Disaster_Area
Gadget Monger
I've been looking for a couple months for a good source for marbles to top up my developing chemical containers but I've yet to find one. I've tried the toy section of Walmart and other dept stores but it seems kids no longer play with marbles... they don't plug in, light up, need assembly or make noise... well... to tell you the truth I didn't exactly play with my marbles as a kid either... I just kept them in a bag and looked at them once in a while...
... right... anyways... I've tried craft stores, hobby stores and no one sells a decent quantity of them, if they have them at all they just have these tiny bags with half a dozen to a dozen marbles in them... I'd have to buy a ton of those little bags to fill all my bottles...
so does anyone know a good source in Canada for marbles?... I lost all mine years ago and now I find I need them again
... right... anyways... I've tried craft stores, hobby stores and no one sells a decent quantity of them, if they have them at all they just have these tiny bags with half a dozen to a dozen marbles in them... I'd have to buy a ton of those little bags to fill all my bottles...
so does anyone know a good source in Canada for marbles?... I lost all mine years ago and now I find I need them again
iamzip
Ambitious, but rubbish
Good luck. I was going to suggest Amazon, but when I went to their Canadian site, I could not find any marbles (they have them on the American site). Are marbles illegal in Canada or something?
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Small children are very easy to rob ... trouble is finding ones that still play with marbles. :angel:
Like you say if it doesn't beep flash or gyrate they don't want to know about it these days!
Like you say if it doesn't beep flash or gyrate they don't want to know about it these days!
kermaier
Well-known
Try an aquarium supply store.
Ari
Ari
Disaster_Area
Gadget Monger
Brilliant!!! I hadn't thought of that... I guess there's absolutely no reason they have to be round... those oval-ish aquarium pebbles will work great... thanks!
It's true though... every time I went to the kids section of a department store looking for marbles the teenage kid stocking the shelves looked at me like I just asked where the gramophone and stick-and-hoop isle was...
snausages
Well-known
first place listed when you google marble sellers: http://www.marblesmarbles.com/
DRabbit
Registered
visiondr
cyclic iconoclast
Ducky
Well-known
Small decorative stones are available at my local $$ store in bags.
Disaster_Area
Gadget Monger
yeah.. I found all those places.. but I really didn't want to order marbles in from another country... I didn't want to pay ridiculous shipping for glass balls... I'm sure my country... my city even should have SOME marbles
going to hit the pet store tomorrow for some aquarium beads!
going to hit the pet store tomorrow for some aquarium beads!
robklurfield
eclipse
My wife says I've lost my marbles. I think she's right.
Try a "crafts" store that sells junk for paper/silk/real flower rrangingor a florist's shop a. They use clear glass marbles to secure the stems at the bottom of vases.
Try a "crafts" store that sells junk for paper/silk/real flower rrangingor a florist's shop a. They use clear glass marbles to secure the stems at the bottom of vases.
TWoK
Well-known
What exactly is the photographic use for marbles? Please excuse my ignorance.
btgc
Veteran
next thing to making shots of them, is to put them into opened bottles of chems to keep level as high as possible to minimize oxidation.
aeolist
Member
wicked! going to try it on my ilfosol 3 bottle at last those marbles are going to be put in good use
at last those marbles are going to be put in good use
jarski
Veteran
since I've lost mine long ago, this thread is a life saver
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Used wine cask bladders are an alternative.
For when you loose your marbles that is!
For when you loose your marbles that is!
Phantomas
Well-known
If you don't find any over there I can send you some from here, although they can be heavy for quick and cheap shipping. The kids here are not as developed, so the stores still carry them.
We should start a "are marbles dead?" thread
We should start a "are marbles dead?" thread
MartinP
Veteran
Marbles may, or may not, be dead - but everyone knows you can't flick a Nintendo DS, completely the wrong size and shape, and so fragile ! Totally useless.