yarnsley Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Does anybody know somewhere in Bangkok to buy one of these? Not from an online store but from a shop/mall/market. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Moved to Bangkok forum for local input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlehead Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 My son wanted one and we went to a mall here in Phuket. A few of the kiosks in the aisles were selling them. So, I would imagine if they are here in Phuket, they would be selling them at those little kiosks in the malls in Bangkok too. Somewhere in MBK would be my first try. A few of his classmates had them too, so, they are making their way into Thailand. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Seen em on street stalls in BKK couple of days back. Otherwise a flobble shop will sell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princepavs Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Go nana Sent from my ONE A2003 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Banggood.com but also in Chinatown on the markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokairportlink Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I was looking and found in Bangkok online https://www.personal-shopper-bangkok.com/product/fidget-spinner-wholesale-thailand-order/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rani Pasumarthy Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) I sell fidget spinners at <snip> and I'll be travelling to Bangkok this June 9-18 (June 11-16 in Phuket). I'll bring plastic spinners but if you're interested with the EDC / metal spinners, let me know. Send me a PM. Edited May 25, 2017 by Jai Dee facebook links and web contact details removed as per Forum Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdietz Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I must be out of touch, but looks to me like a couple wheel bearings in a useless configuration.. I assume it has some point though, or it is part of the younger generation on Thai Visa these days? Anyway Lazada surely has them and will deliver them to your door, paid on delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofacloud Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Yes, go Nana. Exit on the side of odd soi numbers and go a 100 meters or so towards Asoke. You will see a few peddlers with a fairly big selection of these toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 On 5/24/2017 at 0:51 AM, princepavs said: Go nana hes right ! lots of the pavement stalls between nana and soi cowboy were selling them last week :) dave2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 50 minutes ago, Jdietz said: I must be out of touch, but looks to me like a couple wheel bearings in a useless configuration.. I assume it has some point though, or it is part of the younger generation on Thai Visa these days? Anyway Lazada surely has them and will deliver them to your door, paid on delivery. You are just out of touch..... These Spinners are just one of the latests crazes for kids.... It was Pokemon Go last year, its been hover boards, loom bands, digital pets, Furby, Zhu Zhu pets... the YoYo is due a resurgence fairly soon I imagine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: , Furby they were cute :) dave2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 One of the leading international schools in Bangkok released a letter to parents recently outlining the 'dangers' of these little spinners.... ... I've seen numerous comments on Facebook about how these things could be dangerous, posted by a couple neurotic Thai Mums (friends of my Wife)... Ironically, the same people who suggest these are dangerous don't use a car seat for their kids !!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheard Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I must be out of touch, but looks to me like a couple wheel bearings in a useless configuration.. I assume it has some point though, or it is part of the younger generation on Thai Visa these days? Anyway Lazada surely has them and will deliver them to your door, paid on delivery. My grand daughter has one. Can't for the life of me imagine what it's for. Just sits on her dresser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 1 hour ago, dave2 said: hes right ! lots of the pavement stalls between nana and soi cowboy were selling them last week :) dave2 They've got luxury fidget spinners down there now as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 40 minutes ago, lamyai3 said: ey've got luxury fidget spinners down there now as well i know ... i rented two of them :) just joshin mods ... dave2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Jdietz said: I must be out of touch, but looks to me like a couple wheel bearings in a useless configuration. Me too. I first learned about it here in the forum. Since then I can't save me from mentions in reports/radio etc. In 6 months it will be forgotten like so many toy hypes. So if you want to get rich in trade, hurry up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben2talk Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, bheard said: My grand daughter has one. Can't for the life of me imagine what it's for. Just sits on her dresser. Sure. When I was a kid we had spinning tops, and I had a humming top. When I was a bit older my mother bought me a spinning gyroscope. Later on it was a GSX-R which could spin it's wheels fast enough to make me go 300km/h. Can't for the life of me imagine the point of stupid toys that have no useful function in life and cannot earn money... I guess just having fun and experience the physics of spinning objects is a bit over-rated right? Edited June 9, 2017 by ben2talk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokairportlink Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 58 minutes ago, ben2talk said: Can't for the life of me imagine the point of stupid toys that have no useful function in life and cannot earn money... I This is what I am thinking about kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Um, what the hell does a fidget spinner do??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 23 minutes ago, bbi1 said: Um, what the hell does a fidget spinner do??? It makes money for the guy who invented it. Oh, some kids are doing some farily lame tricks with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katia Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 I see them all over... looks like the trend has caught on here, too. I see the value in fidget objects (being a person always doing something with my hands-- I'm a pen-clicker, doodler, note-writer, and have a set of self-made komboloi beads that I click through sometimes-- those used to save my sanity in horrid traffic) but the spinners seem sort of boring. They'd be fun to watch for a few minutes, but then I think I'd get tired of it. Also, I'd probably find it distracting (watch the spinner, forget what I'm supposed to be paying attention to, unlike other types of things that are more of a "background" thing). I see a lot of other "fidget toys" that look a lot more interesting, but these are apparently what has caught on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katia Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 And, OMG... everywhere at MBK, it turns out. At least, nearly every phone kiosk had them when I was there to get my phone fixed the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobber Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 can be found in any bar in NP or SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) we stopped at the corner shop to get ciggies and ice with the grandkids in tow...and they leapt out of the pickup to find these googaws displayed at the counter and started jumping about: 'tutsi! tutsi! tutsi!' and I gestured to the freezer in a feeble attempt to interest them in some ice cream as is usual... no dice...oh, what is grandpa tutsi to do? Edited June 14, 2017 by tutsiwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monomial Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 There is a vendor selling them outside my daughter's school in Rangsit. Everyday I pick her up now I get a temper tantrum because she really wants one and I won't buy it for her. (She's 7) She first saw them on Youtube and then was very excited the day she found out they were available in Thailand. Mean old daddy just won't get with the program. I am getting very tired of the crying... Just wait. I'm sure some enterprising individual will set up shop outside your school soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salerno Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 10/06/2017 at 11:18 AM, canuckamuck said: It makes money for the guy who invented it. Unfortunately not in this case ... all for the sake of $400 (or lack thereof): https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/03/fidget-spinner-inventor-patent-catherine-hettinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 8 hours ago, Salerno said: Unfortunately not in this case ... all for the sake of $400 (or lack thereof): https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/03/fidget-spinner-inventor-patent-catherine-hettinger Oh, that's kind of tragic. Reminds me of the Japanese guy who invented the karaoke machine in the beginning of the seventies but never patented it, and spent his years cleaning the machines and divesting them of cockroach infestations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 On 6/14/2017 at 8:55 PM, Monomial said: There is a vendor selling them outside my daughter's school in Rangsit. Everyday I pick her up now I get a temper tantrum because she really wants one and I won't buy it for her. (She's 7) She first saw them on Youtube and then was very excited the day she found out they were available in Thailand. Mean old daddy just won't get with the program. I am getting very tired of the crying... Just wait. I'm sure some enterprising individual will set up shop outside your school soon. ogre...don't you realize that by not having the widget your daughter will be ostracized for being 'uncool' and may be damaged for life? my grandkids are 8 and 5 and our corner shop is across the road from their school...there's no way I was gonna get out of buying them one...or a dozen... it's sneaky the way these peddlers pick up on the latest fad fer kids and then prey upon them at the school house doorstep...just like dope dealers in the school yard... I say bring in the tanks and clean up the neighborhood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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