# I can't find "Changeable Silly Putty" and it's driving me nuts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-changeable-silly-putty-and-its-driving-me-nuts/52051 "2001-01-27T22:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-changeable-silly-putty-and-its-driving-me-nuts/52051/1 "2001-01-27T22:58:56Z")
I saw on [http://www.sillyputty.com](http://www.sillyputty.com) they now make “Changeable Silly Putty”, which is Silly Putty that changes color from the heat of your hand. Cool, I think, I’ll just go pick some up. WRONG. I’ve been to like seven stores that either sell toys or have toy departments, and no luck. Even the ones that are explicitly mentioned on [http://www.sillyputty.com](http://www.sillyputty.com) like **TOYS 'R US** don’t have any. They don’t have even “classic” SP, let alone Changeable Silly Putty. WTF? Even on [http://www.sillyputty.com](http://www.sillyputty.com) they link to [http://www.crayola.com](http://www.crayola.com), which sells SP online. But guess what? No Changeable Silly Putty. And [http://www.toysrus.com](http://www.toysrus.com) (which was absorbed by [amazon.com](http://amazon.com)) doesn’t have the changeable either. **DAMMIT!** Now I’m obsessed with the crap. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-changeable-silly-putty-and-its-driving-me-nuts/52051/2 "2001-01-28T12:34:19Z")
I only have alian putty… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-changeable-silly-putty-and-its-driving-me-nuts/52051/3 "2001-01-28T17:30:41Z")
I had some of that stuff 4 years ago… it was red and turned yellow. That is until I lent it to my friend who returned it a terrible shade of brown, which turned orange. I told him to keep it. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-changeable-silly-putty-and-its-driving-me-nuts/52051/4 "2001-01-28T17:48:35Z")
Have you tried \*\* [http://www.grainger.com](http://www.grainger.com) \*\*? They have all sorts of specialized, heavy duty, industrial strength equipment. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-changeable-silly-putty-and-its-driving-me-nuts/52051/5 "2001-01-28T18:53:11Z")
Maybe you couldcheck a place like K-Mart or Ames or somewhere? A lot of times, some of the older chains have older items in stock, and they don’t change it out as frequently. That’s the way it is here, anyways. Maybe we just have lazy employees though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-changeable-silly-putty-and-its-driving-me-nuts/52051/6 "2001-01-28T19:58:27Z")
I went to two different KMarts, with no luck. I did find that [http://www.artsuppliesonline.com/](http://www.artsuppliesonline.com/) has it, so my last resort will be to order it from them.