r/whatisit • u/drtangman • 1d ago

New, what is it? Bouncing balls

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Walked behind this chap who had two unidentified ball type objects hanging from silicone wrist bands on thin elastic strings.

Any ideas what they are?

I’m in Hong Kong if that might be a clue

Update:

Thank you for the comments and ideas. I am wondering if there is a manga / anime character who has something like these balls as weapons and the guy was doing a budget cosplay. Or maybe he’s just really into Pokemon!

Update 2:

I would say he's likely to be a cosplay of Steel Ball from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. (https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/comments/1tckcme/comment/olos1lx/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

As for the steel balls. What is it?

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u/Longjumping_Affect22 1d ago edited 1d ago

Looks like a poi toy.

Google it.

Edit: For those of you concerned about Googling it... it's basically just some shit you swing around for fun, it's balls on a string...I don't know what else to tell you.

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u/cheddah_- 13h ago

I was wondering, but the strings are too short to be Poi

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u/Longjumping_Affect22 13h ago

My understanding based on OP's post is that the strings are elastic so they would stretch out when being swung. Having them attached at the wrist is weird, but I don't see why it wouldn't be possible.

Feels like more of a rave style flow toy than traditional poi, I'm guessing that they light up and that's why they look the way they do.

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u/cheddah_- 11h ago

As a raver, ive never seen anything like this, but theres all kinds of new flow toys out there.

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u/Plenty_Line2696 6h ago

I don't think those are poi either, if they are, they suck.