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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 |
Back To Basics
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
It could have been called an Alabama Buzzer after Alabama Vest, the man who invented it. Or a Clegghorn, after Thaddeus Von Clegg, the clock master who fabricated the first one. But the hand-crafted 4-3/4" long steel instrument was a simple amusement, and the 1840s were a simple time. So it's simply a kazoo.
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92395 KAZOO |
Pretty Puzzle
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
From the Mindbender series, these lightly varnished wooden critter puzzles are tough to figure out, but they make very attractive tchotchkes when finished. You pick from the 10-piece pig (4-1/2" x 2-1/4" x 2-3/4") or the 9-piece foxy-looking dog (6-1/2" x 4-3/4" x 1-3/8"). If you're puzzle-impaired, each comes with an answer key, but we think you can do without it, if you're persistent enough. For ages 8 and up.
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40387 DOG PUZZLE | |
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40386 PIG PUZZLE |
The Other Big Bang Theory
It lights up, it flies, and it makes a satisfying bang when it lands. Doesn't create a new universe but you can't have everything for 20 bucks. The Big Bang Rocket is 15-1/4" long with 6" fins and an 18" tail. The 6" x 3/4" dia tube in the middle has 4-color internal flashing LEDs (powered by (3) "AAA" batteries, included). You fling it in the air by the tail, but first put a small piece of any paper (newsprint will do) in the rubber nose-cone and it will make a loud cap-gun-ish bang when it hits. Even if it hits grass, or sand. LEDs run for 60 seconds so you can find it during night landings.
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94201 BIG BANG KID-POWERED ROCKET |
Desk Organizer-Sushi Bar Combo
America has been on the edge of its collective office chair waiting for the first combination mini-aquarium and desktop organizer/calendar/clock. Be the first in your office to own this 1-1/2 quart tank with a USB-powered water pump, filtration system, gooseneck light and backlit LCD clock/alarm with snooze/calendar/ thermometer/pencil cup. Also emits soothing nature sounds. But wait, there's more: also has color-morphing LEDs that shine through the water. Includes a fake plant and tiny river rocks. Measures 9-1/4" x 3-3/4" x 5-5/8" tall. You add (3) "AA" batteries and the fish. Lunchtime sushi doesn't get any fresher than this.
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94145 USB-POWERED DESKTOP AQUARIUM & CLOCK |
Hydrophobic Sand
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Put this "Magic Sand" in water and it won't get wet. Which is weird, but true, like so much you read in this catalog. Originally developed to trap oil spills, this stuff lets you build sand castles under water. When you pour off the water, the sand is dry. Each colorful dispenser bottle holds approx 50 ml. We'll pick a pair from assorted colors, like orange, purple and hot pink.
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39580 MAGIC SAND |
Counterclockwiseacres
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
You get a pair of these "Rattlebacks," 3-3/4" long translucent acrylic half-ovals (like the bottom half of a submarine) that refuse to turn clockwise. Place them rounded-side-down, spin them clockwise and watch them rattle to a stop and reverse direction. The scientific explanation is that their mother, Mrs. Acrylic, was once frightened nearly to death by a cuckoo clock in the Black Forest.
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92854 RATTLEBACKS |
A Week's Worth Of Whoopee
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A gallimaufry of gags, the prankster's pantheon. Our seven-day selection of sophomoric stupidity includes a joy buzzer, a bottle of disappearing ink to spill on someone's white shirt, candy that turns to blood in your mouth, a pack of gum with a mousetrap inside, a nice fake nail to put through a finger, a fly-in-the-ice cube, and the American classic whoopee cushion. Add some rubber vomit and you've got enough gifts to get through Channukah.
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93664 TRICK OF THE DAY |
Spot The Looney
Or anything else on your horizon with a very nice kids' Safari® telescope/spotting scope. CJ calls it a toy-that's-not-a-toy, which means that it's a 15X magnification, 35mm dia, 3-draw scope suitable for watching the moon, the fauna if you're in a Safari mood, or the approaching ships if you're in a Master and Commander mood. It's 7-5/8" long when closed, extends to 14" and comes with eyepiece and objective covers. We'll pick one with a red, yellow, green or blue plastic barrel.
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92680 SAFARI TELESCOPE |
The Advanced Brainstring
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
The Advanced Brainstring
We don't have the basic Brainstring® (our brain is too advanced) but this version is like Rubik's Cube® crossed with a naval mine. A 14-sided clear-plastic shape (that's a tetrakaidecahedron, kids) has (8) faces connected to each other by three colored elastic cords with matching pegs on the ends, for a total of (4) sets of (3) cords, with slots to move them. The object is to get all of one color, or (1) of each color, on the faces without throwing it on the floor and smashing it and swearing and stuff.
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94056 BRAINSTRING-ADVANCED |
Mighty Big Bones
Roll these big bones. Perfect for shooting dice with no danger of losing them under the fridge, but also nice teaching aids. You get a dozen 2-1/2" dense-foam dice, (4) each in green, orange and blue. They also make a clean, contemporary alternative to fuzzy dice for the rear-view mirror.
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94178 2-1/2" BIG DENSE-FOAM DICE |
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