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Old Dw’s Picks For This July 4th.
Fire Crackers – I Personally Like The Black Cat 7/8 Lady Fingers. I Think The 40/40 Bundle Is The Best Value. Granted A Lot Of People Like The Normal 1 ½ Inch Fire Crackers. But With Kids And Us Old Farts A Lot Of Noise Can Be A Little Much If You Start Early Like I Do. With The 40/40 Bundle You Get 1600 Fire Crackers And Don’t Let The Small Size Fool You. They Are Just About As Loud As The Normal Sized Fire Crackers. You Can Save Money By Buying These Compared To The Larger Normal Fire Crackers. And If You Want To Shoot Singles It Keeps The Kids Busy Pulling Them Apart. And You Can Shoot A Pack Of 40 Without Causing Too Much Noise, Damage And Trash Removal.
Water Fire Crackers – Can’t Do The 4th Without Them! Black Cat Has What Is Called Little Dynamite. With A Water Proof Fuse And A Normal Inch And A Half Fire Cracker. What Kid Doesn’t Enjoy Setting Off A Fire Cracker In A Mud Puddle Or A Pool Of Water? Comes In A 100 Pack Box. A Couple Of Boxes Any Kid And A Mud Hole Will Have A Couple Of Hours Of Fun. No You Can’t Use Them For Crappie Fishing Bugman!
Bottle Rockets – Moon Travel Or Air Travel For The Cheaper Bottle Rocket Fans. I Personally Like The Triple Whistle Bottle Rockets Myself. They Drive The Neighbors Nuts And You Can Make A Lot Of Noise With Them. You Get A Triple Whistle With A Report At The End.
Sparklers – I Personally Like The Morning Glories. The Cost Is A Little More But I Think You Get Enough More With Them To Justify The Additional Cost. But If You Have Little Kids The Cheaper Sparklers Will Do The Trick, They Won’t Know The Difference. Just Make Sure For Safety That You Get Bamboo Instead Of Steel.
Smoke And Smoke Balls – I Like What Is Called Rip Tide Smoke Tubes. It’s A Pull String Smoke Tube So You Don’t Have To Light It Just Pull The String. Normally Comes In A 3 Pack And Each Will Last Almost 3 Minutes. Sure Runs The Bugs Out Of The Area! Only Comes In One Color Grey. Only One Kind Of Smoke Balls To Get And That Is The Clay Ones. A Few Years Ago They Came Out With A Kind Of Paper Smoke Ball And They Don’t Last As Long.
Ground Bloom Flowers – Great Colors And Cheap. They Spin On The Ground Really Fast And Change Colors.
Crackling Crawfish A Shotgun Product – This Thing Is About The Size Of A Half Of Roll Of Quarters! It Throws Out Crackle Sparks Until There Is Nothing Left To Clean Up And It Lasts Over 2 Minutes. It Doesn’t Shoot Very High But It Really Is A Great Item.
Rockets – Wooden Stick Rockets I Should Say. Grin And Bear It Rocket It’s A Golden Bear Product. This Rocket Does A Smiley Face With Multi Color Face. Lol Kind Of Like Showing The Neighbors What You Think. X-treme Scream Rocket A Pyro Predator Product Has My Vote To Wake The Dead! Love It! A Loud Screamer With 3 Different Screams And Ends In Crackling!
Old Dw’s Top Pick For Kids And Large Kids (those Age 40 And Above) – Zig Zag Zooms – Comes In A 6 Pack And The Most Fun You Can Have For About A Buck. These Little Things Will Surprise You. They Are About The Diameter Of A Common #2 Pencil And About A Half Inch Long. They Spin, They Zag, They Zig And Then They Zoom Into The Air With A Buzzer Tail. Some How The Boss Got Some Of These A Couple Of Years Ago. We Didn’t Know What They Did So I Opened A Pack And Tried One, Then Two, Then Three, Until The Whole Pack Was Gone! Now We Can’t Keep Them On The Shelves. And We Have Kids About The Age Of 30 Coming In Getting A Box Of 40 – 6 Packs! Guilty As Charged Age 49 Here!
Crop Circles – Winda Product. They Are Kind Of Like The Old Lady Bugs. Comes In A 3 Pack. Screaming Spinning And Rises Into The Air. Wife And I Both Rated Them A 10 On A 10 Scale At A Buyers Show!
Parachutes – There Are Lot Of Different Ones Out There On The Market Today. There Are Single, Double, Day And Night Time. But The Wife And I Went To A Buyers Show A Couple Of Years Ago. And We Ran Across This Cake Parachute That Out Does Anything We Have Ever Seen Or Been Able To Find. Victory Celebration 37, It Is Rated For Night Use Because It Has Glowing Colored Balls Attached To The 37 Shot, Yes 37 Shot Parachutes. But We Also Like It During The Day Light, Because The Glowing Colored Balls Also Put Off A Colored Smoke That Like Having A Smoke Ball Drop From The Sky. Now Normally You Will See A Lot Of Parachutes That Fall Without Opening With Normal Parachutes. With This Product We Have Found This Isn’t The Case. Normally We See About A 99% Open Rate. Everyone Knows How Kids Love To Chase Parachutes. You Just Have To Tell Them To Be Careful Because They Are Coming Down Hot. But You Put 4, 5 Or More Kids Together And Light One Of These And You Will Have A Great Show Watching The Kids Chase After Them! This Is Another Item That We Can’t Keep On The Shelves.
Hen Laying Eggs – I Have Already Gone Into Detail About This Great Little Ground Item For Kids. Paper Chicken That When You Light It, It Shoots Out Colored Balls.
Black Snakes – Every Parent Hates Them Because Of The Mess They Leave. Kids Love Them. I Like The 6 Packs If You Can Find Them, There Is 2 Packs Each Of Different Effects. Ok I Will Admit It I Like The Glow Worms!
Party Poppers For The Little Ones! Pull String And There Is Also One That Looks Like A Little Gun With A Trigger. Granted They Are A Mess With The Confetti String But The Little Guys Love Them.
Snappers Are Another Product For The Little Guys They Can Throw Them On The Concrete Or Step On Them On The Concrete And They Pop. Note For Large Kids, Work Great Under Most Bosses Chairs At The Office Too! Granted After They Go Off Is Not The Time To Ask For A Raise. You Can Also Put Them Under The Bosses Plastic Mat That His Chair Sets On. Works Great! Also Can Be Thrown Behind Boss As He Walking Out Of Your Office.
Booby Traps – Pulling String Fireworks – Great For Kids Age 7 And Above Until They Learn How To Tie The String Onto Door Handles Of Bathroom Doors. And Grandma Won’t Enjoy Them Either When She Opens A Door. Work Great For Bosses Desk Drawers, Might Have To Use A Push Pin On A Wooden Desk Or Double Them Up On A Steel Desk So You Can Find A Place To Tie Them Too. Please See Above About Not Asking For A Raise After They Go Off. Also Works Good On Inside Door Handles Of Wifes, Bosses Or Friends Car Or Pickup! We Don't Carry Them Because Of What Bosses Son Did To Boss When He Son Was A Kid! But You Can Find Them If You Look A Little.
More Latter Keep Checking Back For Updates. I Will Have Everything Posted Before June 20 The First Official Day Of The 2009 Consumer Fireworks Selling Season In The State Of Missouri.
Dan
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DMW: Thanks for this thread.It is very helpful. Where is your tent that you will be selling at?
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Thats for the great posts-keep'um coming!
I've always enjoyed the saturn rockets-do they come in larger packs than 100?
It would be a sight to see 1,000 or so going off for 5 minutes-any suggestions on how to light multiple effects and once,cannon fuse?
Looked on you-tube for fireworks...a good tutorial on how NOT to do it!!Several videos showed people stuffing thousands of bottle rockets into chain link fencing laying on bricks and igniting them all...it did not turn out well.
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LOL DON'T HAVE A TENT HAVE A NICE BUILDING WITH AIR CONDITIONING! I WILL PM YOU WITH THE INFO. PLEASANT HOPE ISN'T THAT FAR FROM YOU!Originally Posted by rangerman93
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I DON'T THINK THEY COME IN THAT LARGE OF A PACK.
YOU CAN TRY CANNON FUSE. BUT IT'S BEEN MY LUCK THAT IT DON'T WORK WELL.
COOK I AM GOING TO PM YOU A WEBSITE THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE. IF YOU AS CRAZY ABOUT FIREWORKS AS I AM YOU MIGHT ENJOY THIS SITE.
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I Am Happy!
I Am Really Happy That Some People Are Enjoying And Learning From This Post. Its Alot Of Work To Put This Information Together Without Trying To Miss Anything. When I Was A Kid In Kc I Would Get Fireworks Catalogs And I Would Start Looking And Reading Them In The Early Spring. I Would Go Thru And Pick Out Stuff That I Wanted To Look At When I Got To A Tent.
My Problems With Tents Are Most People That Work Them Don't Study The Product Most Are Just Temp Help. I Didn't Realize Until I Started Working With Fireworks Just How Much Labor Was Involved! Good Tent Owners Start Working On Next Years Fireworks On July 5th. You Study What Sold Good And You Are Always On The Look Out For New Stuff Coming Out. And You Do Alot Of Testing On Your Own. The People We Work For Continue To Update And Try New Products. And They Test The Old Products That Have Been Good Before To Make Sure That They Are As Good As They Used To Be.
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Dan, as much work as your going to posting up this information I would post up where we all can purchase these fireworks. You know, get some reward for all the time you are taking giving us some helpful information.
THANKS.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, rather to skid in sideways, body used up and totally worn out screaming 'WOO~HOO what a ride!'
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CHRIS,
ITS NOT ABOUT ANY REWARD FOR ME! YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED ME WITH MY CRAPPIE FISHING! AND THIS IS MY PAYBACK TO ALL OF YOU! TO ALL MY NEW FRIENDS I HAVE GAINED FROM THIS BOARD!
THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS! WORKING ON THE LAST POSTS OF THIS THREAD NOW! SO STAY TUNED IN!
DAN
PS: I JUST PM'ED YOU!
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Old Dw’s Picks For This July 4th Post 2 Of 3
I Have Already Covered Fire Crackers, Water Fire Crackers, Bottle Rockets, Sparklers, Smoke Tubes And Smoke Balls, Ground Bloom Flowers, Crackling Crawfish, Rockets And A Bunch Of Other Novelties And Items. Sorry About The Long Posts But I Am Doing This In Ms Word First Then Copy Then Paste. So I Can Get It Done Faster.
Fountains – I Have A Few Great Picks For This Year. Hugs And Kisses Either In 500 Gram Or 200 Gram Size, This Fountain Is Kind Of A “z Cake” Type With Lemon Drops, Color Crossettes And Crackling Pearls! Really A Neat Fountain. Midnight Magic I Gave It A 9 Rating At A Buyers Show! It Has Red, Green, Blue And Gold Colors With Big Droplets. Another 9 Rating Went To Jigglin Jivin Jelly Beans Which Is A Multi Tube Fountain With Brilliant Sprays Of Multi Color Blobs That Look Like Jelly Beans. Each Change Shows Another Beautiful Color Of Blues, Purples, Reds, Greens, Oranges (yes I Said Orange And I Have Seen It With My Own Eyes!) And Violets. Annihilator Gained Another 9 Rating From Me. Chrysanthemums In Colors From White To Gold, Silver-green, Blue-gold, Followed By Silver, Red, Blue And Green. Some Of The Best Fountains That I Have Ever Had The Pleasure Of Watching At Buyers Shows This Year.
Roman Candles – Old Dw’s Top Pick Is Not Really A Normal Roman Candle, It’s Called Cyber Shooter! It’s About A 3 Inch Tube About 4’ Long With A Plastic Spike On The End Of It. Do It Big If You Can Do It! Others I Like Are Boomtown, Black Cat Gatlin Pack And Black Cat Magnum Repeater.
Artillery – Reloadables - Black Box Is What Most People Want Who Just Want To Throw Something Cheap Up In The Air. They Are Normally On Sale As A Loss Leader To Get You In The Door. But As Most People Who Know Me, One Thing They Say About Me Is If Dw’s Going To Do It He Is Going To Do It Right Or He Won’t Do It! I Like The Round Ball Primo Artillery If I Am Going To Do The Cheaper Type Stuff. And Area 51 Is Another Good Medium Priced Artillery That Has Some Great Effects. But Like I Say If You’re Going To Do It, Do It Right! Anytime You Can Find Reloadables That Are In A Canister Instead Of A Round Ball You Are Going To Find A Better Quality Shell With Normally Multi Breaks! Yes You’re Going To Pay More But You And The Family Will Enjoy Them More. There Is A Couple That Fit Into This Best Of The Bear, Sorcerer, Happiness Messenger And Others. But I Have 2 Words For You “black Mamba” 2 Fiber Glass Tubes, 20 Assorted Canisters In Each Box. Yes You’re Going To Pay More But You Will Get Hard Breaks And Some Great Colors With Alsome Effects! There Is Colored Pictures On Each Box That Show The Effects Of Each Shell. And You Are Not Going To Have A Cardboard Tube To Shoot Out Of Like You Do With Black Box. Ever Had A Cardboard Tube Catch On Fire About The Time You Have Only Shot Half A Box? And You Didn’t Have Another Tube To Shoot Out Of, I Have!
500 Gram 3” Tube 9 Shot Racks – Now Most Of These Are Going To Be Out Of Reach Of Your Budgets Unless You Pool Your Money With Other Family Members And Go For A Big Show! Kick Ass Cajun Would Be My Top Pick Followed By, Meltdown, King Back And Fire Dragon. Most Of These Racks Are In The Price Range Of $75.00 And Up!
500 Gram Cakes – Solid Gold Always A 10 Rating In My Book, 16 Shots, Huge Bursting Gold Willos And Brocades With A Quickened Finale! This Cake Kicks Butt! Willow Cannon Is A New One For Me, Huge Golden Willow Blasts With A Cannon Salute At The End. Desert Opponent Is Always Another Top Pick For Me. This Is A 44 Shot Z-shaped Cake Which Has Alternating Brocades And Mines To Crackling Flowers With The Last 2 Rows As A Finale. Black Ops Has 50 Shots Starting With Red And Blue Stars With Reports Getting Faster And Faster Ending With A Finale Of Multi Colored Bursts With A Loud Crackle. Detonator Has 12 Large 2 Inch Shells Flying More Than 100 Feet In To The Air With Bright Silver Comets, Shells Break Open And Fill The Sky With Colors Of Red, Green, Yellow And Silver. Return Of Et, Yep He Is Back, Full Good Breaks Of Brocade Crown Followed By Very Strong Bright Green Dahlia With Red Strobe And Time Rain.
Missiles – Only Two Choices For Me! Growlin Gator Is A 12” Missile With Whistling & Crackle. Cloud Cruiser Is A 10” Plastic Missile That Soars High And Ends In Fire Crackers.
Saturn Missile Batteries – You Either Hate Them Or You Love Them. The Kids Love Them. There Is Only One Choice For Me. A Million Fireflies, 300 Shots, Lots Of Color Sparks Fly From Each Missiles Tail With The Normal Whistle. The Way I See It If You’re Going To Make Noise You Might As Well Have Some Color Too. But You Can Always Get A 25, 50 Or A 100 Shot Saturn Missile Battery For The Kids. I Think We Even Have A 450 Shot Sized Saturn Missile Battery In Stock.
Noise And Lots Of It! – So You Want To Wake The Dead And Drive The Neighbors Out Of Town! You Just Want To Drive Granddad Or Grandma To An Early Grave. Or You Really Want To Drive The Old Bat Mother In-law Or Father In-law Nuts! Old Dw’s Pick For This Would Be Celebration Crackers, One Fuse With 2492 Shots! We Do Have A Celebration Cracker In A Larger Size If You Have The Nerve, One Fuse With 16,294 Shots! Please Don’t Call Me When The Cops Show Up! I Have Enough Problems Already. I Like My Neighbors And I Don’t Have The Nerve So Far But I Have Got A 2492 In The Garage That I Am Going To Do One Day!
200 & 300 Gram Cakes – Matrix Pyro, 16 Shots, Colored Shells With Colored Tails That Break Into Great Colors! Golden Peacock Is A Little 16 Shot Cake That Has Green Pearls That Shoot Into The Sky And Break Into Gold Glitter With Green Rings! It’s A Great Little Small Cheap Cake. Cajun Delight, 96 Shot Little Z Shaped Cake That Shoots Colored Balls. A Great Little Show Opener! With A Little Help You Can Set 2 Of These Up About 50 Feet Apart In Front Of Your Show. Light Them Both At The Same Time, Yes You Will Need 2 People To Do This. This Will Give You A Chris Cross Pattern Which Will Make Your Family Think You Have Been To Pyro School. We Do A Lot Of That In The Professional Shows For Openings, Mid Shows Or The Finale.
Important Notes – I Have Listed Several Z Shaped Cakes Above. Make Sure You Read The Directions Or Ask When You Buy Them Which Way They Are To Be Faced Towards Your Crowd! If They Don’t Know When You Ask At Your Local Stand Then You’re At The Wrong Stand! You Don’t Ever Want To Be Shooting Towards Your Crowd! Granted We All Have That Mother In Law That We Would Like To Shoot Something At. Also Locate The Fuse And Remember When You Light A Z Shaped Cake Not To Stand At The Sides Of The Cake Because You Might Get Shot At. Always Stand Either In Front Or Back Of A Z Shaped Cake.
Fall Out Zone – Take A Little Time To Think Before You Set Up Your Show. Look Which Way The Wind Is Blowing. If Nothing Else Light A Smoke Ball And Watch Which Way The Smoke Goes. Be Sure That There Is Not Any Power Lines, Houses, Buildings, Grassy Fields, Hay Fields With Large Round Bales In Your Fall Out Zone. Remember Last Thing You Want Is To Catch Your House Or The Neighbors House On Fire. Or Upset That Farmer Across The Road When You Burn Some Of His Big Bales Of Hay, Who Always Carries A Scoped 243, A Scoped 30-06, And Either A 357 Or A 9 Mm On The Dash Of His Pickup. Lol It Might Be Me And I Won’t Call 911, Or The Fire Department First Before I Come Up And Say Hello!
Part 3 Of 3 Will Be Posted In A Couple Of Days!
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Ho Ho Ho Only 17 Days Left!
Only 17 Days Left Until Every Fireworks Stand Opens In Missouri! Got My List Checking It Twice I Am Going To Blow Something Up Starting June 20!
Last Post Will Be Posted In A Couple Of Days.
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