.
The text is fascinating, discussing creativity, mathematics and more, and illustrating various concepts with models.

The Models

Model	Creator	Notes	Photo (Click for a larger image)
Hourglass	Jun Maekawa	Nice	Folded by Origami Plaza
Rotating tetrahedron	Tomoko Fuse	A flexagon from 3 squares
Lidded cube Box	David Brill	Excellent
Extraterrestrial	Jun Maekawa	Crease pattern only
Coaster #1	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Iso-Area folding example
Coaster #2	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Iso-Area folding example	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Kawasaki cube #1	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Iso-Area cube	Folded by Phillip West
Kawasaki cube #1 variations	Toshikazu Kawasaki		Folded by Gadi Vishne
Kawasaki cube #2	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Iso-Area cube	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Supersonic Reconnaissance SR-71 blackbird	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Very good	Folded by Gabriel Vong
Space shuttle	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Very good. Pretty much the same as the one in Doctor's Origami Dream Book	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Sonobe module	Mitsunobu Sonobe	A classic modular unit	Folded by Meenakshi Mukerji
Bi-color diabolo pattern	Kunihiko Kasahara
Sonobe module - simplified	Kunihiko Kasahara
Bottle	David Brill	Great. Also published in Origami: Paperfolding for Fun and in Brilliant Origami
Tetrahedron	Kazuo Haga, Kasahara & Maekawa		Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
HK cube or Trick dice	Kazuo Haga & Kasahara
Octahedron	Kazuo Haga		Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Icosahedron	Kazuo Haga		Folded by Gadi Vishne
Dodecahedron	Kazuo Haga
Fujimoto Cube	Fujimoto Shuzo	Fun to make! Also published in World's Best Origami
Hosoya cube	Haruo Hosoya	From 2 units
Tomoko unit	Tomoko Fuse	A Sonobe-like unit
Okamochi (carrying box)	Jun Maekawa		Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Half a cube	Jun Maekawa
Half a cube	Jun Maekawa		Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Divided masu box	Jun Maekawa		Folded by Phillip West
Dodecahedron skeleton	Jun Maekawa		Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Intersecting planes	Jun Maekawa		Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Octahedron skeleton	Jun Maekawa		Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Dodecahedron unit	Jun Maekawa		Folded by Gadi Vishne
Octahedron	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Iso-Area - From a hexagon	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Ptarmigan - Icosahedron	Fushimi Kohji & Mitsue	From a hexagon - a bird that blows up into an icosahedron
Kitten	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Very cute - from a long strip
Goose	John Montroll	Very good	Folded by Gadi Vishne
Pelican	John Montroll	Very good	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Clapper rail	Jun Maekawa	Very good - with color changed beak and feet	Folded by Deiby
Kangaroo	Peter Engel	Excellent - with a baby, also published in Origami from Angelfish to Zen
Giraffe	Peter Engel	Nice, also published in A Arte dos Mestres de Origami and in Origami from Angelfish to Zen	Folded by Gilad Ayalon
Malay Tapir	Jun Maekawa	Excellent
Horse	David Brill	Excellent - from a triangle. Also published in Brilliant Origami Encyclopedia of Origami for Children and Adults The Best of Annual Collections 1981-1995 and on David Brill's website
Fox	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Very good - from a rectangle. Also published in Origami Dream World
Camellia, bloom and branch	Toshie Takahama	Very nice - from a rectangle
Rose	Toshikazu Kawasaki	The famous rose - fantastic! Better diagrams published in Origami Dream World
Green pepper	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Nice
Eggplant	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Nice
Daikon radish	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Nice	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Flower cut hard boiled egg	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Nice	Folded by gailprentice
Pine cone	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Interesting shape	Folded by Phillip West
Spiral snail shell	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Very good. Also published in Origami Dream World	Folded by Gabriel Vong
Sea snail shell	Toshikazu Kawasaki	Very good	Folded by Origami Plaza
Murex shell	Toshikazu Kawasaki	With cuts	Folded by Gabriel Vong
Ground beetle	John Montroll	Excellent
Rhamphorynchus	John Montroll	Very good	Folded by Ondrej and Radim Cibulka
Stegosaurus	John Montroll	Excellent. Also published in Dinosaur Origami, in Prehistoric Origami, in The Best of Annual Collections 1981-1995 and in Quarterly ORU folding diagrams #2