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Location: Van Diemans Land, Australia
Ok.
My current obsession is contact juggling. and when i first started (after seeing mr spin at a local festival) i shelled out $35Aud for a nice shiny new 70mm acryllic which is roughly the same amount as what nearly four of my regular juggling balls cost.
Since then i have bought another ball the same and i have a third one in the mail. so far i have spent $105 dollars on acryllics. but i still need one more ball just to make a four ball stack or to do toss and contact routines. so just for four acryllics i will have spent $140
but it doesnt stop there. i also want to buy some UV balls. these cost $70 a ball! i figure i will only want two for the moment. and i will need a Black light as well.
Lets tally it up. Four regular acryllics. two UV's. a black light.
Thats $296 dollars.
Lets not forget that over time as a contacter i will need to replace balls that have been too damaged to perform with and also i might want to buy coloured balls sometime.
i am probably looking to spend upwards of $500 Australian on Contact balls alone.
*looks at moths fly out of wallet*
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3,289 posts
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
lol - the way I see it, is that i dont spend money on things like TVs, fast cars and DVDs and other stuff - I spend it on juggling equip. as long as you buy things you will actually use (my 6 albys will come in handy one day I'm sure
) its all good.I didnt know mr spin even did contact *shrugz*
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
try www.dube.com they're a bit less expensive.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
im with Pyrolific - if your gunna use it and you think you can justify the cost for the amount of use it'll get its worth it
if on the ther hand your buying it because you think its pretty etc be careful - i had to stop myself wasting £10 buying a load of mathmos light ball things to use for glow poi when id just bought a nice pair of (reinforced) streetlights for the same pupose.
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artisan
1,576 posts
Location: Berkshire, UK
fahwoobagads sounds much better
197 posts
Location: Bolton
Well if you enjoy them why not spend money on them? At the end of the day it's gonna be spent anyway. It's money, that's what it's for.
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artisan
1,576 posts
Location: Berkshire, UK
yeah true better than wasting all your money on bollovk all
Member
60 posts
Location: Canberra, Australia
Have you looked at the HOP balls ?
addict
475 posts
Location: Van Diemans Land, Australia
HOP balls arent acryllic.
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it shines at night but fades too soon
fair luna moon, fair luna bright
forever we dance
we dance under starlight
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