You haven’t had Architectural Digest calling to take photos, have you? Right…so just trust us and we’ll pick a possibly tasteful vinyl wall cling for you. Order (2) and we’ll send (2) different ones. They measure 39-1/2" x 17-1/4", with images to enchant your visitors and raise your profile in the interior design community. Selections include Frankenstein, Cold Beer, Flaming Skulls, Butterflies, Peace Signs, Lighthouses, Checkered Flags, Motorcycles and many, many more, all re-postionable so you can change your decor as often as your socks.

This pair of solar-rechargeable yard lights will help, even if you don’t have a careless dog. These bright white LEDs throw 15 lumens, and have (4) solar cells each. Can be set for 6- and 10-hour service, and will auto-adjust the brightness for each. Lamps are 6" dia with 9" tall chimneys, and can be mounted with the approx 27” tall pole and hook, or on stakes, which will be nearly 16” tall over all. Made for dark environments; won’t turn on in ambient light.

From Marbleocity®, the STEM specialists who combine technical education with marbles to make it all more fun. You pick: the Archimedes screw-maker kit that will yield, yes, a working Archimedes screw in wood and plastic, approx 6" tall on a 4" x 6"base; or the Chaos Mountain-maker kit, which demonstrates the random action of mountain creation and will be approx 6” x 4” in wood and plastic when complete. Both are beginner-level, will take approx an hour to build, and include graphic-comic book instructions.

What we have here is the inside of a walking toy that’s lost its outside. What’s left is a white plastic potato-ish fellow with a stumpy head. Like a naked robot. Has the usual set of eye-holes and earlobes, a speaker mouth (but nothing to say) and a belly button that doesn’t do anything, just like yours. Toddles on big black clown feet and has (2) power switches, one on its back, one at the end of 9” leads. We like it just the way it is, but crafty folk might want to make him or her a body. Either way, you add (3) AA batteries.

We’ve got your paint pots right here. You pick from the acrylic paint sets from Testors™. The Hobby Set comes with (6) 0.1-oz pots of paint in Stoplight Red, Turn-Signal Amber, flat and gloss black, Engine Red, and silver, plus an applicator brush and a tube of model cement. The Military Set comes with (6) 0.1-oz pots of paint in Neutral Gray, Olive Drab, flat black, dark tan, Gunship Gray and silver, plus an applicator brush and a tube of model cement.

Yes, campers, you can now tote a teapot to the woods. This devilishly clever, collapsible silicone tea kettle measures 5-1/2" dia x just 1-3/8" when folded down to its stainless steel base, but pulls itself up (actually, you do the pulling) to stand 6-1/4” tall and hold more than 40 oz of water. Even has a locking spout, and a fold-away handle. Food-grade and dishwasher-safe, it’s good over any low flame as well as on electric stoves.

If you remember that poster, you’re really old. Today’s generation just grabs the Decide-O-Matic, which lets it decide for them. Like the Magic 8-Ball, but with more options and more fun via a pendulum and magnet. Select a Decision Disc--fortune teller, truth or dare, movie “flix mix,” pizza picker or playlist shuffle--then set the pendulum swinging and watch it lurch from choice to choice before settling on the one that relieves you of the burden of decision-making. Includes a blank disc to add your own custom quandaries.

You could go find the actual critters under the Antarctic ice, in space or eating rotten veggies in your garden, or you could just get our nice plush versions. Our cuddly bug collection includes: the fuzzy roly poly, called the pill bug, woodlouse and worse, that inhabits damp spots in your garden, but ours is 7” long in two-tone blue with a happy smile, perky ears and a tripartite tail; and the furry tardigrade, a fluffy version of a thing that’s normally darn-near microscopic, called a water-bear or moss piglet, that’s a bug relative--a crustacean that you don’t want in your bed. Our version is 9“ x 5” in powder blue plush, and it looks more like a six-legged furry hamster. These toys are considerably more pleasant than the real things, which your mother wouldn’t let you keep anyway. Plus they’re washable!

You pick the cord to cut: the microcord dispenser has (125) feet of 3/64" cord rated for 100-lb tensile strength, spooled on a handy belt holder with a recessed cutting blade. Measures 3-1/4" x 2-1/4" x 1-5/8". The paracord dispenser has (50) feet of 5/32” dia, 7-strand 550 cord in a plastic case with a belt clip and recessed cutting blade. Measures 3-3/4" x 3-3/4" x 2-1/2". Both are made in the USA by Atwood Rope.

More gators than a University of Florida homecoming. Scroll on down and select from: our 6-piece assortment of 2” electrical clips including (2) each of insulated pliers-type alligator clips, regular insulated alligator clips and booted alligator clips in red and black; our 4-pack of insulated 2-1/4” pliers-type alligator clips rated for up to 10A with 3/8” wide jaws and crimped ends in black and red; our 29” red and black test leads with open alligator clips at the ends; or our 6-pack of plated 1-1/2” alligator test clips, half red and half black, with crimped ends.

Probably, but why bother now that you’re out of school and everyone calls it a blood-pressure kit now anyway? This one comes from a popular pharmacy, and has a 5-1/2" x 19" sleeve with a large aneroid gauge, inflation bulb and a stethoscope. Includes instructions and a storage case. Latex-free.

Sort-of maybe perhaps shaped like a little race car, it has a 2” long knife blade, 9/16” dia compass on a stick, 1/8” driver with bottle opener and file, #2 Phillips driver, awl and 1-1/8” corkscrew, plus a bore to hang it from your key-chain. Sides are black plastic. Go stuff a stocking.

You could break your hand doing that in San Francisco, but this pre-cut wooden cable car model/puzzle is perfectly safe. Has (53) wooden pieces approx 1/8” thick, ready to punch out. The car will be 7" x 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" when press-fit together, but feel free to add glue and then paint it, if you have glue and paint, which you probably do if you build stuff like this. Includes instructions. For ages 8+.

Before there was olive drab canvas there was genuine leather military equipment, like these 4-slot German military magazine pouches. Measure 10-1/4" x 6-1/4" x 1-3/4" with a quartet of compartments at approx 1-1/4" x 1-3/4" x 8" deep with flip-down covers that fasten over brass studs. Has an angle-mounted 60” buckled strap with a 4" x 2-1/2" x 7/8" flapped pouch sliding on it. You’d need to roll your magazines pretty tight to fit in the slots, but they’d hold any number of Slim Jims.

The boombox may be dead, but Boom Bags live on to fight the onslaught of all those ear-bud-wearing newbies. Play it loud with this audio take-out from the makers of Boom Bags carry-on audio luggage and backpacks. Our each is a self-contained stereo amp with 5W per side via 3” speakers, plus a 4” 8W subwoofer, all with metal mesh covers. Has 1/8” output, audio input and mic input with separate level control. Remote has a 15-foot range, and adjusts the subwoofer volume. Also has (3) USB charge ports, and comes with a 5-foot 1/8” standard headphone cord and power supply with a 6-foot cord. Remote has a coin-cell battery. Power LED is a standby light. Measures 13-1/4" x 12-3/4" x 1-3/8" thick. Build your own bag or box, or just hang it on the wall.

Brushes by the double-dozen-plus.Our each is a pack of (25) art and craft brushes, including foams, “chubby rounds,” nylon flats at 1/2”, 3/4”, #s 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 and 6, shaders and angular shaders, rounds, a liner and a 5/0 spotter. You’ll probably get tired of painting before you run out of brushes. From Loew-Cornell™. Great for the classroom, home and art studios.

Made specifically for attaching to pill bottles, this 1-3/4" dia magnifier has a 2X acrylic lens with a blue tint that increases readability. It’s mounted on a ring and bracket with a rubber strap to hold it in place on the bottle and keep the lens an inch above the label/instructions.

This would be the Detective Special, if detectives were big into crafts. The 10W glue gun measures a mere 4-1/2” x 4-1/2” x 7/8”, and includes a 4-foot power cord and removable stand. Uses 5/16” dia glue sticks. UL. Don’t forget the glue sticks. These are 3-3/4” long, and you’ll get (12) per package.

Organize those loose magazines and brochures. Elegantly designed (slightly assorted styles) with a glossy finish, these cardboard file/holders are sure to please. 11-3/4” high x 3-1/2” wide x approx. 9-1/8” deep, open at the top and 3/4” of the front (or back, depending on how you file them.) They come flat, have easy pop-up assembly and we will pick two for you. 

OK, it’s not really wire and not really snakeskin, but that’s what the manufacturer calls it. It’s mighty handy for floral and craft projects, and is made of metallic red aluminum with an embossed pattern that could be considered snakeskin-like, depending on the snake. Measures 1” wide x .026, which is thin enough to be malleable but thick enough to add structure to your creations. Makes a good handle for otherwise handle-less baskets. You’ll get (15) feet.

For use with tamper-proof security fasteners, because you’re authorized. Set has (32) 1/4” sand-blasted steel bits inside a soft rubber case that’s just 2-1/2” x 1-3/4” x 1-1/4” with a top the slides over all the bits and driver, and keeps them snug and together. Inside are hex, hex metric, slotted, tri-wing and Torq bits in various sizes.

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.

Could be. You could put ten of them in there, plus a little bowling ball from the Pocket Bowling game. Features (10) 1-1/4” tall pins and a 5/8” dia steel ball, ready to roll down the 11-1/4” long x 4-5/8” wide rubberized lane. The good news? No foul line!

These translucent plastic envelopes are 11-3/8" x 9-1/2" in a lovely blue-gray tint with a fold-over flap to keep papers from sliding out. Long side has a silver strip suitable for writing contents on with a marker. You'll receive (3) packs of (5) for a total of (15) envelopes, or enough to organize all those store discount cards you've amassed.

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.

Georges Braque would have loved the tiny ice cubes that come out of the lid of this plastic box, but then he was a cubist. You'll like them just because they're cute. Pop (20) 15/16" cubes out of the tray, then store them underneath in the 7" x 6-1/4" x 4-1/8" plastic box.

Our best jeweler's loupe, this has a professional-quality, full 10X triplet lens. A ring of (6) white LEDs around the 13/16" glass lens ensures an even distribution of light. Housing is an angular, 7-sided teardrop shape 1-3/4" x 1-1/8" that folds out of a metal case with a strap hook. Tucked into the small leather pouch it comes in is a spanner wrench, in case you ever need to replace the (3) button-cell batteries.

Managing people will be so much easier with this giant red NO! button on your desk, or at home. Push it and hear a digital voice deliver (10) different versions of no, including No!; No, No, No; Noooooo; For the last time, NO!; and more. Great for denying tasks at work, and later-bedtime requests at home. (Remember--you can always change your mind to Yes, but going the other way never works.) Measures 3-1/2" dia x 1-1/2" tall in red with a black frame. You add a pair of "AAA" batteries.

Check out our keychain version! Same great sounds in a mini version. 

We don't know the folks at TSA, but we're hoping they won't let you on the plane with this remote-controlled rattler, for everyone's sake. Measures approx 16" long with (22) segments and creeps along quite quickly when you push the forward, left or right buttons on the snake-eggish infrared remote. Remote runs on (3) button-cell batteries, included, and the snake is rechargeable via the included USB charge cord. (If you're USB-deviceless, get our 40579 USB-out wall plug.) Range is about 20 feet. We'll pick a snake in serpauthentic speckled gray, speckeld white, or green or orange, all with a nice retractable tongue.

They're back! Those of a certain age will remember being taught to crouch under their school desks in case of nuclear attack. Shortly thereafter, the gov't, in its infinite wisdom zoomed about the cityscape plastering black and yellow signs on buildings with basements to designate them as fallout shelters wherein it stored cans of water and radiation meters which were so insensitive that any reading could only mean the past tense of crispiness. We have a quantity of these signs, brand new in the sense that they have never been plastered, but antique in the sense that they are Cold War originals and may show slight wear from being stored. 10" x 14" , 25 ga. galvanized steel. They have a black base coat on the front over sprayed with orange/yellow reflective paint in the familiar design rendered nearby by our faithful artist. This is a true collector's item fetching $50 and up in antique stores! A tasteful addition to even the dullest basement hangout.

Now kids can have a belt-mounted coin changer like the ones bus conductors wore when there were bus conductors. And when you didn't need exact change. And when people still used money. Never mind, just tell them it's like the ones ball-park vendors and ice-cream truck drivers use. In red and blue plastic with spring-loaded steel dispensers for pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.

Do your kids think the whole world snaps together? Time to get them the Steel Works, a classic steel construction set from Schylling not unlike those erecting sets of yore. Has more than (300) pieces, including beams, plates, angles, nuts, bolts, washers and more, along with instructions for making an airplane, helicopter, dump truck, satellite truck, fire truck, forklift, claw truck, gyrocopter, bulldozer and backhoe. Includes wrenches and a hex key. Models have mechanical actions triggered by wheel movement. Parts are interchangeable with any other Schylling Steel Works kit. For ages 8+.

You might know these as “diagonal cutters,” which is what electricians sometimes call them because “wire cutters” is too easy. These are 6" long, nickel-plated high-carbon steel with dipped handles so you don’t electrocutionate yourself.

High tech comes to Am Sci & Surp!! It is here in the form of a Peltier junction, a thermo-electric device that translates electric power into heat, and perversely, into cool. Apply current @ 3-12 VDC to the gizmo and it extracts thermal energy from one face, thereby cooling it. The heat is dumped onto the other face, thereby heating it. Please note: you must use a heat sink on the hot side or the junction will fry itself, since it can quickly create a 65° C temperature differential in a no load situation. Stack two, or build a cascade to increase the thermal differential created. Or run it backwards. Apply heat or cold to the relevant face and produce a current. Amazing for science projects and experiments. Practical for coffee warmers, beer coolers and mini-refrigerator or warming oven applications. Comes with instructions. Large is 1-9/16" sq. x 3/16" thick.

We know you need accent lights, and we know you hate paying electricians. So…grab this 7-3/8” long x 1-1/8” x 1/2” silver iZoom® light bar, peel the back off the magnetic strip it comes with and stick it up anywhere. Has (10) LEDs and is rated for 200 lumens behind a frosted white lens. Has a motion and light sensor, so it only accents stuff in low light when it senses movement, which saves on the (4) “AAA” batteries it comes with. Lights for a 3-minute duty cycle.

We love this swan-neck light from iZoom, and it’s rated for a max 200 lumens. Has high/med/low modes on a flexible 8-1/4” neck with a very War of the Worlds-ish head. The 4-1/2" x 2-1/8" x 2" base can stand alone of be clipped on anything up to 1-1/2” thick. Internal rechargeable Li-Ion battery has 3-hour use and 4-hour recharge. Includes a 3-ft USB to 3.5mm female plug for charging.

Home robotics, bubeleh. Build a working hydraulic arm with this excellent 66-piece kit from Pathfinders' Simple Machine series. Structure is die-cut plywood and the kit includes tubing, (3) syringes and glue. You'll need a ruler and scissors. The finished arm will be approx 13-1/2" tall and will reach out over 16" and rotate 90° on an 8-5/8' x 6-7/8" base. Comes with a 12-page manual and uses water. Beautiful, too. For ages 8+.

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 assorted colored superhero togs (a hat and a removable cape with ebay deals on it). 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.

This Olive Drab painted on the outside and shiny, reflective silver on the inside aluminum lampshade from Uncle is 7” dia at the bottom x 4-1/8” tall with a 1-5/16” hole non-threaded, in the top for the bulb. Plug the hole and it’s a bowl!

We had a brother-in-law like that, but this is a Philips bright-white LED floodlight. With a medium base (think standard light bulbs), and rated for 500 lumens. Made to replace a 50W incandescent, it draws a stingy 6W, and is instant-on and dimmable. Measures 2-1/2” at the lens with a 35-degree beam angle. At (3) hours usage per day, it will last 22 years and 9 months, but don’t call us if it’s a month short of that.