I found this at Autozone today, and am excited for no good reason.
OK, it's a plasma ball, standard fill that makes bluish-white streamers with red blooms at the surface. It runs off the cigarette lighter.
But here's the thing- this thing is TINY!! I calipered it and it's just under 1.6" diameter.
They actually make a 2-piece spherical clear plastic housing around it, I guess they thought it was too likely to get broken sticking out of a cigarette lighter plug. This means it won't respond to your touch. But it's easy to pop the retainer holding the halves together and get the sweet 1.6" sphere out. The power supply is small too of course.
I'm sure I can figure out something nifty to do with this. I suppose this is the only time in my life I might wish that I had lost an eye to my Red Ryder BB gun and had a handy cavity when you take the glass eye out.
It's called the "Thunder Ball" by Pilot Automotive http://www.pilotautomotive.com
but I can't find this item on the website or in the catalog. Couldn't find anything on Google either, just a lot of hits for that James Bond movie.
OK, it's a plasma ball, standard fill that makes bluish-white streamers with red blooms at the surface. It runs off the cigarette lighter.
But here's the thing- this thing is TINY!! I calipered it and it's just under 1.6" diameter.
They actually make a 2-piece spherical clear plastic housing around it, I guess they thought it was too likely to get broken sticking out of a cigarette lighter plug. This means it won't respond to your touch. But it's easy to pop the retainer holding the halves together and get the sweet 1.6" sphere out. The power supply is small too of course.
I'm sure I can figure out something nifty to do with this. I suppose this is the only time in my life I might wish that I had lost an eye to my Red Ryder BB gun and had a handy cavity when you take the glass eye out.
It's called the "Thunder Ball" by Pilot Automotive http://www.pilotautomotive.com
but I can't find this item on the website or in the catalog. Couldn't find anything on Google either, just a lot of hits for that James Bond movie.