Gadget Alert! You know that there’s nothing worse than a hot pillow, and nothing better than a soothing fan to lull you to sleep. So of course you will want our Breezy Buddy pillow, which stays cool because it has a built-in fan! Approx 15-1/2” wide x 5-1/4” x 4-3/4”, roughly log-shaped and canvas-wrapped with a mesh-covered foam cushion in the middle, the pillow has a fan on each end, gently blowing soothing air across your neck. The fan’s.’ constant, calming white noise is included at no extra charge, because we like you. Use the pillow in a chair, on the beach, in a tent, at the pool or in your own cozy bed at home. Has an adjustable handle for carrying, and the canvas cover is removable and washable. You add (4) “C” batteries. In Red, Blue or Tan. Our Choice.

Inventing with Electronics--for Beginners, is an electronics and coding kit from MakeXchange®, and is rightly described as “a starter lab for inventors of the future.” Includes an arduino-compatible microcontroller, 400-port breadboard, 2GB thumb drive, USB cable, (80) jumper cords, a dozen each of red, green and yellow LEDs, (10) RGB LEDs, (25) each of 330 and 10K Ohm resistors, a 6-AA battery holder, (10) push-button switches, (5) trimmer pots, a piezo buzzer, temp sensor, (4) each NPN and PNP transistors, (12) diodes, a shift register, (2) DC motors, a servo motor, screws, nuts, driver and a 62-page manual with (14) projects. All in a nice book-shaped box that’s designed to close and hold your project in place, keeping parts from falling out or getting lost.

Our clear-glass brush bottles look empty, but that’s just because you can’t see the imaginary nail polish inside. They hold 5ml (1/5 teaspoon), and measure 1-1/4" x 3/4" oval x 1-1/4" tall with a screw cap that has a 3/16” wide brush attached. What do you use imaginary nail polish for? Painting imaginary fingernails. What do you use these bottles for? Craft, model, aromatherapy and DIY paint projects, among many others. Use your imagination.

Like a switchblade, but optical. Push the button on this 2” x 1” x 1/14” black plastic case and watch a 3/4” dia approx 10X acrylic loupe pop out, ready to rumble. If the Sharks or Jets squared off against the West Side Antique Dealers or Stamp Collectors….

The boy scout of ratchet accessory sets, this 7-piece collection of chrome vanadium socket and U-joint adapters includes 1/4" to 3/8", 3/8" to 1/4", 3/8" to 1/2", 1/2" to 3/8", and U-joints at 1/4", 3/8", and 1/2".

This thin glass N/O reed switch measures 3/4" long x 3/32" with bent axial leads. We don’t know the amp rating, but it needed a magnet right close to trigger it, so were guesstimating it on the high end. Should be good for light-duty DC applications.

We know how many of you love little emojiful faces, and everyone loves marbles, so we’re offering sets of 1” dia glass marbles (that’s the traditional marble shooter size) with assorted emoji faces on them. Each set comes with (1) stand to hold the marble emoji that fits your mood. You pick the emotional spectrum that best matches you: the (6)-pack of assorted faces, or the (12)-pack of even more assorted faces.

Getting bored with those fancy wine glasses? Step up your table settings with this 4-piece set of 5-1/2” tall, 15-oz glass tumblers embossed with tasteful human skulls. Your set of (4) will include one each in red, green, orange and purple, the better to disguise what you’re actually drinking. Manufacturer says hand-wash only, like the finest stemware, and use for cold beverages only, which shouldn’t be a problem with your friends.

Made for use in aquaria everywhere, these dozen polyresin reproductions of coral and sea anemone are nifty in their own right, and a stylish person might put them on a desk, dresser or mantel. They measure between 2-1/4" and 3-1/2", and include cat’s paw, velvet stone, cauliflower, branch and brain coral, and Atlantic anemones. In an ivory color for the most part, but paintable if you like authenticity, although we’d skip the aquarium use unless you use aquarium approved paints. We’ll pick (2) different, or you can get the whole undersea 12 pack assortment. A steal at twice the price!

Take the (32) pieces in this motorized robot kit and you can make a 6-legged cricket, a gear-driven trailer, a two-legged rolling beastie or a grandfather. And all of them are as cute as robot buttons, especially the bobble-headed grampa. From OWI, the robot people. Sizes vary, but he’ll stand 10-1/2” tall. You add (1) “AA” battery for power. Solderless, but bring a screwdriver and side cutters.

Our each is a pack of (5) small white LED flashlights for keychains, (1) each in black, red, green, blue and orange all with a silver edge, which will make it easy to tell whose keys belong to whom on the kitchen table. Measure 2-3/8" x 5-1/4” x about an inch, with momentary switches and 1” slip rings.

For gardeners with extremely small apartments. This 1-1/2" dia glass terrarium (that’s a nose-hair smaller than a ping-pong ball) comes with soil and some spider cactus seeds, which ought to germinate in a week or two if you add a drop of water, click your heels together three times and think about Kansas. Surplus factor…the seeds expired in 12/17 but should be fine, or your money back!

How about 68.5 watts worth of money every time you turn on these bulbs? Our 120V medium-base floodlights draw just 16.5W but light up with the equivalent of an 85W incandescent. Measure 4-5/8” across the lens, and rated for 1300 lumens with instant-on. They’re also dimmable and suitable for damp locations. You pick the 2700K soft white or the 5000K daylight color

Got thread? You pick black or white, from American & Efird in North Carolina. The white polyester #46 thread (.0025” thick) comes on a 10,000-yard, 6” spool; the black polyester thread, .0025” thick, 16-oz NWP/453GM, has 12,000 yards on a 7” spool, marked #33 or AA. Now that’s a lot of thread.

This is an excellent starter kit for learning the rudiments of Chinese brush painting. Includes a lavishly illustrated 47-page instruction booklet, an 11-1/8" x 8-1/8" pad with (36) practice sheets and a few sheets of xuan, the vellum-like paper that brush-painting artists use, plus 5ml tubes of Chinese watercolors in white, indigo, burnt sienna, carmine and gamboge, a saffron color. Also includes (2) brushes, an ink stone and ink stick, all in a nice boxed set.

We’ve improved on the whole idea of crystal clearness and crystal balls with this 2-1/2" dia (bigger than a pool ball, smaller than a tennis ball) glass sphere with glow-in-the-dark granules inside. Just point a UV light source, green laser or normal flashlight through the 7/8” dia clear spot on what we think of as the bottom, and the future is a ball of luminescence. Handy as a night light or a unique focal point for night-time/darkness photography.

It will if you use this green threadlocker from Permatex®. You get a 0.2 fluid ounce tube (a little goes a long way) of the stuff, to apply after assembly. Penetrates gaps in assembled parts and works a whole bunch better than stealing your sister’s clear nail polish again. Made in USA.

We don’t know who invented this hat, but I’m sure whoever did wanted you to wear it with attitude. In black or brown polyester faux-felt, it’s a flat-top, tall pork-pie with a trio of gears or gear and stylish feather glued on one side and a pair of dark-tinted goggles on the elastic hatband. Measures 5” tall and fits a copywriter size 7-3/8 head perfectly.

Us too, so we bought these interesting little microswitches from Cherry™, rated for 10.1A at 125-250VAC. They’re dual SPDT switches with (2) adjacent levers and N/O and N/C contacts for both. Measure 3/4" x 1/2" x 3/8" with 2.5mm terminals and 7/8" levers. Made right here in the US of A.

Disco is back, you wild and crazy boomer, but this time with a 9/16” dia light-up, bug-eye hemispheric lens that flashes red, green and blue LEDs in sync with ambient music when you plug it into your laptop, or anything else that takes a USB. Comes with adapters for Android and iPhones, so wherever you go, it’s party time. Also works for Gen Whatevers who want to see what it was like when the ’rents thought they were hip. We’ll pick one with a pink, white or green base because it doesn’t matter.

Bring back the '70s for nine bucks. Screw this red-green-blue LED prismatic, rotating bulb into any standard medium-base light socket and your room turns into disco heaven. Bulb will stand about 5" above or below the socket. Draws approx 6W. CJ recommends any Donna Summer album for use with it. Please note that the remote depicted on the packaging is not included.

It’s called Thinking Putty® because while you do whatever you want with it, your brain relaxes and opens up to all kinds of creative thinking. Need it? Yes. And you can also knead it. Or bounce it, bend it, tear it, stretch it, snap it, pop it. Pick from the 3.2 oz of dark green magnetic Strange Attractor putty with iron filings infused in it, plus a 1/2” cubed rare earth magnet; the 3.2 oz glimmering light green Foxfire putty that you can draw on with the included blacklight keychain light; or the Super Scarab, 3.2 oz. of color-shifting blue/purple/copper/red putty reminesent of Egyptian scarabs. Comes in a 4” dia x 1-3/8” tin.

Jumbo blacklight measures 10-1/2" long x 2-1/2" x 1-3/4" and holds an 8" UV fluorescent tube plus a white LED flashlight on one end. Adjustable strap extends to 22" or lays flat. Takes (3) D-cell batteries. A must-have for security or crime scenes, but don't shine it on the furnishings in your hotel room if you don't want to be disappointed.

No gas or electricity needed for this pocket-sized manual chain saw, the camper's pal. It's 30" long overall, with (82) spring-steel teeth on the 18-1/2" middle section, and canvas loop handles on each end. Imagine a cross between a sharpened bike chain and a garotte. It's easy to use (we tested it), works a whole lot faster than a hatchet, rolls up into no space at all, and stores in the heavy-duty canvas belt pouch that comes with it.

Made for a cable TV box, this floor-mount switching power supply is rated at 12VDC and a whopping 3 Amps, and has a 6-foot+ cord with a polarized plug and a 6-foot output cord terminating in a 5.5mm (2.1mm) center-positive female plug. Housing measures 4-1/2" x 2" x 1-1/4". UL.

From ET Tech, this series 23 liquid micro-pump draws less than 300mA at 4-6VDC (5VDC nominal) with a liter-per-minute flow rate and up to a 3-foot lift. Not submersible, but suitable for hot-water apps and continuous duty. Measures 1" x 1" dia with a barbed 1/4" right-angle outlet and a 3/8" OD inlet on top. Great for fountains!

In case you get thirsty while you’re cutting things up, these Titanium coated Westcott workbench scissors have a bottle-opener on the bottom of one blade. They also have a retractable ceramic cutter on one handle. With a safety lock. Plus, the serrated blades are detachable which makes them a great utility knife. Makes other scissors feel bad just looking at them. But wait there's more...

We named it for Billy, our very own social media maven, but the manufacturer, iZoom®, calls it a Security Flashlight. The solid heft and sturdiness of this this particular item cannot be understimated. Weighs a formidable 3/4-lb, and measures 14" long in black  aluminum alloy with high/low/strobe modes and a max 200-lumen rating for the single SMD (surface mount device) LED. On a 6" wrist strap, it comes with (3) “AA” batteries.

Just ask him where he got his bag. Probably here. This sturdy messenger bag in olive drab nylon measures 13” x 10” x approx 5” with a deep pocket, little pocket, long pocket, snapped pocket, clips for keys, straps for an umbrella, and a padded strap. On the smaller side for messengers, it’s perfect for students, commuters, travelers and anyone who carries a bunch of stuff. (Mr. Mom alert: nothing looks less like a diaper bag.) Manufacturer suggests a price of $44.95, but phooey on them, we say.

They don’t give them away in bars anymore, so you’d better buy this Matchstick Fire Starter. Has a 1-1/2" x 1-1/8" x 3/8" flint housing and a 1” striker with a small cotton wick around the end. Fill it with a little lighter fluid and you’re ready to start something. Includes a 1/2” clip to hang it on something. A must for camping.

This excellent 500ml capacity essential oil distillation set comes with an 18" lab stand, 2-1/2" ID support ring, single buret clamp and borosilicate glassware with a 500ml round-bottom (just like you!) and 24/40 ground glass joints. Also includes a boiling flask, 300mm Graham condenser, 500ml Erlenmeyer flask and a 10" adapter arm. Make your own perfume or something more potent--we don't judge. You supply some 3/8" ID tubing for the condenser. Check out our other lab distillation kit and small glass bottles, perfect for storing your essentials.

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Turn the knob on this battery-powered lantern and watch the trio of 12-element COB LEDs go from nothing to 600 lumens. Measures 8-7/8" tall x 4-1/2" dia with a clear 4-1/8” tall window around the light, which has a folding handle and a bonus compass on top. You add (3) “D” cell batteries and you’re good for approx (6) hours, or more if you dim the light. We’ll pick one in red, blue or green because it doesn’t matter.

2" flywheel in well made metal frame. The trick is the same as it has been for 100 years. Wind the string through the spindle, pull it firmly to set the flywheel spinning, and perform effortless balancing magic on pencil tips, string tightropes, and the like. We tend to forget that bicycles and aircraft navigation both rely heavily on gyroscopic principles. It's never too early to tell the kids. Besides, it's fun.

It's small, as actual solar systems go, and you have to assemble it, but still…. You snap together this (not-to-scale) model of our solar system, paint it, and position the pieces. You get (6) colors plus a tube of glow-in-the-dark paint and a brush, the (8) planets (Pluto didn't make the cut, remember), and cardboard rings for Saturn. Sizes range from just under 1/2" for Mercury to the 1-7/16" sun. The finished model is articulated and stands approx 4" tall x 12" across on a 3-7/8" dia gray plastic base.

This is not your father's chain saw. Our jeweler's saw frame (blades not included) is 3" deep with a wooden handle and can be adjusted from 1-1/4" to 5-1/2" long with thumbscrews on the top of the frame and at the two blade chucks. You'll need the 144-piece set of 5-1/4" long piercing (jewelry) saw blades in sized 1/0, 2/0, 3/0, 4/0, 1 and 2. Made in India, where they specialize in filagreed gold.

Able to stand up to the infamous Helsinki Miasma, this brand new gas mask hails from the Finnish military (it's the standard NATO M61 model, although Finland isn’t in NATO) but we sell them for decorations. Don't depend on it for self-preservation. In gray rubber with the filter on the side and adjustable straps, it measures approx 8" tall x 5-1/2" wide and is very similar to the U.S M-9A1.

Who doesn’t? Try this set of (5) low-profile white, red, green and blue LED accent light pucks. Measure approx 2-3/4” dia x 1” deep, they’re powered by (3) “AAA” batteries each, included and you’re welcome. Turn them on manually to switch between colors, or use the wireless remote. Also has bright or dim white settings, 4- and 8-hour cycles, and (12) color permutations for your color morphing pleasure. Remote includes a replaceable coin-cell battery and has a 15-foot range. Lights come with foam tape for mounting.

The boys in the back room called this IZoom Pro™ flashlight ludicrously bright, and they’re usually right. Rated at 300, 1200, and 2500 lumens with a strobe setting, light is through a reticular COB LED element with an adjustable focus lens. Takes (6) “AA” batteries, and they’re included. Measures 7” long x 1-1/2” dia in black aluminum alloy body. Has up to a 4-hour life, depending on the beam strength you use.

Tiny but perfectly accurate, and the only pocket postal scale most folks will ever need. Stick your envelope in its alligator jaws, hold or hang it up and read the weight in grams (0 to 100) or ounces (up to 4) in increasing increments. Handy in the US, and very handy for travel to metric lands. Pretty much flat and approx 3" long in its vinyl pouch, it takes up virtually no room, costs next to nothing, and has no batteries. Nice little teaching tool for kiddies, too.

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.