
The manufacturer calls it the Thunder Tube". We call it indispensable for the amateur Foley operator. It's a 7" long x 2-1/2" dia PVC tube with a resonant head at one end attached to a 17" long x 3/16" dia extension spring. Shake it, scrape it, wiggle it, use your palm to muffle it and you generate creaks, deep warbles, rumbles, weird heterodyne-ish gong effects, wa-wa's, rude noises, and, yes, realistic thunder. A perfect musical companion to your cuica and rain stick--and good, clean fun around the house. Don't make a sound-track without it.
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92686 THUNDER TUBE |
Good across the occupational spectrum, from visual artists to physics teachers-this full-service color paddle set comes with red, blue, green, cyan, magenta, and yellow gels; (2) diffraction grating gels-(1) at 13.5 lines/inch, double axis, and (1) 500 lines/mm; (2) polarizing filters; and (1) translucent white diffusing filter with 63% transmission. All gels and filters are 2-1/8" x 2-5/8" in cardboard frames 5-7/8" long, and there's a built-in spectral transmission chart for primary and secondary colors. Made in the USA.
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92683 COLOR PADDLE |
CJ is the resident musician at A.S.&S., and he can play this roll-up keyboard to a fare-thee-well. "It sounds great," he says, "and it doesn't get any more portable than this." About nine steps beyond nifty, this extremely cool electronic keyboard unrolls to 25-1/4" long x 5-1/4" but the 1/8"-thick rubber-membrane keyboard rolls up around the sound module to become the exact size of healthy ham and cheese sandwich. It has (26) different tones, (99) rhythms, (10) demo songs, a (3) octave range and it runs on (3) "AAA" batteries (Not included.). The business end has volume, power, function, start and stop controls, a built-in 1-3/4" speaker, headphone output and jacks for a 6VDC 300mA adapter 3.5mm plug (not included). And if you let the cat play on it, we bet you'll get Phillip Glass tunes.
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92810 ROLL A PIANO |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Children under 8 yrs. can choke or suffocate on uninflated or broken balloons. Adult supervision required. Keep uninflated balloons from children. Discard broken balloons at once.
is best done with the sacred mother of all novelty items, the original Whoopee Cushion. Marlon Brando owned one. Of course he did, they're both American classics, except the cushion was born in Toronto. Ours is the classic 8" version.
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36603 WHOOPEE CUSHION |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A construction-grade Cindy Crawford? You wish. No, just difficult (and definitely not for toddlers) models/puzzles. But if you've got a building-set whiz-bang in the back seat, these 50-piece, 3-D puzzles are demanding and rewarding to assemble, plus they come in ultra-thin packages for traveling. The highly detailed, colorful pieces punch out of a couple of 6" x 4-1/2" credit-card-weight plastic sheets but assemble to sizes ranging from 4-3/4" x 3-1/2" to 8-1/2" x 4-1/2". We'll pick (2) different ones from a selection of heavy construction vehicles and nasty robo-animals (think "Rhinotank" and "Wolfborg").
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37156 MEGA Z CARDS |
Do we have to say it? Yes, we do. DON'T PANIC! We have more. Regulation ASCII-sized red panic buttons with white lettering, ready to self-stick to a spare spot on your keyboard or anywhere else where you regularly lose control.
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92937 PANIC BUTTON |
You say you’re a kick-butt, edgy nonconformist thumbing your nose at middle-class hypocrisy, but you’ve got a job interview on Tuesday? Try our “my mother won’t let me be a goth” selection of temporary tattoos to dress up your weekend. You’ll get a pack of (12) semi-goth-ish scrolls, green circles, a cross, and medallions for adorning your visage.
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37726 SEMI-GOTH TATTS |
Think of it as a shortcut to learning perspective. This clever 50-sheet pad of white, 7" x 4-1/2" paper has a fine red and blue grid pattern that shows your drawing and doodling in 3-D when you wear the included 3-D glasses. It's our candidate for the why-didn't-I-think-of-that award this year.
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93371 3-D PAD |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
For both tots and folks with arthritic fingers, these ergonomic comfort grips are 1-5/8" long triangles of soft rubber, approx 3/4" wide on each side, from Ticonderoga. Note that (despite the pencil pictured on the label of the bulk pack) these are the Jumbo size, with a 7/16" bore, slightly larger than a standard pencil, so they're made for the larger diameter crayons, pens, and markers. You'll get an assortment of colors that may or may not be neon.
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38404P12 E-Z GRIPPERS | |
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38404P144 E-Z GRIPPERS, BULK |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Look! Up in the sky! It's a screeching flying monkey to the rescue! And at a screechingly low price. Our hero is an 11" long stuffed monkey in superhero togs (a cape, and maybe a mask or hood, depending on his sartorial whim). Put two fingers in the little pockets on his paws, pull his bungee arms back, and let him go. He'll fly a good 25 feet or more, issuing hideous monkey screeches all the while, faster than a flying nun and able to brighten up a day in the office in a single bound.
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93041P3 3-PACK SAVINGS | |
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93041P1 SCREAMING MONKEY |
Our "Rocks & Minerals" poster from Roylco® is a full-color, 17" x 22" illustration of (49) different rocky friends, from amphibolite to talc schist. Illustrations are approx 1" to 1-1/2" and carry brief descriptions, locations and uses for each rock or mineral.
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93633 ROCK POSTER |
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