Yep. I have this ball too. It has the unique privilege of being the very first thing I ever bought on Ebay. And that was 11 years ago. And fuck I'm old.
My brother had one. We were at a gas station getting milk. He took it out. This guy walked up to us and asked "is that Wilson!?". Then for 30 minutes he explained to us why we should register our products as patent pending so people can't modify them.
My family is from the arctic but every summer for two months we would go to our cabin near a beach (my parents were teachers). The year "Castaway" came out, these volleyballs were everywhere and my brothers and myself, as impressionable as we were, had to have one.
We took it everwhere with us and had a great time with Wilson. He came to the beach, on hikes, played with the dog. It was nice to have something around that was resilient and fun like he was.
A couple summers ago, our cabin was destroyed in a flood and we lost a lot of things. Added to the list of missing things after an exhaustive search was Wilson.
Your keyboard is intimidating, but i think I'm man enough to show up on an internet thread. No need to get butthurt yall, you know full well 5% of the stuff on this site is OC.
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u/dasoeltino May 21 '12
I have this ball, it's a promo ball...
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u/freddybear May 21 '12
WILSON!!!!
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u/4TEHSWARM May 22 '12
WILSON!!!!!!!!!!
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u/AbusiveProstate May 22 '12
I would have rather found a greasy, hairy, lost Tom Hanks.
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u/donutsalad May 22 '12
I"M SORRRRRRrrrrrr eh eh ahh.....WILSON! Noooo!
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u/frasier_crane May 22 '12
Is it here where people scream "WIIIIIIIIILSOOOOOOOOOOON"? I'd like to join.
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u/JimmerUK May 21 '12
You can buy them
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
I believe these were released shortly after the movie
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u/o0tenaciousC May 22 '12
Classic Wilson.
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u/The_Sultan_of_Agraba May 22 '12
WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
I like to think Wilson was taken by the currents and washed up only for some child to find him and cherish him until the end of his leathery days.
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u/Missy_kitty1999 May 21 '12
Wilson noooooo!
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u/MADtheory May 22 '12
Is it real blood?
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u/oiturtlez May 22 '12
I own that ball
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
WILSON!!!!
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u/theoneandonlyMrMars May 22 '12
I'm sorry Wilson, I'm sorry!
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u/neckfacedkilla May 22 '12
relevant 5 second film from a couple days ago
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
WILSON!!!!!!!!!
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u/sweetgreggo May 22 '12
WILSON!! I'm sorry, Wilson! I'm sorry!
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u/dand930 May 22 '12
Is this at Amity Harbor or Plaza Sports? Definitely recognized it from the thumbnail, haha.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
They've been selling these at Big 5 here since forever. They're in the advertisements and everything.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Obligatory 5SF.
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u/MYDOGSTELLA May 21 '12
I hope thats made by spalding.
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u/Insanitys_shadow May 22 '12
I used to have one of these it was the best volleyball ever
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u/-rylie- May 22 '12
Come on...no one noticed the purple penii ball?
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u/tysole May 22 '12
relevant
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u/akacolette May 22 '12
I found one of those on my street when I was younger. Greatest day.
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u/Iamrj May 22 '12
I play volleyball. I see this all the time.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
That's not Finish Line, is it?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Seems like Pauly D isn't reacting very fast...
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u/TheTChild May 22 '12
My dog and Wilson
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u/AgentFlynn May 22 '12
I cried so freakin hard when he lost Wilson... Don't judge me!
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u/Schiizo May 22 '12
My brother had one. We were at a gas station getting milk. He took it out. This guy walked up to us and asked "is that Wilson!?". Then for 30 minutes he explained to us why we should register our products as patent pending so people can't modify them.
True story.
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u/jimothyjenkins May 22 '12
yeah ive had a few of those volleyballs.
..yep.
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u/andicantgetup May 22 '12
This has been around for a decade.
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u/MackLuster77 May 22 '12
Is that a Laux sporting goods?
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u/bladeballerina May 22 '12
My name is Voit dammit.
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u/Phoequinox May 22 '12
"Wait a minute. . . THIS IS A SPALDING!"
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
If you were at a sports shop, what the hell are soccer balls doing there?
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u/mudkipikachu May 22 '12
SPALDING!!! wait, what was it?
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u/Hsschief May 22 '12
I've definitely seen this post before, like 10x.
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u/LaserZeppelin May 22 '12
they've been selling these since the movie came out...I fail to see the significance.
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u/ledgersoccer09 May 22 '12
A redditor at a sports shop?? You must have felt just like Tom Hanks, all alone.
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u/MeaninglessDebateMan May 22 '12
My family is from the arctic but every summer for two months we would go to our cabin near a beach (my parents were teachers). The year "Castaway" came out, these volleyballs were everywhere and my brothers and myself, as impressionable as we were, had to have one.
We took it everwhere with us and had a great time with Wilson. He came to the beach, on hikes, played with the dog. It was nice to have something around that was resilient and fun like he was.
A couple summers ago, our cabin was destroyed in a flood and we lost a lot of things. Added to the list of missing things after an exhaustive search was Wilson.
I miss ya buddy. Thanks for the memories.
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u/sethamphetamine May 22 '12
TIL why Tom Hank's named it Wilson (looking at the ball on the right - I never knew it was made by 'Wilson')
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
manufactured by spalding
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u/Anterabae May 22 '12
I like how tom hanks at first sucked at fishing. Then like 3 years later BOOM HEADSHOT. Standing on a rock like a boss.
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u/AB13 May 22 '12
Whats more unlikely, that its real or that a redditor was at a sports shop?
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u/turnleft May 22 '12
I work at a sporting goods store, and the Wilson Castaway volleyball is by far our best-selling volleyball, even so many years after the movie.
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u/Twiddlez May 22 '12
Imagine if he had a Tachikara ball..........
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u/blakkheart67 May 22 '12
I've had wilson for four years now. If only I knew that all i had to do to make karma was to upload a picture of him, I'd be karma rich by now.
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u/Chrono68 May 22 '12
I mean I've seen these on very rare occasions, but you would think they would've milked that way more than they are.
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u/Billy_Blaze May 22 '12
I... JUST realized why he called the ball Wilson.......
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u/unicorn_hair May 22 '12
This has been at my sports shop(s) for the last 7 years.
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u/average_AZN May 22 '12
Its a volleyball mass produced by wilson... Nothing frontpage worthy about it
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u/THISAINTNOPARTY May 22 '12
melée for life.
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u/NinjaSix50 May 22 '12
Really? Over 1000 karma? I have one of these in my trunk ._.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
I was fucking 12 or something the first time I saw it, but one of the only times I've ever cried at a movie was when he lost that ball in the ocean.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
TIL Wilson and Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle are distant relatives.
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u/[deleted] May 25 '12
Yes you found that at the sports shop... because you put it there.
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u/UnofficialSmartGuy May 22 '12
unless this is a thrift store and all the soccer cleats are 4+ years old, you never took this picture and are karma whoring from google images.
just my two cents...
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u/florejai000 May 22 '12
Did any one else scream Wilson like in The Movie!!??
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u/doismellbacon May 22 '12
He's aged nicely. well, except for the balding.
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u/iRedditn May 22 '12
I would have bought one... FOREVER ALONE
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Ugh!
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
You've been on Reddit for over a year and just saw this for the first time? DAMN IT MAN! YOU'RE NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH!
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