The 76ers T-shirt shooting machine “Big Bella” shoots 100 shirts per minute. (Photo via Twitter)
At 10-feet tall, weighing in at 600 pounds and lobbing 100 t-shirts per minute, “Big Bella” is a T-shirt cannon second to none.
Philadelphia’s 76ers unveiled the giant schwag-slinging machine Wednesday just a few hours before their NBA season opener. It is said to be the “world’s largest T-shirt cannon.”
Sixer’s Twitter announcement of Big Bella.
According to Philly.com, the Sixers’ press release stated that Big Bella should be able to reach the upper level seats in the Wells Fargo Center. The machine was made the Wisconsin-based company FX in Motion.
Below are a couple screenshots of Big Bella in action, but be sure to check out the video here.
Big Bella’s first run with Sixers fans. (Image: Philly.com screenshot)
Up close and personal (Image: Philly.com screenshot)
Not that Big Bella helped the Sixers intimidate their way to a win or anything, but it couldn’t have hurt Wednesday night. The Sixers beat Denver 84-75. But more than that, some fans might consider the behemoth T-shirt shooter a point of pride. Take Caity who wrote on Gawker that “Philadelphia has been waiting for this day for decades.” She calls Bella the “dream come true” for all of Philly and the nightmare of all T-shirt cannon haters.
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myrkat
Nov. 5, 2012 at 11:46pmHopefully the “ammo” will be American-made!
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Hodmokrin
Nov. 1, 2012 at 1:16pmWhat? Nobody has sued a stadium yet from being hit with a flying t-shirt? Give it some time…..
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ERP
Nov. 1, 2012 at 3:43pmGo Sixers!
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mercenary4freedom
Nov. 1, 2012 at 12:32pmWow, thats really something, & I’ll bet the shirts made in China. Great, go to a pro hoops game & spend a couple hundred bucks watching a bunch of overpaid playground thugs jumping around & get a free t shirt. I can’t wait, man thats really important, a real priority in my life, considering the economy is about to crash & all. Yep, I’m a total pro sports zombie, I could care less if the FED prints more $$, businesses close down, NDAA gets signed into law, the UN tries to stifle free speech, yep gimmee my t shirt & my $8 dollar 16 oz brewski!
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ERP
Nov. 1, 2012 at 3:44pmYou only watch hockey, don’t you?
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Max jones
Nov. 1, 2012 at 3:47pmMERC…….The details of the U.S.’s decline and imminent loss of currency and most probably, sovereignty, are unfolding as we speak, but the big picture of the actual scenario has been known to biblical prophecy scholars, for quite some time. The hows, the whys, and even the WHEN. I can assure you that there is absolutely no political solution to whatever it is that has got you so worked up.
Have you not thought to yourself as you browsed about on your favorite sites, that this trouble we have found ourselves in, has developed in a sort of spooky, supernatural acceleration? Hmm? There is a particular feeling that comes over a man when he realizes he is up against a real live BEAST, monstrous, savage, ravenous,… carelessly ripping its way into your FACE. Now that you have felt that, maybe it is time to figure out just what this beast really is, and what the next few weeks or months means to you, your friends your family and your world.
It is true, you DO have a mortal enemy, you are not “just paranoid”. But, I’m sure you’ve been told that before , or maybe even thought so yourself. It is time to take care of yourself, before it becomes impossibly difficult. http://theseason.yolasite.com/
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thegreatcarnac
Nov. 1, 2012 at 12:29pmThat’s what we need. A Tee shirt gatling gun that fires Tee shirts at the speed of light. There will be people missing hands while trying to catch a Tee Shirt flying toward them catching fire as they burn through the air. Others will be beheaded. Oh well….****** obama voters anyway.
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Sy Kosys
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:07amWhat about the “Terrorist Shooter” deployed in Benghazi? The one that can shoot up to 100 terrorists a minute in staunch defense of an embassy or compound. I hear that one is bad azz
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Sovietairborne
Nov. 1, 2012 at 1:58pmIt was being requested several times, but the president said “no.”
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dinadp
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:05amIn my humble opinion, the coolest thing in this picture is the Canadian flag. I admit, I’m biased.
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AuraStream
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:03amWow someone is spamming messages on the blaze someone remove Marle’s comment
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goahead.makemyday
Nov. 1, 2012 at 10:52amSo now the people in the nosebleeds have a chance at a t-shirt too. I just wonder if it would hurt being hit by that point blank.
Here! Here! He… OW MY EYE! MY EYE!
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Ivehadenoughtofthisgovenmentcrap
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:00amThat made my day, man…LOL
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desert buckeye
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:02amThanks for the laugh…seriously funy!
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The_Almighty_Creestof
Nov. 1, 2012 at 10:42am“Do you see what I mean? Just like with ATM’s…this is where all the jobs went! They could have employed 100 Americans to do the same work. It’s NOT my fault!”
~President Obama~
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