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Flying Animals

Published in For Kids, Humorous and Office Toys. 0 Comments

What every office space needs is a slew of flying pigs. Maybe a monkey or two soaring through the air. And why not top it all off with a chicken to boot?

Now that dream of flying pigs is a reality! This trio of flying animals will not only fly into a desk 6 cubicles away, but make plenty of noise on the trip. As the image so colorfully displays, each animal makes a different sound of glee whilst soaring through the air.

The way it works is simple. The arms (or chicken’s neck) have elastic bands in them and a little place to put your fingers as anchors. Pull the animal back and let her rip!

Oh, and I suppose kids would love these airborne animals as well…not just bored office workers!

Send an animal into the air here.

A Letter from Santa

Published in Christmas, For Kids and Holidays. 0 Comments

Well Christmas is sneaking up on us. Know any anxious children who can’t wait to see what Santa will bring them? How about having a personalized letter from Santa Claus show up for them directly from the North Pole?

I never got a letter from Santa as a kid, I think he was more focused on delivering the presents back then. Now it looks like he’s got time to sit down and compose a letter directly to a child you know, pretty sweet huh?

The letters come on styling Christmas letterhead and, as I said before, are personalized. I’d love to see the look on some kids’ faces when they see this show up.

Give a kid a jump start on Christmas here.

Ugly Doll Peaco from OHbaby!

Published in Baby, For Kids and Unusual. 0 Comments

So this OHbaby! Toys and Gifts website has all kinds of plush dolls or stuffed animals, whatever you’d prefer to call them. Most of them are cute little ducks and bears and stuff like that. So naturally, I found one of the few weird freakish dolls they have on there.

This particular doll is Peaco. Apparently Peaco is shy on the outside, but a wild man on the inside. I love the description on the product page, it talks all about how Peaco loves to dance in the water and what not.

Apparently this won some awards too for being a pretty awesome toy. Wild stuff.

Dance with the 3-eyed Peaco here.

Pay Jr. Visa

Published in For Anybody and For Kids. 0 Comments

This one is a little different. As you will know when I finally get an About page up here, I make a few cents when you, the wonderful reader, buys a gift that I’ve blogged about on this site. So in that vein, here is more of an obvious advertisement for something that I think could be a cool gift idea for a kid.

It’s a prepaid Visa, not really a credit card, more like a debit card without having a bank account. Or maybe it could be considered a gift card for anywhere that accepts Visa. I think it’s a pretty good idea. I’m not sure of the details, but I imagine it would be safer for kids to have than carrying cash. When used wisely, it could also be used to teach kids how to manage their money at an early age.

Speaking of money management, this brings back a memory of when my Grandpa would take us to the Plaid Pantry (a mini-mart down the street) when we would visit him. He’s give us one dollar and let us spend nothing more. He was teaching us how to live within our means I suppose. I remember I was still bummed about not being able to spend the little extra I had in my pocket. I’m still not rich from that, but I must have learned a lesson from it…right?

Give plastic cash away here.

Remote Control Mexican Redknee Tarantula

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Man this thing gives me the creeps just looking at it. I can’t imagine what I’d do if I unexpectedly saw it crawling or, as the website describes its movement, scurrying directly toward me.

Remote control vehicles are always fun, and usually creepy isn’t a good word to describe them. But now there’s a big old remote control arachnid. The thing is 6.5″ in diameter, 2″ tall, and weighs a full pound! My sister does this thing where she crawls her hand on you and says “Heavy bug.” If you are in the right state of mind when she does it, it’s pretty wrong feeling. This heavy bug is close enough to the real deal to really scare the snot out of somebody.

Of course, that’s the sole purpose I see this serving, is completely scaring people out of their minds. Put it on sleeping bags, bed sheets, really anywhere on people when they’re in a vulnerable position for the most fun!

Put a heavy bug on someone here.

Marshmallow Blaster by ThinkGeek

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The world is a violent place. It’s time to fight back. What could be more damaging emotionally than any physical bullet? How about being hit by a nice, soft marshmallow? Okay, maybe it won’t do one bit of damage, but that’s why it’s so much fun!

Office habitants can protect their cubicle with this marshmallow blaster. Or maybe when it’s time for hot chocolate around the campfire, the wielder of the gun can bring white fluffy joy to the mugs of chocolaty goodness! I think I’d see how far away me and a friend could be and still catch the fired marshmallows with our mouths. Always a worthy challenge. ThinkGeek was also kind enough to offer their own marshmallow ammunition.

Fight crime the soft way here.

Ball of Whacks from What on Earth

Published in Corporate, For Anybody, For Kids and Office Toys. 0 Comments

A ball of whacks, get it? Not only is this a neat red ball shaped thing, it comes with a 90 page guide book. So what exactly is it? It’s a 30-sided rhombic triacontahedron. What can you do with a 30-sided rhombic triacontahedron? Just about anything!

Well, it probably won’t make you lunch or tie your shoes, but it can shape shift with the best of them. Now, the reason this is in the corporate gift category is because this ball of whacks stimulated the creative right side of the brain. Pretty good excuse for playing around with something in the office huh? Not unlike some other things I’ve blogged about on here, the individual pieces are magnetic, which is always a bonus.

Just think of the magnetic origami that could be created with these. And if you also got the Magz Construction Set, you could make quite the magnetic wonderland.

Be creative with a rhombic triacontahedron here.

Light-Up Whirly UFO by HearthSong

Published in For Anybody, For Kids and Inexpensive. 0 Comments

Ah, another simple, lit up, squishy thing. Love the squishy stuff! Here we have the squishy UFO that lights up when it’s squeezed, then it will look glorious when you throw it.

They’re a fun, cheap little gift idea that could make any camping trip more fun. Being soft and gooey and squishy, I figure they’re pretty much safe for any age, even really old folks! I love it on the site, it mentions that it comes in assorted colors, and that they’ll kindly take the decision off of your hands for you. In that case, you’d better order a few to make sure you get the right color! Okay, just kidding there, but the more the merrier.

I think the kid in that picture is just a very mature new born baby, because those are only 5½” in diameter. He makes that one look like it’s a couple feet across.

Light up the squish here.

Magz Construction Sets

Published in Christmas, For Him, For Kids and Unusual. 1 Comment

Now these things really caught my eye. Is there anybody out there who doesn’t love a good magnetic toy? For some reason, magnets are one of the most intriguing things for me to fidget with.

Now the write up on the site is somewhat confusing, but as I read through it, I kept wanting more and more! It starts out with a 56 piece set that has 36 rods and 20 balls. You may think that would be plenty, but no. Next is the 130 piece set for only a few bucks more, which is a killer deal. But wait, it gets better.

Next they throw the faceted Cuballs at you. What are those you ask? They are balls with six flat sides, so kind of a cube-ball combo, hence the clever name. Those allow you to build the cube shaped structures that are shown in the picture. So obviously, you have to get those. But hold on. Next comes the introduction of the Super Magz. They are bigger, stronger, and have even stronger magnetism, which they say allows you to build even better structures. Well that’s a no brainer, bigger and stronger is always better, right? Next is the sweet spot as I see it. The 247 piece set. It has 112 rods, 75 balls, and 60 cuballs. I think that’s the ticket right there. But wait, that doesn’t come with those cool X-shaped pieces. Blast it all!

So next is the Magz-X collection that comes with those pieces, but only 25 of them with 28 rods and 53 balls. So finally, there is the 280 piece set. It has the 70 X pieces, 70 bars, and 140 balls. I’m not sure if those come with the cuballs though. If you’re confused like me, they also provide an option to get all the packages in one order. With the Magz Super Special, you get the 247 piece set and the 280 piece set plus a wooden storage box! Well that one seems to be the easiest option, but it’s also the most expensive.

Don’t worry about all this. The website has a phone number and a contact email address to use to find out just what you’re ordering. All I do know is that whoever gets these for a gift will have a lot of magnetic fun times.

Magnetize a gift here.

Inside Out Ball and Spiky Glove

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I usually just have one picture per post, I kind of think it looks good that way. This particular item deserves three full sized pictures. It’s just so awesome. It’s actually a line of squishy spiked things. They are balls that can be turned inside out. One way has the spikes on the inside, the other way has them on the outside. There are also some big squishy eyeball things as well as spiky gloves. It’s almost too much fun.

Here we have one that looks like I may look here in a few years, I love it!

A boy kindly demonstrates the stretchy quality of the spiky ball.

And finally, here you can see a wide assortment of all available squishy things. There are varieties of colors and styles to choose from. I love how that one kid has the thing stretched out over his entire bike helmet!