I won this month! (and questions)

Woohoo! I actually won this month's draw for poi equipment. Been entering in it for quite a long time now, so it is neat that it finally worked out. I'm so happy!

Now my problem is trying to figure out what to spend the $100 on... Right now I have a pair of Zuni, but I can see the material starting to pull on them, and I need to retie the string. I also have some sock poi... Mom's interested in poi, so getting two new sets is probably a good thing. I am somewhat intermediate... I can do normal btb weave and the 5-beat weave, some wraps, but there is still a lot of stuff I don't know.

Here is some stuff I was thinking of getting... any thoughts?

Buzz Poi - These look nice... seems like they'd be soft and I like that the tails come off...

Beginner / Ultimate Poi (if I remember right, the difference is colors and strength of material right?) - Seems like they look good and are well made. Any thoughts on these versus Buzz poi?

Was looking at the Poi Spinning book. I have the ball juggling book by the same publisher and it is realy impressive. Does this have a lot of tricks? Any intermediate/advanced stuff? How many?

What about the World of Poi one? The stuff about musical-like notation seems like it could be fairly interesting.

Was also considering the two DVDs. The Art of Poi / Col2, and the Art of Staff / Sage. Any opinions on these? Seems like they are a good deal... I can probably do most of what is in Art of Poi, but Col2 is probably good. I have an interest in Staff so perhaps that one will be good. Am also interested in the Sage stuff.

Maybe I should pick up the Col3 video. I am just sort of wary to since so much of the other stuff has been coming out on DVD. DVD can do the still-frames and slowmotion and zooming and all of that, so that makes it easier for learning. Then again this IS free and there must be a lot of nice stuff on Col3... Probably a lot of stuff I could learn?

The last things I was considering was the Monkeyfist Meteor (b&w) and that Meteor book. Any thoughts on either one?

One possible thing would be an Ultimate Poi, Buzz Poi, Poi Spinning book, and Meteor. That'd come to around $98. Could subtitute the Poi Spinning book for the Art of Staff+Sage DVD.

Could do Beginner Poi, Buzz Poi, Poi Spinning Book, Art of Staff+Sage DVD, Col3 Video for about the same amount. Maybe swap out the book for the other DVD... Or the World of Poi book?

So, I don't know... Any thoughts? Anything you think I definitely should go for or avoid?

So anyway, I know this is all kind of general, so any thoughts are appreciated. In any case, I am just really excited. Thanks again to Malcolm for the great site and the contest.

Shawn

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