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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: Avery on September 13, 2004, 10:53:03 pm
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I'm going for a look and that look begs for a backlit green trackball. I've already got a 2.25 trackball, so all I need is the ball itself. Browsing the web turned up nothing. Anybody have any ideas?
(Yeah, I know about the Happ 3" translucent green and may just have to break down and buy one.)
Thanks,
Avery
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some ideas for you:
glow-in-the-dark cue ball -- that glow-in-the-dark look is sorta green. this might work in your favor.
juggling balls -- 2.25" is on the small side for these but you can still find them
"crystal balls" or stone spheres -- somewhat popular on ebay due to their holistic nature and for collectors. there may be a stone that would look good to you. i think ulexite is a synthetic material that has that tiger's eye light effect..
clear acrylic ball -- can be obtained from juggling websites and ebay. i have a laser etched "crystal ball" with a dragon in it that i have lit up with a few red LEDs and it looks pretty sweet. ended up being a few mm too big for my 2.25" case, but a dremel made short work of that. definitely would advise against trying to cram a 3" ball in there tho..