This is the definition of a first world problem -> SOLVED!!!
 

Where the heck to put this?!?

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Umm, it is slightly blocking the door... But it does look good there.

Thats so cool.

I would guess Manny, Moe, and Jack have opinions.

That should go outside somewhere high up.

I was going to say that it looks like your bar needs a pole . . . there may be some side benefits to having a pole in there, too. Just sayin'

Just hang it next to the 959 or the 962, and make it a really first world.

We all are jealous of your toy collection.

use a gear reduction motor and make it spin hanging from the ceiling........

How much grief would you get if it were outside?

Have someone make a metal stick figure, with that as the head, maybe Burma Shave signs for limbs

There was a dentist in Auburn that made giant sculptures out of cement and put them in front of his office. He did the gold panning statue that is sort of their trademark also

Got a really bit tree? Giant Christmas ornament?

Giant cocktail, the 76 ball is the end of the swizzle.

In the rafters, but create an elaborate false ceiling that makes it look like it crashed through the roof.

Dig a hexagonal hole in the floor, line it with mirrors, put strip lighting on the top edge of the hole, mount the ball in there, cover the hole with thick plexi that's flush to the floor. The mirrors would cause the illusion of an infinite number of balls.

Get a giant King Kong statue and have him holding it on a 'string' like a yo yo

Slice it in half, and fab up some hinges and hydraulics that cause it to open slowly and reveal something really cool inside, like a BMW Isetta that's spinning slowly on a rotisserie - off the horizontal, of course, so you could get a look at all sides of the car as it rotates.

Cut a round hole in the wall and have it half in and half out of two different rooms. Maybe figure out a way to make it into a revolving door.

Put some disco lights on it and ...nah...never mind.

Go all in and glue a few thousand 1/2-inch square mirrors to it......

Cut it in half so that the 76 is front and center and stick it to a wall.

If you stop and think about it you can never actually see the back half of a sphere.

Union 76 used to sell styrofoam antenna balls that were so cool back in the day. What a clever marketing gimmick it was.

We got Gulf orange ones in Ohio for buying gas in the way back.

Exxon had the tiger tail sticking out of the gas tank and someone put one under the gas door of the president of Sohio Production Company's car which was parked by the employee entrance to the parking garage. Briar Forest and Sage.

Sorry for OT ramble.

Or Godzilla! ;)

Manny, Moe and Jack aren't going to like their view blocked.

Okie. Got this major first world problem solved. Some photos:

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This one is also funny with my legs sticking out. The ball is actually quite large in there - just a tiny bit smaller than my college dorm room!

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-Wayne

Looks great, Wayne.

Good forklift skills too!

Nope. It's your dog, Wayne, but that thing is out of scale with the rest of a fine looking shop. I predict you'll tire of it and move it out someday.

You mentioned size relative to your dorm. It would make a cool escape place with all kinds of electronics. Let your imagination take over. With some sound and curved screens you could be anywhere doing anything.

Anything.

Fun fact, the 76 balls at Talladega Speedway, which are no more, used to be used by NASCAR officials to observe the race on the back straight as it was so far away from the scoring tower on the front side of the track and facing only the dog leg. They needed the guy(s) in the ball to call for a yellow flag if there was a wreck from T-2 to T-3, which there often was.

I have talked with some that knew those assigned that job. It was hellish hot in there. They looked out of a screen that was painted orange to mostly conceal the window. It has been replaced with an open and shaded elevated observation deck.

We tucked it off to the side so it doesn't quite look so gargantuan in real life!

-Wayne

To answer you quesiton, EBAY.

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That looks fantastic, Wayne! Perfect, in fact.

In landscape design we use the phrase "focal point" to indicate where the eye goes first in a landscape.

I think you have achieved just that, sir.

Thanks for bringing us along for the ride...as short as it was....it was quite sweet! :)

Diggin Wayne's slot car track. Very Old School Cool ;)