Alex, if you're going to buy in bulk and resell on eBay, skip AliExpress.com and head for Alibaba.com. That's the B2B English-language portal and you'll get even better prices.

But I'm not sure you'll be able to outdo the South China and Hong Kong-based sellers on eBay like "hongkongbuy", who are also acting as resellers for China manufacturers of sex toys. You'll have to offer better service or something.

You may be onto something with talking to a New York-area glassblower. There is something to be said for "Made in the USA", with designs that are proprietary. You like to draw sick and sadistic torture implements; have you considered getting into the fucking-machine business? There's a guy selling a $20 do-it-yourself set of instructions at FukBox, which should serve as a primer on what goes into making one of those devices. The margins are absolutely insane on those things, easily 200-500%. Maybe you could become a manufacturer of innovative fucking machines.

Just remember: People (other than you) will pay for quality and design. Don't aim for the low-cost market. Aim for the high-cost, high-value market, like the sainted Steve Jobs did.

Come to think of it, the name Panzer seems tailor-made as a brand name for the manufacturer of a fearsome fucking machine/torture chamber.