We have a bunch of Apollo Glowpro light boxes--you know, for viewing slides, tracing stencils and tattoo designs, drawing and drafting--but their power cords have been clipped. So we’re selling them for parts since so many of you Surpies are DIYers. Every part is included, except the aforementioned power cord. Box measures 18” x 11-1/2" x 3-3/4” thick and operates on 120VAC, 13 Watts, with a 5000K fluorescent lamp. Weighs 8 lbs, so it’s meant for a desktop even if it says “portable.” This is a sturdy piece, not some cheapie. All-metal case has a baked enamel base, folding handle and tilt stand. Has an on/off switch on the side, and it’s wall mountable. Sweet!

Jarvis Says: Store customers contact your local store for availability. 

As sharp as Noam Chomsky on a good day, these disposable, single-use, non-safety #12 scalpels come in a box of (10), individually sealed. Each has a tapered medical-grade plastic handle with a 6cm ruler and bumpy bit for grip near the curved stainless-steel blade. They were sterile, but that date has passed, which isn't an issue for all you crafters and handy-people out there. Handles are baby blue, to calm you as you cut. Latex-free and non-toxic.

Attenzione, military buffs and woodshoppers! This Italian military steel auger bit measures 13” long x 5/8" dia with a 1/2" base that has a flattened side. We don’t know what else to say about it except that as auger bits go, it looks and feels like a good one. Collectible, yes, but also completely usable.

Who wouldn’t love a green avocado plush toy? Scrooge? Schleprock? Debbie Downer? They’re probably the only three, because the rest of us wouldn’t be able to resist this approx 15” x 10” x 5” two-tone-green avocado half with a beige pit for a face, brown eyes and a very happy red smile. There’s a little brown stem on top, too, and a hanging loop. Way softer than an actual avocado.

Feel free to open your eyes underwater and leave ’em open as long as you like with these super-nice, adult, unisex SealBuddy Panoramic Swimming Goggles. They have a comfortable, tight fit with a rubber headband that you adjust with a pinch button and band ridges, plastic frames, soft silicone gaskets and 2.1" wide x 1.3" high tapered plastic anti-fog, anti-scratch lenses. They come with a hard-shell case because without it you’d lose them like we all do when they don’t come with a hard-shell case. Available in your favorite color scheme for goggles, as long as that’s black with stylish white accents.

Is a joy forever, and is also this right-angle, intermittent-duty, reversible gear motor, according to CJ, who has an eye for these things. This one is rated for 120VAC, spins at 35 rpm and draws 0.93 amp. Great for Halloween or other motion-displays. It’s open-framed and measures 3" x 4" x 2-1/2" with a 3/16" shaft flattened on both sides, with a threaded center for easy mounting. Has (3) leads and comes with a start capacitor. The face has (6) mounting holes. This motor is reversible,

It’s like someone crossed a wallet with a switchblade! This RFID-protection wallet has (2) spring-loaded pop-up chambers inside, each holding about (8) cards. When you pull a lever, the cards pop up. Use it for credit cards, IDs or whatever cards you want to protect. Also has (2) classic card slots, protected. Measures 4” x 2-1/2” x 1” thick. Made of aluminum alloy wrapped in black faux-leather with a snap closure. Nevermore will your cards be unorganized, or vulnerable.

We’re talking about body heat, not the contract worker helping you out for a while. This handheld, pistol-style Vicks VNT275 Non-Contact Infrared Body/surface Thermometer is fast, gentle, non-invasive and easy to use. Sometimes it’s best not to make a follow-up joke. You’ll get a clinically proven accurate reading in 2 seconds. Fever insight feature changes the large LED screen from green to yellow to red, depending on the temp, and numbers are big and easy-to-read. Has body (93.2-109.2 F) and surface (32.0-212 F) modes. Not that you care, but it’s also attractive, in pleasant blue and white.

One promotion above 1st Lieutenant Polyimide? Nope-- tape material that makes duct tape hang its head in shame. Kapton polyimide is used in everything from flexible printed circuits, to the Apollo moon missions, to cryogenics. In this case, it’s a transparent golden-yellow 0.0025” thick adhesive tape on a 36-yard roll. Has a normal tensile strength of 30 lbs, insulates up to 7500V, and has a working temperature from -100F to 500F. High temp tolerance makes it perfect for masking during powder coating. You select the 1/2" or 1" wide. Made in the USA.

This hinged wallet, in faux crocodile leather, snaps shut and unlocks with a pushbutton latch. Measures 4-1/2” x 3” and has a small cellphone pouch on the outside, which makes it about 2-1/2” thick overall. Your smartphone won’t fit in the pouch, but your old-school burner will. A tin of mints might, too. Inside the wallet is another pouch, a strap and (2) small eyelets. Comes with a carrying strap, too. We’ll pick a nice color for you, either black or red.

If you want something done right…. And yes, that includes laboratory slides. This 17-piece slide-making kit from Elenco includes: Micro Hatchery®, Vial of Shrimp Eggs, (2) Prepared Slides, (10) Glass Slides, (12) Cover Glasses, (12) Statical Slide, Covers, (12) Labels, Vial of Eosins, Vial of Shrimp Eggs, Vial of Methylene Blue, Vial of Sodium Chloride, (2) Collecting Vials, Tweezers, Dropper, Stirring Rod, 3x/6x Magnifier, Safety Goggles and a great instruction Manual. Wow not that's a kit!

Never miss the ball with your paddle again. These jumbo ping pong balls are just the thing for the table tennis challenged. At 2-1/2" they are a little tough to bounce into those red cups you all love to play games with but we know you will try. Our each is a box of (3).

Jarvis Says: Not yet available in our retail stores. 

The JASCO® Ultra Charge™ battery pack has dual USB outputs for charging your sundry devices 40% faster than most. Manufacturer says it holds 7X the battery power of standard smartphones or tablets. Specs: 13,400 mAH, 3.4A, 17W. In an aluminum case, it's pre-charged with a charge gauge and a 2-foot USB to micro-USB charging cable. Pat calls it a “big battery in a little case,” and he knows about stuff like that.

Us, too. We’re using this flameless, rechargeable USB-powered, electric lighter from Pilot™. In understated black, with a solid metal body and a classic flip top, this 3-1/4” x 1-1/4” lighter will give you (100) lights on a single charge. Super-hot coil activates when you press a button (and won’t turn on when the lid is closed). USB charger slides out when you need more juice, and back in when you’re charged up.

Here’s a little sack that’s good for laundry, the beach or park, camping, hiking, boating or just general toting. It’s nylon, from Austria, sort of olive drab and partially adorned in kind-of digital camo. Attractive, nonetheless. White stenciled letters say “ALLES DABEI,” which translates to “everything included.” Measures approx 16” x 12” and could hardly be lighter, with drawstrings that double as shoulder straps. Packs basically completely flat.

We’re loving this transparent, clear-ish/white-ish plastic box with an oh-so-satisfying snap-close lock. In fact, we can’t stop opening it and snapping it shut. Measures 3-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 1/2" with a hinged lid and the afore-mentioned snap closure. It’s not water-tight, but it’s great for vitamins or other pills, or organizing small parts like SD cards, screws, nuts, bolts, washers, tacks, paper clips—stuff like that. You’ll get (6) boxes, and you’ll wish you had more.

Our all-time favorite misprint-special featured thousands of pencils marked “Pensil.” We don’t expect to top that, but we do have beaucoup black-ink gel pens with rubber-coated barrels and caps with mangled, mistaken, or over-printed promo messages. They’re yours for a song--or a half-buck each, whether you can sing or not.

Just because your radio is square doesn’t mean your music is. Actually, this radio is a cube. It’s also blue and transparent, letting you can see the electronics inside. Antenna extends to 9” and picks up both AM and FM frequencies. Has a 3.5mm headphone jack on one side, easy to use tuning and volume/power dials on the other, and a big mesh-covered speaker on the front. Cube sides are 3” each. Requires (2) “AA” batteries, not included, but available. 

But you’re free to use this piece of cork rubber composite, straight from the rubber/cork trees and in a darker cork look, for anything you like, including a very small, round bulletin board, dart board. Measures 10-7/8" dia x 3/16" thick. Nice mouse pad, too, or dart board for the really accurate player who doesn’t keep score. (For some, it’s about the journey, not the numbers.)

Or should we ask, How hard do you jazz? Either way, if you like big, clear sound, you need the equipment and materials that deliver it. This 14-gauge, Platinum XP, high-performance speaker cable from Monster Cable® is what your current speaker wire will grow up to be someday if it eats its vegetables. You’ll get 30 feet of magnetic flex-tube, oxygen-free copper cable for higher conductivity, which translates in the audio world to cleaner highs, deeper bass, and generally better clarity overall. Crank up The Who or Thelonious Monk –whatever or Whoever you’re into.

Gel pens and mascara—the two causes of smear fear. Cure the first one with this pack of (20) gel highlighter markers. They’re not felt-tip highlighters, but a waxy, crayon-ish filler that lays down a day-glo translucent stripe. You advance it by twisting the top. Manufacturer says it won't dry out, smear or bleed through. You’ll get (10) neon yellow-chartreuse plus (2) each in pink, purple, blue, green and orange.

These nice clear glass jars hold 240ml (a tad more than 8 oz) and measure 4” tall x 2-1/4” square, with rounded corners and shoulders. Screw cap is a dark olive green. Opening ID is 1-3/4”. Line 'em up and put spices in them, is what we think. Also great for craft supplies like glitter, beads and rubber bands, and workshop essentials, like screws, nuts and washers.

The Woof & Paw Rake and Bin Pooper Scooper set is so nice, so sturdy, it might make you want to get a dog just so you can clean up after it. Extending handles click into place on the rake and bin, extending from 20" long closed to 3 feet fully extended. Bin is 6-1/4" wide x 6-3/4" deep with 3 walls 2-1/2" high. Rake has 9 metal tines spread across 6-1/4". Scooping poop will never be as enjoyable as it is with these tools.

We have stumbled across some sweet little LED lighting drivers. They require between 100-277VAC inputs and have outputs of 27-42VDC (40W) and 28-40VDC (30W). Intended to be used with LED replacement lighting. The 40 Watt output driver measures 5-3/4" x 1-3/4" x 1" and has 2 input and 2 output leads. The 30 W output driver measures 12" x 3/4" x 5/8" also with 2 input and output leads. Now go retrofit away!

Or in the air again? Or do you just like to be prepared, like any good Surpie does, for when regular travel returns? This soft-sided, black vinyl bag is a compact 21" x 13" x 6", well within carry-on rules, and easy to toss in the trunk or back seat. Zippered around the outside, it has a 7" long pocket, a zippered side pocket at 15" x 7", and another 13" x 9" pocket. Includes a shoulder strap and carrying handle. Not a roller, but an easy tote at under 3 lbs tare weight. (That means "empty"--we learned it from the side of a truck.)

Please note: When ordering this item, due to its size, your entire order will ship Standard Ground and isn't eligible for expedited shipping.

And if you’re doing it at night, use this cute little barrel-shaped, black and silver, 6-LED flashlight while you do it. Measures 2” tall x a tad over 1” dia with a removable fabric wrist strap. Comes complete with a pair of dead button cell batteries, but we'll include replacements because, well, that’s how much we care. We don’t want any Surpies getting lost in the dark.

Two-tone, that is. Our each is a 1.5-oz tube of slime in two tones, and like those Chevrolets, it will come in an assortment of colors. We’ll pick the colors because, while the Bel Air was two grand and change, our two-tone is under two bucks, and you’re not going to drive it to the prom.

Or not, but it you do, this assortment of black heat-shrink tubes is marine rated. All measure 3-1/2” long in (6) sizes from 1/8” to 3/4” and will shrink to 1/3 their original size. In a handy storage box, too. From GRIP® tools.

Yes, there’s a scientific explanation, but we prefer to think this magnetizing/demagnetizing tool relies on magic. Stick a screwdriver head in the bottom, it’s magnetized. Stick it in the top, it’s demagnetized. Fun for the whole family. Measures 2” square x 1-1/4” with stair-step ports for blades of different sizes. Never drop a screw again.

Want to run a really big shell game? You'll need a big bunch of shells, and you've come to the right place. These are all real, and clean as a whistle, or whatever else is that clean. You pick: the bag of approx (110) nutmeg snail shells measuring 1” give or take a tad—periwinkle shells with nutmeg-colored dashes spiraling around the shell; or the bag of approx (40) murex snail shells, the traveling homes of largish, predatory sea snails that run 2” to 4” long with a bunch of nasty-looking spikes, a few of which may have chipped off. But that’s the be expected, right?

Described as challenging for accomplished puzzlers, 3D pixel puzzles have resulted in extended whimpering in our office. This one is an astronaut holding the American flag during the moon landing. Includes illustrated, step-by-step instructions, and you can thank your lucky stars for that. You’ll need them. Made of more than (487) pieces that look like somebody shrunk the Legos. Good luck. Ages 12+ ! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs

No, but this chain will fool the eye of passersby and save you beaucoup bucks. Our each is (10) feet of #8 plastic chain with 2" long x 1" wide links. For decorative use, landscape and perimeter marking only. Won't keep out wildlife, but does has a maximum load of 175 lbs, so it won't break when you trip over it. You pick white or black chain.

From Makita®, these ImpactGOLD™ Phillips-head drivers for impact drivers are labeled to last 10x longer than most. You pick: the single, #2 double-ended bit at 6” long; the (3) #1 double-ended bits at 2-1/2” long; or the (3) #3 double-ended bits at 2-1/2” long.

These colorful molded rubber dinosaur figures are 4" to 7" long, depending, and include a velociraptor, stegosaurus, pterodactyl and brachiosaurus, among others. We'll pick (2) different prehistoric beasts for you from our menagerie of detailed, high-quality models, which could be used for learning as much as playing.

Rubrasers. Maybe it’s a silly name, but they’re very cute. They’re erasers shaped like miniature versions of everyday stuff, and they come (4) to a pack. We'll pick from the Rainy Days pack, including an umbrella and rain boot; the Emergency pack, with an ambulance and fire extinguisher; or the Couch Potato pack, with living-room furniture. Also excellent for doll houses, dioramas or general play.

You can only carry so much bottled water in the woods. Campers and preppers alike will want this water purification tube, eminently backpackable at 9" long x 1" dia x an ultralight (2) ounces. Called the Water Washer, its microfiltration membrane is good for 1,000 liters. Meets EPA and U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards, and filters out 99.9% of waterborne protozoa and 99.9999% of bacteria, including E. coli and salmonella. No batteries, no BPA, no chemicals, no aftertaste, and no reason to go into the wild without one. Or two.

The terracotta cottage went out of business and we picked up a profusion of porous pottery, a cornucopia of carved clay containers. So, we're selling them for the price of pretty plain pots. You pick: the 5” tall sun vase with a pitcher handle; or the 5” tall sun urn with two handles.

For your guppies to hide in when the rest of the tank is just too much, these cartoony, open-mouth fish are wacky additions to any aquarium. Not that fish appreciate wackiness, but still. Measure approx 2” tall x 2-1/2” and if you don’t have an aquarium, just line them up in your bathroom or on a windowsill somewhere in your house. We’ve got (12) different types and we’ll pick (3) different ones for you.

This duffle makes other duffles hide their straps in shame. Dezzio duffles are made as perfect beach, gym or weekend bags, with a plethora of add-ons, including built-in key holders, a bottle opener, flip-flop pocket, towel holder, cooler pocket and easy-access end pocket. Also inside the bag is a side pocket designed to hold a USB backup battery (that you supply) and a built-in pair of USB output plugs so you can recharge two phones or power two USB devices. Wipe dry with a damp cloth. Measures 19" x 15-1/2” x 9". You pick: Rainforest--green leaves on white background; Belize—anchors and stars on dark blue; or Classic—cerulean blue with white piping. Paul says they’re mega-snazzy.

These little roll-on colbalt blue glass bottles hold 15ml (0.03 oz) of whatever you want to roll on, but they’re typically used for essential oils, massage oils and aromatherapy. Measure 3-3/4" tall x 7/8" dia in dark blue for UV protection. The steel roller ball is embedded in a plastic collar and can be removed for filling by prying the nib off the bottle, or by pulling it off with pliers. Closes with a black screw cap. Maren says she’s going to fill hers with love potion #9.