Name: The Aye Ball

Release Date: Summer 2006

Brand: McDonald’s

Stock Number: Number 2 in the Pirates of the Caribbean Happy Meal Set

One of the most innovative promotional Magic 8 Ball’s I’ve discovered yet, The Aye Ball was released as a McDonald’s Happy meal toy to help promote Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest.  It’s slightly larger than the small 7 cm size…

Despite the eBay logo on the top of this small Magic 8 Ball, and the fact that I actually purchased it on eBay, I honestly don’t believe it was ordered by the company itself.  Rather I have a feeling a third party, though possibly an employee or seller, had these custom eBay Magic 8 Balls made.

I’ve been around eBay since it’s inception in 1995 as a buyer,…

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…