Sunday, February 13, 2011

Fushigi Ball! What is that?

I got a new toy!!! It is very simple. It is a ... crystal ball! Cool one. It is heavy, it has some metal ball inside of clear plastic. While it is fun for itself, it used for practice of a cool skill: contact juggling.



Now, before I got mine in FredMeyer store :) I did some research, as I do not buy "As seem on TV" items often (I got cool a cleaning snake once and very happy with it: it helps to get my long hairs our of drains).

So, clearly, Fushigi is an item that target seemingly wrong customers and as result, there is a lot of bad rap on internet. :)

First, Fishigi is actulay very cheap, as if you would like to get in to contact juggling with plastic ball, you will need to pay some thing like 50$ on Amazon to get similar items:


Frequently Bought Together

Ultimate Contact Juggling DVD+Clear Acrylic Contact Juggling Ball - 2.75" - 70mm+Medium Ball Bag for Acrylic Contact Juggling Balls - 70mm to 85mm
Price For All Three: $50.89

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Buy the selected items together


I would not argue about quality, but usually all these juggling supplies made in China anyway and does not look like iPhone anyway. Fushigi looks just fine and comes with DVD, bag and ball itself, that is kind of unique: it has metal shiny part inside that plane plastic ball does not have.

So, price is - steal.

Second, Fushigi IS not for small kids or people without coordination. It should not be drooped on hard surface. Enclosed one pager said it loud and clear. And it ask to WATCH DVD first. :)

If you watched YouTube clip with some strange lady ( I did!) dropping Fishing and Acrylic ball from here balcony on street ... Well... These people are ... you know ... a bit extreme ;) (they were catching bounced balls!). I would not do that and I do not think Fushigi or even high quality Acrylic balls are designed for that particular exercise.

But, Fushigi is a cool ball and mine survived many drops on carpet just fine :)

Now, here come the #3:

Fushigi is a wrong toy for people who do not want to invest in learning contact juggling and it may be a wrong ball to start learning contact juggling as you will drop it a lot :)

Otherwise, it is a greta toy and great buy!

But, you can learn with Fushigi if you are careful.

I personally love this ball and I think it worth 20$ with it DVD and bag. You can pick it up at Amazon (I bough it locally)



But, I would recommend to get SIL-X ball to do DVD tricks using it first



or



This way, your walls and room will stay safer and your Fushigi ball will be scratched less :)

But you can do some tricks form DVD with Fushigi itself it you are careful.

And if you want to get some cool Acrylic ball, this may be it:






Have fun!


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