Can anyone make any suggestions on where to find a good source for the bouncing bubble effect. Someone suggested Vito Lupo, but I'm unfamiliar with his work.

Any help would be appreciated!

I have a book called Tom Noddy's Bubble Magic. It briefly describes how to bounces a bubble on your arm. The material of your shirt cloth is apparently vital. This is a good book if you're interested in bubble magic.

I can attest to Vito's Bubble Juice. If you PM me, I will give you information on where to find it.

Mephisto in Belgium supplies the solution as used by Mask, along with a special glove of the right material to be able to handle the bubbles, and some other gimmicks that allow you to produce a necklace or a rose from the burst bubbles.
http://www.mephisto-magic.com

Most major discount chain stores (like Walmart) carry a product in the toy section (whose name escapes me right now; sorry, a "senior's moment"!).
But it is clearly advertised as something like "hard" bubbles.
It is a bubble-blowing mixture that makes the bubbles hard enough to be touched and held (and, I presume, bounced on the arm) without breaking.
And yet, after several seconds, the bubble will still pop.
As I said, unfortunately I can't remember the name but, at the time, I had little interest in it.
However, at least you now know that such a product exists!
cheers,
Peter Marucci
showtimecol@aol.com

I just purchased a product today called, Liqualoons...interesting, but highly impractical. I would still suggest using Vito Lupo's bubble juice.

I just saw the stuff at Toys-R-Us. It's called "Catch A Bubble".

Kris,

Thanks for the mention of Noddy's book.

I just checked it out from the library.

It looks very interesting.

What a great board.

Harris.