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Dragon Balls Are Orange, Yo
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 3:00 PM on June 10, 2008
Don't forget! We have a *another* contest going besides our MGS 'stache. Reader Letsan didn't forget, writing: "There's only one Dragon Ball for three reasons: I was too lazy to make more of them, winter has my hands colder than the Balls itself, and there is no more orange juice. And they're made out of frozen orange juice, while the little star was cut down from a rubber keychain. Almost forgot to thank Maglite for that nice Dragon Ball glow!" To bring everyone up to speed: Make a Dragon Ball. The best damn Dragon Ball you can! It cannot be drawn or virtual — it must be an actual three dimension Dragon Balls. Now! If you don't know what Dragon Balls look like, you can click here. While the Dragon Balls you make should look like actual Dragon Balls, feel free to get creative with what you use to make them. The contest wraps up later this month. The finalists will win either the PS3 version or Xbox 360 version of Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit. Be sure to send entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom and include a Kotaku sign. Losers get INTERNET FAME.
Hit the jump for more balls.
Mojotroll writes, "I emptied a snow globe and then filled it with a clear epoxy resin that I dyed orange. Once the resin hardened I added a light bulb to the inside of the base to make it light up".

Reader André sent these along. Tasty!

Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
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VishusBurn
Posted 3:57 PM 10/6/08
I didn't think dragons had balls. You learn something new everyday.
VishusBurn
motogp
Posted 3:56 PM 10/6/08
Haha they look so cool..How bout giving them out for free xp
motogp
PsycheE
Posted 3:54 PM 10/6/08
Epic-ness of all proportions, holy mother of all pearls.
PsycheE
bobtheduck
Posted 3:42 PM 10/6/08
@bobtheduck: That's what happens when your only local friend is obsessed with something, even if you hate it... You learn a LOT about it...
bobtheduck
bobtheduck
Posted 3:40 PM 10/6/08
I hate myself for knowing this, but not all Dragonballs were orange... Just Earth's...
bobtheduck
cringer8
Posted 3:37 PM 10/6/08
@Stikasasn:
I thought grapefruit at first, too (see above), but now I'm thinking Blood Orange...
We need clarification ;)
cringer8
Sir_Crocidile
Posted 3:34 PM 10/6/08
Wow, the snow globe dragon ball is awesome.
Sir_Crocidile
Katorok
Posted 3:28 PM 10/6/08
Those balls are inert =(..
Katorok
Stikasasn
Posted 3:26 PM 10/6/08
The pink flesh inside those fruit makes me think those are grapefruits. I love grapefruits.
Stikasasn
(俗・ ) Grey Gecko
Posted 3:20 PM 10/6/08
Those are some quality balls there...
(俗・ ) Grey Gecko
cringer8
Posted 3:19 PM 10/6/08
@D-Sovereignty:
My only issue with that one is that the star was just glued to the outside...kinda weak.
cringer8
string_theory
Posted 3:17 PM 10/6/08
Wish I had a pic of a "waterpipe" a guy i knew in college had. Had all the dragon balls made out of big marbles on it.
If a talented glass blower out there makes some that would be about as close to real dragon balls as one could get. Getting the stars into 3 dimensions (viewable from every angle) might be hard though.
string_theory
D-Sovereignty
Posted 3:17 PM 10/6/08
your balls are clean!!!
(Sorry Drawn Together joke)
But on the real those look fantastic, I wish I had a Dragonball snow globe, that's really creative.
D-Sovereignty
braagh
Posted 3:14 PM 10/6/08
All I have to say is WOW.
braagh
cringer8
Posted 3:12 PM 10/6/08
The grapefuits are VERY creative. I would have never thought of that. As of right now, I know who will get my vote.
When does this contest end? I might throw my hat in on this one. I want the game, but I don't want to pay for it ^_^
cringer8
Eltigro
Posted 3:09 PM 10/6/08
@NighTrekr: I think they already had one with a toy dragon with testicles...
Eltigro
RydrX
Posted 3:08 PM 10/6/08
OOO, I bet that orange juice Dragon ball was Tasty.
RydrX
Witzbold
Posted 3:07 PM 10/6/08
Oh shit those are EPIC!
Hats off to the hard work and effort put into making those entries!
Witzbold
InHumanGamer
Posted 3:05 PM 10/6/08
^^^^
Good god, I thought people were done with them in the last 10 dragon ball posts..
InHumanGamer
NighTrekr
Posted 3:02 PM 10/6/08
I predict some NSFW joke entries.
NighTrekr
alphamai1300
Posted 4:27 PM 10/6/08
If mojotroll is reading, what did you use for the star in the globe?
alphamai1300
Pezdispenser
Posted 5:24 PM 10/6/08
Dragonballs that you can eat? Awesome, can't wait to lick that orange one ;)
I'll throw myself out.
Pezdispenser
zetopazio
Posted 9:11 PM 10/6/08
Wow, lets hope the dragon balls in the hollywood movie to look so good as that one made with a snowball!
zetopazio
Salen
Posted 9:05 PM 10/6/08
Mmmm Orange Juice Dragon Balls. Full of Vitamin C! Oh sure, they might not grant wishes but they do grant you defense against Scurvy. That has to count for something, if you're a pirate.
Salen
Angryrider
Posted 9:57 PM 10/6/08
Nice.
Wait, winter? It's almost summer and it's hot like balls up here. He lives in the Southern Hemisphere or something?
Angryrider
theonlydoublej
Posted 11:20 PM 10/6/08
Mellons for the win!
theonlydoublej
Shiryu
Posted 11:13 PM 10/6/08
We have a Winner: André!
Shiryu
bubble-bee
Posted 7:44 PM 10/6/08
Great work to everyone! :)
But I was thinking the contest was about making dragon ballS and not a dragon ball.
So, well done with the grapefruits :)
bubble-bee
Mojotroll
Posted 10:01 PM 10/6/08
@alphamai1300: I looked FOREVER for something i could use as a star. I even tried to cast one out of resin unsuccessfully. I finally found some magic wand at the dollar store that I took apart and painted. It worked out much better than I thought.
Funny story about the it being on the outside though. it was too buoyant when I tried to put it inside so I was going to let the epoxy gel a bit and then try again. However, epoxy gets REALLY hot when it cures. It gets so hot in fact that I couldn't touch the ball anymore. Fearing a fire I dropped it in the fridge for 30 min which apparently was long enough for the top layer to harden. Being screwed, my only option was to glue it on the outside. It actually turned out looking a bit better this way as the globe made the star look HUGE when it was inside the ball.
Mojotroll
Tohdman
Posted 3:13 PM 11/6/08
I just mailed mine in and that snow globe one makes me nervous as hell.
Tohdman
alphamai1300
Posted 6:34 PM 11/6/08
@Mojotroll:
Much appreciated!
alphamai1300
Letsan
Posted 1:30 PM 12/6/08
@Salen:
I must admit that orange juice isn't natural at all... so ain't sure about how much Vitamins it have :/
@Angryrider: Actually I do. I'm from Chile, in South America, to be precise. It's autumn here but it gets cold as hell (even though hell is hot :D ).
There's another reason why I didn't did other balls: I only had one pokéball to mold them. The white plastic on the left is the lower half of the pokeball, the other half just got lost a few days aho :(.
Cool, I thougth i wouldn't even get internet fame, but I did!!
Letsan
MgsDakota
Posted 3:56 PM 10/6/08
magic words???
ooo yea
i command u n the name of lucifer to spill the blood of the innocent!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MgsDakota
Envoke
Posted 3:03 PM 10/6/08
I do believe the snow globe one wins. instantly. That just looks so beautiful, and so authentic too if a Dragonball were to be real o.o
Envoke