I started this website over my frustration at being unable to find a complete list of Magic 8 Balls anywhere on the internet. In my research I soon realized that a truly complete list of all Magic 8 Balls ever made is essentially impossible, but was still frustrated at the brevity and contradictory nature of the few lists I was able to find.

So now, I present to you…

Name: The Mystical Orb

Release Date: Unknown

Brand: Unknown

Stock Number: 279

The Mystical Orb is, by far, the most ubiquitous unofficial Magic 8 Ball in the free world today.  Alas, it is also one of the most mysterious.  Despite my best efforts I have not only been unable to discover when it was created, but I haven’t even learned who created it.  Although the box…

While there are few companies that actually manufacture custom Magic 8 Balls there are literally hundreds of different promotional product companies offering them.  This means that there have been thousands, if not millions, of sample magic 8 balls sent out into the world.  Many of these were completely blank with just standard promotional answers.

Still, despite their lack of 8 or any other markings, each of these is still…

Name: Yoda The Jedi Master^TM

Release Date: 1981

Brand: Kenner

Stock Number: 69370

Despite the fact there has never been (and will probably never be) an official Star Wars Magic 8 Ball, there have been plenty of unofficial ones and atr least 3 different Yoda Magic 8 Balls.  This, however, was the first – by quite a stretch.

Yoda The Jedi Master stands…

I’ve stumbled across the Disco Decider Answer Ball on a few different party supply websites.  Oddly enough, not a single one of them had an actual photograph of the Disco Decider.  The best I was able to do (right) was a small clip from an eBay auction of hundreds of Hallmark Disco Fever items.  Instead of a photograph, every site I found it on (often called…