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Fushigi Ball, Is it Amazing or What!?

The Fushigi Ball infomercial actually is very controversial among the hard core contact juggling artists that do this on the street, sidewalks, subway, etc.

They feel as though an infomercial guru and large manufacturing plant in China is attempting to rebrand their art form known as “contact juggling” to “Fushigi”.

They also believe that they are hoping for these commercials to create the new Hackie Sack phenomenon among emo and wolf pack teenagers in highschool.

This fad would than spread throughout the world as Fushugi instead of it’s proper name, “contact juggling”.

Wow! The controversy has me dumbfounded as I would have never imagined there was a pist off “contact juggler” out there crying fowl.

Has anyone in Tyler seen the Fushigi Ball on TV? There is an ad spot on kids TV channels showing this amazing ball.

They say things like “Gravity Defying” and other amazing language.

All it is is a metal ball incased in a transparent bouncy ball type inclosure.

There are several adults and kids on the commercial moving these balls around on their arms and hands and exclaiming how amazing they are.

What the commercial doesn’t tell you is that these people are all skilled “contact jugglers”. I don’t think I could roll a basketball down my arm very well and definitely not a rubber bouncy ball with some metal in it.

The balls seem to have a little bit of a gyroscope type of movement.

Is this ball worth $19.99? Heck no! I don’t think the infomercial is going to make any money although when they use the infomercial to launch their product in local Walmart’s as well as our very own Tyler Walmart I think they will make some serious money on this.

For whatever reason people love new and different ball creations. I gave personally been the recipient of those balls that have goo and smaller balls inside them with netting on the outside.

I have broken a couple of them in the process of playing with them. I think I only paid 99 cents for these balls. I don’t think I would have paid $19.99 for the experience of squishiness.

Would I pay 19.99 for the therapeutic feeling of defying gravity on my hands and arms? I would not but I might pay 99 cents for it if I saw it on the “as seen on TV” section at Walmart in Tyler.

These infomercial guru’s may very well create a whole new hackey sack type of phenomenon and we will see these things everywhere.

Tyler TX teachers will be taking them up in class along with hackey sacks, yo yo’s and the all new glow in the dark Fushigi Balls.

You can learn more about the ridiculous Fushigi Ball at www.fushigiball.com

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2 Responses to “Fushigi Ball, Is it Amazing or What!?”

  1. hector says:

    This was one of my dumbest purchases in recent memory. First of all, the "Fushigi" ball is NOT rubbery let alone squishy. It is very heavy and hard. Drop it on a hard surface and you'll crack it.

    But my main problem with this product is that it takes some serious skill to manipulate it. I didn't realize how much. I'm not a contact juggler and I don't have chimp paws for hands, so I lack the requisite skill to make this ball look like it's doing anything special–and neither can my daughter.

    But it's my own damn fault. She wanted it and I bought it at a Toys R Us on impulse. Live and learn.

  2. hector says:

    One more add for parents: the box says "Fushigi" is good for kids 10 years and up. Bullshit! It's very heavy and surprisingly large, and unless your child is a skilled contact juggler or Meadowlark Lemon Jr., their hands at that age are likely too small to really master this small bowling ball of a sphere.

    The infomercial makes it look easy (duh) but it is quite difficult to do anything with this thing that makes you go "Wow." My daughter and I have actually laughed a lot over our "Fushigi"–but not in a "ha ha this is fun" kind a way. More like "ha ha your dad (me) sure is dumb." $20 I'll never get back. On the bright side, if a burglar breaks into my house I can seriously brain them with my "Fushigi."

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