The Poké Ball: An Accurate and Functional Representation

[somnambulus]

What if the extra bits were separate pieces, so you could cast a normal pokeball, then glue the detail piece to one of the casts, and cast that? Or would that cost more money to make the molds?

There are already replicas like that on the market though. Also, how will we catch pokemon if the pokeball doesn't open.:facepalm

 

[Jm419]

I may be alone in requesting this but would it make a difference if it was just a ball that didn't open? Would that be any cheaper?

Not really. Same amount of material.

I'm going to do some thinking about this. I'm not sure I can even mold these; the interior and exterior are going to be a bit of an issue.

 

[Jm419]

Allow me to show off the latest family member:

The Master Ball, for when you absolutely aren't going to miss:

The colors are a bit garish, but don't worry too much about that. The render's only in color to show off what a finished ball could look like with paint on it; and it looks the part better than an all-white ball.

 

[kalissuperman]

looks good

 

[michelmoermans]

Allow me to show off the latest family member:

The Master Ball, for when you absolutely aren't going to miss:

I'm not criticizing your work here but the makers of the pokeball themselves. That's what a masterball looks like? Man that thing looks ugly! I only played the games (yellow, red and blue FTW!) so I never saw it modeled but man that looks like a mickey mouse pokeyball...
Just taked a look at the pokemon wiki and it is what is, good work though the model you made looks spot on!

 

[Jm419]

I agree. I think it's pretty garish, personally, but that's the way it is, lol. The colors are a little bright, but this is the correct shape and roughly the right coloring.

 

[Jm419]

Here's a piece of eye-candy for you. I thought this was a neat shot.

 

[Wes R]

They look amazing. I honestly think that in the game/cartoon world there is a hinge in there of some sort to open/close it but they probably left it off as one less thing to have to animate/draw.

 

[aceofknaves88]

Yup, I'm going to need these!

 

[skippster86]

They bring back some memories! Duplicating the masterball with the cheat was a bad way to get ahead.

 

[Jm419]

LOL, yeah. I just got up to 148/151 in Yellow. Still Vaporeon, Lickitung, and Mewtwo, obviously, but it's the closest I've ever been.

 

[michelmoermans]

LOL, yeah. I just got up to 148/151 in Yellow. Still Vaporeon, Lickitung, and Mewtwo, obviously, but it's the closest I've ever been.

Nice to see there are still people with this goal in mind!
I'm currently working my way through Red after purchasing a pokemon blue in the second hand store which contained... MEW! I was so excited when I saw that. The 10 year old me never knew that you could get that pokemon so 22 year old me was really excited to transfer him to my red card. 5 more pokemon and I'm done!

 

[Jm419]

I got Mew in Yellow through the glitch. I even have a display with some Kanto badges I found online. Red, Yellow, and Blue all together. They're really the best of the games, and I still feel that old nostalgia when I play 'em. Sure, they're fifteen years old, but they're still darn good.

 

[michelmoermans]

Damn right! I dread the day though when those batteries will run out and my awesome pokemon will be gone Still 16 years and that battery is still going strong is quite the achievement! (knocks on wood)

 

[Jm419]

Nope, that's only in Gold and Silver; it's the internal clock that does it. Since RBY don't have an internal clock, they won't run out until they've been in constant use for fourteen years. The battery always kept time in GSC, you see, so that's why they ran out; the battery was never off.

 

[michelmoermans]

Awesomeness So every minute I'm not playing now is a minute I could play later... Hmmm that's quite a dilemma you are putting me for here...

 

[Jm419]

Theoretically. The batteries have fourteen years of use in them, give or take; if you played 24 hours a week - one full day, or roughly two thirds of the original RBY story - the batteries would last 98 years, not counting for radioactive decay.

 

[michelmoermans]

You just brought a big smile on my face friend But why would they not do the same for gold and silver then?

 

[Linkara]

You just brought a big smile on my face friend But why would they not do the same for gold and silver then?

Because of the night and day dynamic they added into Gold and Silver. They had it so certain Pokémon could only be caught at night and some during the day, so they required an internal clock to keep that going. I'm sure these days the games just sync into the DS' clock, but back then it relied on the cartridge's battery.

 

[Jm419]

Because of the night and day dynamic they added into Gold and Silver. They had it so certain Pokémon could only be caught at night and some during the day, so they required an internal clock to keep that going. I'm sure these days the games just sync into the DS' clock, but back then it relied on the cartridge's battery.

Which, as a result, left the battery always on, at least partially, so it could keep track of time and date. They removed the dynamic in RSE, I believe, but as a result of its presence in Gen 2, both of my cartridges (Gold and Silver) are dead - but I got to salvage my level 100 Articuno from Gold before it died, so it's safely on my Yellow now. :lol