Labyrinth Crystal ball size?

[Jennigirl]

What was the size of the crystal balls used in labyrinth?
I am guessing about 70mm but I could be wrong.
If anyone knows let me know.

 

[youngpaddy1]

Michael Moschen who did all the contact juggling in that movie tends to use 75mm crystal balls, I hope that helps.
Cheers

 

[Jennigirl]

Thanks, 75mm is a fairly uncommon size for crystal balls

 

[Trooper_trent]

Thanks, 75mm is a fairly uncommon size for crystal balls

fairly uncommon for a crystal ball, but very standard for a contact juggling ball.

Google

 

[rollerboi]

fairly uncommon for a crystal ball, but very standard for a contact juggling ball.

Yep. Juggling supply houses will sometimes carry these. I believe the "crystal balls" are just clear acrylic balls, which can look quite dazzling. 76mm, or 3 in., is a standard size, although I am using a larger size.

If this is something you're interested in, I recommend James Ernest's book, "The Contact Juggling Book." I have it, and it's very easy to follow.

My own personal recommendation is to practice with a non-acrylic ball first. I picked up a defective glow in the dark vinyl ball of my own - nothing to look at, it's an ugly brown, but it's helped me develop my one-ball skills.

Yeah, my one-ball skills. That's what she said. :lol

while you're at it, I also recommend picking up a pair of poi for poi spinning, it's a lot of fun as long as you don't smack yourself in the genitalia.

 

[Wolfie]

Oddly, I've seen some sort of ball for sale on television lately where its supposed to make contact juggling easier, ball inside a ball is my guess? They were really buying a lot of airtime around Christmas (my job is related to programming advertising to air)

Anyone actually tried one of those things? I couldn't stop thinking about Labyrinth every time the commercial came on.

I taught myself the regular 3-ball juggling on a whim recently, but contact juggling would be cool to add to the random list of things I can do at parties lol

 

[chuckyAPP]

If anyone locates the proper sized "orb" please post the link. I need one of these myself. Thanks

 

[TheNickFox]

Oddly, I've seen some sort of ball for sale on television lately where its supposed to make contact juggling easier, ball inside a ball is my guess? They were really buying a lot of airtime around Christmas (my job is related to programming advertising to air)

That would be the Fushigi ball. It doesn't make anything easier, it's just a shiny ball within an acrylic ball. They claim it enhances the illusion, but because the mirrored inner surface is imperfect, I feel it does the opposite. I had heard that any store that stocked them had a TON of returns because most people expected there to be some sort of trick to their operation, instead of a skill-based item.

I really need to up my contact juggling skills...by which I mean, I have none.

-Nick

 

[CTF]

They're made of crystal?

I thought that was all Bowie!