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Magnetic Geometry Made Fun
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Creativity tool or just plain geometric fun? Yes. From the ever-fertile mind of creativity guru Roger von Oech come the Ball of Whacks® and the X-Ball®, perfect for anyone with a 3-dimensional mind, from a precocious child to a bored nonagenarian, including your favorite artist, mathematician, designer, engineer, or whatever. The little red Ball of Whacks, 3-1/4" dia, comprises (30) magnetized right golden rhombic pyramids that will fit together in endless shapes, from a rhombic triacontahedron, to stars, wreaths, animals, sunbursts, and more. The X-Ball is a collection of (30) convex magnetic Xs which will grab onto each other to make nearly endless geometric forms, including a skeletal icosodecahedron. Combine the Xs with the Ball of Whacks’ pyramids to create even more permutations. Each comes with a 96pp booklet of creativity exercises. Plenty of desktop noodling fun, but a lot more than just a toy.
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93333 BALL OF WHACKS | |
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93718 X-BALL |
Kaleidoscope This Out!
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
No little plastic gemstones or paper clips inside, just a fish-eye lens at the business end of this toy so anything you point it at is viewed as a kaleidoscopic treat. ("Look how pretty my desktop is!") Measures 4-1/4" long x 1-3/8" dia with a wrist strap. And kaleidoscope can too be a verb, because we said so.
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38613 KALEIDOSCOPE |
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Field & Forest Guide
Titled "The Field and Forest Handy Book," this volume has been justifiably in print since 1906. Written by Daniel C. "Uncle Dan" Beard, the founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone and one of the founders of the BSA, it's a compendium of eternally relevant woodland lore, from building cabins, sleds, boats, and bridges to camping in swamps. The only part we skipped was on how to cook a muskrat. (We know a place that delivers.) Loaded with illustrations. In soft cover from David Godine's Nonpareil Books, 428 pages.
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93279 OUTDOOR BOOK |
Spud Launcher
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A plastic pistol shaped toy that shoots slugs of raw potato. Push the barrel into a potato, break off the slug, aim and shoot up to fifty feet. Loads of fun, environmentally harmless, and about as safe as any "projectile" toy can be!! Pulls apart for cleaning. For kids ages 5 and up.
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90291 POTATO GUN |
Razzle Bedazzler
Behold The Infinity Wand, the latest entry in our inventory of things that will hypnotize a cat or enhance a costume. What's it about? It's about a foot, with a 2-7/8" dia mirrored head with multi-colored LEDs that flash while spinning and reversing in mesmerizing patterns. Runs on (3) "AAA" batteries, included, with a momentary switch. Wave it around in a dark room and you're a one-person light show. Wave (2) of them and you go back in time.
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93654 INFINITY WAND |
Cymbalic Monkey
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
You know the one-big stupid grin, chatters, jumps up and down, pounds really annoying cymbals together and won't stop…an American classic. The originals from the '50s bring $75 or so on Ebay, but you can get your own brand-new, latter-day cymbal-clanging primate in a little red hat for a fraction of that. Approx 7-1/2" tall, runs on (2) "AA" batteries (not included) with a power switch under his monkey bottom.
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92814 MAGIC MONKEY |
D-Day Crickets
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
KLEE-klik it says when you push the back of this little metal toy with the picture of a cricket on it. Sounds something like a real cricket, and just like the brass versions that U.S. paratroopers carried on D-Day for communicating in the hedgerows around Ste. Mare Eglise. Also just like the one Sister Mary Inviolata used to coordinate precision kneeling/standing exercises during our Confirmation practice, which was only slightly more organized than D-Day. You will get (6) cricket clickers for $2.95.
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93082 CRICKET CLICKER |
Wow! Double Wow!
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
This is Philip’s new favorite toy, since he blasted a rocket so high over our parking lot that he lost sight of it (the rocket, not the parking lot). The Air Burst™ Rocket system has a 26” tall, air–powered tri–pod launcher made of plastic and rigid foam. A 65” long air hose connects it to any stand–up bike pump. After a few pumps, the air pressure bursts a replaceable booster disc in the launcher and sends a 10” x 3/4” dia rocket 250 to 1000 feet into the air. Wow! The system includes the launcher, (2) rockets, and (60) boosters (two different weights). Sending rockets out of sight, even if they usually come straight back down, is an ingenuous ploy for selling extra rockets. Our each is a pack of (2). And having extra rockets is an ingenuous ploy for selling extra booster discs. Our each is another bag of (60). No bicycle pump? The 18” black Tech Team pump blew majestically through a “double bozon” booster for us! It creates up to 120 lbs of pressure while most pumps will only generate 80 psi. It fits a Schrader (American) valve. Warning: The Air Burst™ Rocket is for ages 10 and up, with adult supervision. Don’t let us catch you out there without a kid!
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92025 AIR BURST ROCKET SYSTEM | |
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92028 AIR PUMP | |
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92027 EXTRA BOOSTER DISCS | |
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92026 EXTRA ROCKETS |
Rearview Glasses
A pair of shades with the outer portion of each lens half silvered on the eyeball side. Glance left or right and see behind you. Cool undercover item for the younger sleuth or the dirty old man on the beach who doesn't want to be discovered. Whatever your motive, you need a pair now.
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90338 REARVIEW GLASSES |
Mirage Maker
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Absolutely incredible device! The Mirage®, a precision optical instrument, creates three-dimensional images of objects of your choice where there is nothing. Drop pennies, keys or similar small objects (your sister won't fit) into the 2-3/8" dia opening of this 9" dia x 3" high flying-saucer-shaped disc, and a perfect image of the object will appear floating above it. The image is so real friends will try to grasp it, but their fingers will close on thin air! Use it as a high-tech centerpiece with a flower as the object! A booklet (included) explains the magic. New coating provides protection for the mirror surfaces. Highly recommended. Made in the USA.
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88375 MIRAGE |
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Incredibubbles!
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
We love these! You're going to love these! Your kids are going to love these! Hundreds of clear marble-sized bubbles can cover the floor, cling to the sides of furniture, land on your arm. They float enchantingly, rising on air currents you can't even feel. After a few seconds, the bubbles are hard enough to catch or stack. Some will still be perched in out-of-the-way spots a day later. Touchabubbles goop, thicker than the bubble-blowing liquid you're familiar with, comes in a 4" plastic test tube with a wand built into the cap, and a clip on the side so you can carry it in a shirt pocket. The goop is nontoxic, but it tastes really bad, and you probably won't want these landing on expensive tabletops, so kids under 8 should have adult help with them. They should be sharing the fun anyway!
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91812 TOUCHABUBBLES |
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