#303236 - 26/02/04 12:15 AM
Giving away toys.
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Silly Chavs
Registered: 17/04/02
Loc: Possibly Romania
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The idea for this thread hit me a few days ago when i gave someone my first ever set of poi so they could learn and practice.
I dont know why i dont mind giving away my toys, to date i have given away one set of tails, one set of socks and lent someone another set of tails.
Glass gave me a fire staff once.
I know quite a few people that have given away toys to new people.
What im asking is why do we not mind giving up these toys.
Do you ever give toys away?
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#303237 - 26/02/04 12:47 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Registered: 25/09/02
Loc: Berlin
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I've given away 3 pairs of sock poi and a pair of beamers (this one should be obvious  ) I don't mind mainly cause I have so many poi that I'm not going to miss 'em....many I don't even use enough to justify owning. I've lost 3 pairs of poi too and it doesn't bother me for the same reason as giving them away....I know they're still intact they're likely to be used so  ....unless someone runs out of socks, like my girlfriend.... 
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#303238 - 26/02/04 01:14 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
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110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
Registered: 11/10/02
Loc: London
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i've given a fair few sets of sock poi away, and a few broomsticks, and my first firestaff and i left my electroglo poi on a bus, does that count?  Have also been given loads of lovely stuff by other people. i won my massive double head fire poi at the first clapham spin, nearly two years ago now. Haven't used them for about 6months though. i lent the handles to Weasel for his fire ropes, then they got all melted by a spinner who shall remain namelessflid  Special mention to Bovrilmonkey who gave me two 5ft shiny aluminium poles that are all sparkly in summer sun  and the lovely mr fairie ben, who has not only recently made me The NEWmonkeyDOOMstick™but also gave me a set of his really nice sock poi (currently the best poi available in Oddballs, even though the staff tend to push their nasty tail poi on newbies instead  ) Which i then promptly lost  i should really stop losing stuff so much
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#303240 - 26/02/04 01:28 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: Dunc]
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110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
Registered: 11/10/02
Loc: London
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Sock poi = ball in a cone or tube of fabric
The fabric can originally have been a sock, but doesn't have to have been.
Glass and Fairie Ben (amongst many others) make funky poi that are totally unrelated to socks. But they're called sock poi anyway, because they're enclosed in fabric, to distinguish them from firechains or comet poi or whateeever.
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"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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#303241 - 26/02/04 01:47 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: simian]
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playing the days away
Registered: 19/08/03
Loc: The Middle lands
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Is that like what PoiPoiPoi uses in his demo vids on Spherculism?
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#303242 - 26/02/04 01:59 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
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big and good and broken
Registered: 29/08/02
Loc: lunn dunn, yoo kay
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a pair of sock poi, two sets of 3 juggling balls and one juggling club. i think we do it cos giving away gifts that hold sentimental value feels really good if they are appreciated. which they generally are... i tend to buy new toys for xmas and birthday presents nowdays. if that counts too then i've given away *loads* of toys...
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#303243 - 26/02/04 02:11 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: Dunc]
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big and good and broken
Registered: 29/08/02
Loc: lunn dunn, yoo kay
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#303244 - 26/02/04 02:12 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: coleman]
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
Registered: 06/04/02
Loc: Over There
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I have given away a couple of pairs of sockies (sock poi). And a stage ball, and some juggling balls. And a pair of flags. I suppose i dont mind because i know that they would get a lot more use then with me, and probably make someone very happy (i know i was happy when Polythene gave me my mini poi, Flid gave me my mini flags and Mech gave me some glow thinggy poi  ) 
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#303245 - 26/02/04 02:15 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: Pink...?]
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playing the days away
Registered: 19/08/03
Loc: The Middle lands
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I think I may have used sock poi in Bristol last year when someone came over as I was spinning, but they were full of sand and INCREDIBLY heavy and not really much good. With balls inside sounds much better...my house mate can make things like that and I think I've just found a new job for her to do!!
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#303246 - 26/02/04 03:41 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Registered: 19/12/01
Loc: Bristol, UK
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Yep, I gave a pair of flags away last week I left a trail of equipment behind me when I travelled - and more balloons than I'd ever want to count. Flags are my main give away. Because I design and make them myself they're something special to hand over. I know quite a few people who were given toys and they're treasured dearly. So I like to think you're really giving a gift when you give somebody your much loved toys. Ever since I persuaded him to, all my sock poi have been made by Glass and I promptly retired from making sock poi. But now we've made Orange Poi²
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#303247 - 26/02/04 04:06 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: Dom]
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110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
Registered: 11/10/02
Loc: London
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Orange Poi² ? i'd be rather excited and interested... ...if i didn't already own the best sock poi in the world 
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"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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#303248 - 26/02/04 04:18 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: simian]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Registered: 19/12/01
Loc: Bristol, UK
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Quote:
...if i didn't already own the best sock poi in the world
We'll compare at synergy
*Moderator's Top Hat back on* And I'd like to remind the last couple of posters that you're going off topic. Please stop!
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#303249 - 26/02/04 04:19 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: simian]
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veteran
Registered: 21/12/01
Loc: San Diego, California, USA
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Kyrian gave me the worlds best firestaff! She saw how much I liked using it when she was in San Diego.  !Kyri! Pozee gave me a set of glowstrings when I was just starting out and Fiesta Island gatherings were still a semi-popular thing to do. They're so smooth to spin... *sigh* then they got lost somewhere. I've given away sock poi, and tons of practice staves. Etched stuff into a friends firestaff, but that turned out to be a dud idea. Its fun to see the look on their faces when they get all excited:D Kinudin
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#303250 - 26/02/04 04:20 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: Dom]
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NYC
Registered: 26/08/01
Loc: NYC, NY, USA
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The first time I spun my bubble poi I knew that Dom needed them. It just made the world more right.
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#303251 - 26/02/04 05:24 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: NYC]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
Registered: 31/03/03
Loc: Perth
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We work on the "pass it on theory", that if we pass along items/ideas to ppl then the world is somehow a better place for me. We enjoy giving gifts. I hope that the goodness I pass on will be forwarded by those ppl to someone else.
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#303253 - 26/02/04 07:24 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: Dom]
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veteran
Registered: 15/05/03
Loc: London/ Surrey
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I tend not to give away my own personal toys, but I do like to make toys for my friends (personal and thoughtful gifts I hope!) It's fun trying to visualize what they'd really want/ appreciate in a toy  I was given my very first poi set as a Christmas gift, and my first fire set as a Christmas gift a year later
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#303254 - 26/02/04 08:31 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: polythene]
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Burn Free or Die
Registered: 29/03/01
Loc: South Lake Tahoe
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I make all of my own Fire toys. I once thought about buying a fire staff, but found I could make one for 1/3 the price, and I think mine is better. I like giving away my toys, SPREAD THE LOVE! Especilly if its to a fire friend who will use it! I have given away so many fire tools, I can't even think about tring to list them off  Happy Spinning   ~Fire Spirit
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#303255 - 27/02/04 03:20 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: FireSpirit]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 30/05/03
Loc: Bristol
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i started making poi 4 years ago - every time i update the pattern or make an improvement i give a pair to my mate in Bristol who i started spinning with to test them out and i keep one pair for myself.
we've both got about 10 different designs now, and they're still commin!
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#303257 - 27/02/04 08:49 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: FireSpirit]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 30/05/03
Loc: Bristol
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all sorts of changes really. I played around with different ways of weighting them, different types of chrd and light up or luminous stuff as well as lfags etc.
just whenever someone said 'i'd buy these if...' then i change them.
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#303258 - 28/02/04 08:16 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: Tao Star]
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Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
Registered: 27/06/01
Loc: Auckland
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Eeek! Thius post reminds me, I lent an innercore staff to a friend of mine and haven't seen him for a year...
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#303260 - 29/02/04 02:10 AM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: flid]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 27/03/03
Loc: Philadelphia, PA - USA
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Free stuff? Ill take it! Just send any spare/unwanted toys to me, Ill gladly accept. Im broke as hell and got the only toys I own as birthday/christmas presents. Youll never get my beamers or cathedrals! PS - My birthday is coming up in April (21st too  )
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#303261 - 01/03/04 01:08 PM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot]
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Are we there yet?
Registered: 14/03/01
Loc: australia
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I've given plenty away over the years, too many tennis ball and string poi to count! I've given away handmade ribbon poi and wooden staffs, towel wicks, leftover wicking, chains, handles that I've made, glowstick poi... it's what makes it more fun
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#303262 - 01/03/04 01:13 PM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: Ade]
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veteran
Registered: 22/01/04
Loc: middle of Troon
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i make fire poi for people cos i cant afford to spen £30 quids on them min cos bout £12 ish
thinkin bout making a set for pauline actually...
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#303264 - 01/03/04 10:27 PM
Re: Giving away toys.
[Re: flid]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 30/05/03
Loc: Bristol
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not exactly giving away - but i left my fire poi and a brand new thing of parrafin at the bus stop once. I went back the next day and they'd gone so i just hope that whoever found them
a) knows what they're for, and
b) get much joy out of using them and gets a load more people in to spinning!
i would absolutely love it if i'd been the one to find them, so i hope whoever did appreciates it as much as i would and that they weren't just thrown out by some street cleaner or destroyed as a weapon of mass distruction!
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