Approximate Pre-Holocaust Price:
$0.50 to $100+ depending on quality, collectible nature and possible inclusion of a music box element.

Approximate Post-Holocaust Availability:
Moderate. These bits of pop culture garbage can be commonly found at gift shops and sometimes in somewhat classy boutiques. Very common in areas with a large tourist trade.

Benefits:
Snow globes offer their holder a chance to imagine themselves as a part of a miniature whimsical landscape. By taking the globe and making the plasticine “snow” fall, they can take a step or two into an escapist fantasy quite unlike their everyday environs. These globes can widely vary in size, composition and the overall quality of their construction. The typical sizes of these items range from the tiny, palm-sized globes all the way to larger ones the size of an average turkey platter. Simply stated, snow globes are 110% fucking awesome.

Drawbacks:
The odds of a small water-filled cheap plastic ball half of the size of a stapler impeding an oncoming zombie are very slight, let alone actually felling one. Not only are these small objects exceptionally poor weapons, but they also require a dedicated trip well within the ghoul’s snack radius to come close to effectively use in combat. Larger globes made with elements of ceramic, metal, heavy glass or electric features have the ability to possibly render one successful pancrack before shattering. A broken snow globe is less useful than even an intact one.

Overall Effectiveness Score:
1 out of 10. A very, very poor improvised (or planned) weapon.