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bulldog_06

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« on: June 12, 2012, 03:44:52 PM »
I'm looking for some dice to purchase for a project that I have going on...more like the big dice from High Rollers (Trebek or Martindale), The Big Showdown or even Yahtzee. Does anyone know where I can find some to purchase? Thanks.

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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2012, 03:54:38 PM »
When I was a youth I had a set of Sportcraft Hi-Roller lawn dice. There was a pair of white and yellow dice, and they were the friendly-foam type, which meant they rolled quietly, and if you wanted to play a game of Spud with a randomized call-out, you have that.

Other'n that, eBay I guess.
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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2012, 04:12:06 PM »
Or you could get creative and go to a craft store, purchase foam and cut the foam to make your own.

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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2012, 04:13:24 PM »
Or you could get creative and go to a craft store, purchase foam and cut the foam to make your own.
This would also solve the "Chinese 2" problem that seems to plague most of these dice.
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2012, 04:35:53 PM »
I immediately thought of the lawn dice Travis described, but gameshowcrazy's suggestion is just as feasible, and could prolly save you a few bucks.
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2012, 05:01:28 PM »
Koplow Games sells big dice but not to the public directly. Find the dice you want on the web site and find a FLGS (friendly local gaming store) to order it for you.
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2012, 06:25:55 PM »
These look like fun.  I don't think you'll beat eight bucks (free shipping) for three pair.
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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2012, 06:30:50 PM »
pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c64d06a9d"]These look like fun.[/url]  I don't think you'll beat eight bucks (free shipping) for three pair.
Not foam dice (and those are a different kind of foam than the lawn dice), but the absolute gem of my collection is a set of four wet-erase dice. Each face has its own erasable board, so you can write whatever you want the dice to do, wipe 'em and do it again. Plus they fit nicely in my elephantine hands, so that's nice.
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2012, 07:38:41 PM »
All of a sudden I'm getting GSC4 flashbacks...

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« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2012, 07:57:21 PM »
You might want to check educational supply stores and websites too...

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« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2012, 01:28:46 AM »
Dry erase dice? I could imagine those could make for quite the perverted game of Yahtzee.
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« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2012, 01:36:31 AM »
Dry erase dice? I could imagine those could make for quite the perverted game of Yahtzee.
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« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2012, 08:17:56 AM »
Also check out your local Dollar Tree. They've had large foam dice recently - however, if this is a video project, you might object to the words "made in china" on the "one" side of the die. Heck...you just might not like it in general, but it may be worth a look.

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« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2012, 02:04:14 PM »
Also check out your local Dollar Tree. They've had large foam dice recently - however, if this is a video project, you might object to the words "made in china" on the "one" side of the die. Heck...you just might not like it in general, but it may be worth a look.
If they're foam dice, it seems like it would be minimal work to make that "made in china" go away. A little scraping or Dremel-ing, and Bob's your uncle.
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« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2012, 02:14:31 PM »
Also check out your local Dollar Tree. They've had large foam dice recently - however, if this is a video project, you might object to the words "made in china" on the "one" side of the die. Heck...you just might not like it in general, but it may be worth a look.
If they're foam dice, it seems like it would be minimal work to make that "made in china" go away. A little scraping or Dremel-ing, and Bob's your uncle.
Would it even take that? Wouldn't just a little Liquid Paper do the job for video purposes?
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