# Is this available anywhere?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-anywhere/303116>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 9, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-anywhere/303116 "2005-05-09T21:34:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-anywhere/303116/1 "2005-05-09T21:34:50Z")

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I’m looking for a glass eyeball. Not a real glass eye, but a sphere made of glass designed to look like a human eyeball, and the same size. I tried Ebay but all they have are dollmakers’ glass eyes which are much smaller than real eyes.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-anywhere/303116/2 "2005-05-09T21:48:36Z")

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Does it need to be fully spherical? If you search for - eye prosthesis - you’ll find the real deal, but they’re not round.

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-anywhere/303116/3 "2005-05-11T16:17:20Z")

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Completely spherical.

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**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-anywhere/303116/4 "2005-05-11T16:27:14Z")

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What do you want one for if it isn’t too rude of me to ask?

I searched around and there are plenty of plastic eyeballs though they are mostly for jokes and lack realism you may or may not desire.

I did find [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=910&item=6531569854&rd=1) though, they are made of “high grade casting resin” and the person who makes them seems to be open to making custom models so you could specify colour or any other unique qualities you may like.

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**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-anywhere/303116/5 "2005-05-11T18:31:55Z")

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BTW, _‘Is this available anywhere’_… isn’t the most informative thread title. You might get more people checking in to assist if the title gave the remotest fogging clue what you’re talking about.

Just trying to help.