Classic Paddle Ball, where you slap the ball on the elastic string, will never go away. Anyone who’s put in the time to get good at it knows how satisfying it can be to keep that little red ball going, out and back, out and back, out and back, until you’ve reached such a state of flow and relaxation, you suddenly realize what’s possible in your life, and the answer to the big problem that had been nagging you is now as clear as Alaskan ice, and from here on out…whoa, sorry, we had a good run going there. Hardwood paddle measures 11-1/4” x 5”. Ages 8+. ! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. ! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–This toy is or contains a small ball. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Calling all gardeners! You can never have enough eco-friendly garden twine, so here’s a nice 400-foot roll of it. From RapiClip® this Jute Garden Twine is in a garden-friendly dark green, which means it sort of disappears visually. The best news is, since it’s made of jute, one day it actually does disappear.

Here's a brand new selection of sealed lead-acid rechargeable batteries, for when you're pushing something a little bigger than a penlight. All batteries are all direct from the manufacturer with current date codes. All of them have (2) 3/16" wide quick-disconnect terminals on top. Click on battery description for a photo.

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when people could gauge your mood just by looking at your fingers. Our mood rings are tasteful, simple metal bands with mood-indicating stuff on the outside. We'll send you a trio from our bins of assorted sizes, and chances are they'll fit one or the other of your fingers or thumbs. (Or toes, which can get quite moody, too.)

Why wire? Good question. The answer, when speaking of this particular wire, is that it’s soft, green, rubber-coated and reusable. You’ll get 32 feet of this RapiClip® light duty wire tie from Luster Leaf®, which of course you can use to prop up a tomato plant but also to keep an extension cord from turning into the knotty mess. Bend and twist it any way you like, and then store it on the handy, hangable piece it comes wrapped around.

Who doesn’t want to be able to say that their plastic animal models were made in Cyprus? Or is that on Cyprus since it’s an island? Anyway, we’ll send you two different kits from our plastic animal menagerie: a 51-piece, 10” long alligator; a 53-piece, 7” tall (non-wooly) mammoth; or a 49-piece, 5-1/2” wide scorpion, all articulated and easy to assemble. Full-color instructions also include info on the critters in four languages, so you can expand your mind too. Made for Engino® in/on Cyprus, where plastic animals can still be found in the wild, and for ages 6 up. Dr. Toy Educational Toy and other awards winner.

Schneider the super could have used one of these back in the ’70s. Got a bunch of keys, IDs and access cards? Slip them onto this 1” split ring that’s connected to a 40” retracting metal cord that’s wound inside a 2” dia plastic and steel disk that you clip to your belt. Then, take things one day at a time.

It's the superhero of garage lights so we gave it a superhero name—Quintapus! This (5)-arm, 10,000-lumen, LED ruler of all things dark has (10) adjustable swivel panels with ultra-bright cool white temperatures (6500-7000k), but it operates at only 85 Watts. It is so super, it screws into any standard socket and will light up a garage, warehouse, back yard or fortress with its motion sensor or constant-on functions. You do want to save the good people of Surpieland from darkness, don’t you?

Don’t be alarmed—this Inox® alarm clock won’t walk around your room while you’re sleeping. It’s a Robot Clock because it has a stylish robot look to it, round with (4) asymmetrical outcroppings, and it switches modes when you change its orientation. Measures approx 3-1/2” x 3-1/2” and acts like a clock with 2" backlit-like LCD display when it’s upright, a timer when turned to the right, a calendar to the left, and an alarm when upside down. Beeps intensely, which is good in an alarm. Has 12/24-hour modes, plus daily and single alarm modes. You supply (3) “AAA” batteries. Be gentle when you rotate it. Robots have feelings, too.

If your heart or soul is currently closed for repairs, get a foam rubber hard hat and squeeze your stress away. Call it the stress helmet. Great for the construction worker in your life. Comes in bright yellow, in the accurate, detailed shape of a construction-site hard hat. Measures approx 3" x 3" x 2" tall, and we think OSHA would approve since no worker ever got hurt squeezing a foam stress toy. Just keep the wolf whistles down, please. This is a constriction zone, not a construction zone.

This Italian military pocket knife is like new, with a fold-out blade and a fold-out can opener/ bottle opener. We’re not saying a solider never cut cheese with it, but it looks like it was made for much more serious jobs. 3-3/4" long when closed x 13/16" wide x 1-1/8" tall, it has a 2-1/8" blade and a can opener that is Charles Atlas to the wimpy P-38. Has a black waffled grip and metal lanyard loop. Very solid piece and an example of function over form.

Took us a half-hour to find this description, the office is such a mess! If only we’d attached the TRAXX IT wireless Bluetooth® tracker to it. Finding your keys, purse, kitten, spouse or anything else you regularly misplace is a cinch with this thing. It’s a small plastic triangle that looks like a keychain that you attach to your item/significant other. Download the TRAXX IT app by Lenze Technology from the Apple Store or Google Play, click on the book icon in the app for instructions and make the finder beep to reveal the lost item’s location. Simple! Range is up to 75 feet, so if they head for Canada, we can’t help.

A Gamecock is a bird, and a fine one at that, but we don’t have any of those. We do have (2) kinds of stopcocks, though. They’re valves used to control the flow of liquids or gasses, fluids—stuff like that. You’d know ’em to see ’em. Slightly different valves, both of which will accept 1/4" id tubing and have (1) input and (2) outputs. Originally for Veterinary usage, they are plastic, and you’ll get (5) no matter which kind you order.

Sure, you could probably call these magic mushrooms, but they’re legal. Measuring 2-1/4" x 2-1/2" they’re figurines consisting of a body in the lotus position with a mushroom cap for a head. They’re for meditating, which of course can lead to magic in your mind. Made of hard rubber in (2) versions—white body with red mushroom and beige body with green mushroom. We’ll pick the one we think will align best with your chakras. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Solar kits like this one are great for learning about the sun remotely because learning about it in-person is such a hassle. It’s so far away, and so hot. Better to just learn down here with this Solar Cell kit from Tedco® Toys. Includes a 2-1/8" x 1-1/8" 1/2-volt solar cell, a small DC motor and a 4" dia diffraction grating disc that can mount to the motor shaft. Also comes with an excellent instruction sheet. Made in Hong Kong, assembled in the USA. Ages 9+.

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.

Why, you’re using this 164 feet of light-duty, green garden wire by RapiClip® to keep your garden neat and tidy, that’s why. Wire is 3/64” dia, meaning it’s super thin and bendy and wrappable. Time to get your plants in order. This stuff will help.

You might not have a door to hang this from when you’re out hunting or fishing, but a back of a tree works great! It’s a Hunter’s Handy Pack, a 54" x 22" multi-pocket storage unit that is ginormous but rolls up into a duffle-shaped bag when it’s time to move. Think of it like a shoe organizer that hangs there (maybe from the aformentioned tree) with everything you need in (15) see-through 7” x 8” pockets with hook’n’loop closures. No more digging to the bottom of a bag for gloves, binoculars or lures, cold beverages, clothing etc. Folds up to approx 22” long x 10” dia, with straps for carrying and hanging. Weighs less than 3 lbs empty. Also great for the tool shop—or even as an actual shoe organizer if you like a little camo in your closet.

You know why (3)-ring binders never go out of style, even with all the technology flying around our heads? Because they’re useful. They’re useful like the knife and fork—not much to improve on. This one’s blue, and PVC-free, with front and back panels that fully cover divider tabs and sheet protectors (which you provide). Also has (2) clear interior pockets and 2" round rings. Measures 11-1/2" x 11-1/4" x 3" overall—standard size for your documents, photos, keepsakes and records. Binders line up neatly on a shelf, too, which means you can never have too many.

This extremely cute alien peeks out and waves his arms from the top of his UFO, which spins in circles, but when you yell at him, or make any sharp, loud noise, he ducks back down into his spacecraft, as most aliens would, and goes quiet. Measures 4-5/8" dia x 4-1/2" tall when he's in up-alien mode. Simple assembly required. Includes an 18-page manual with assembly instructions and sonic-movement challenges. You add a trio of "AAA" earth batteries.

Baseball is for the boys of summer, but American Bandstand is forever. Some of us cared about the infield fly rule, but the smart money cared a bunch more about Fabian, Otis Redding, Frankie Valli and the other immortals on Dick Clark's afternoon TV delight. Now you can collect them all and swap them with your friends. You’ll get a pack of collectible 1980's American Bandstand trading cards, each pack with (8) cards featuring different artists and groups, some with gold-foil signatures. Cards are approx playing-card size. You might get Jerry Lee Lewis, you might get The Turtles. All we know for sure is you are going to want a bunch of packs because there are a lot of different cards and it's gonna take a dozen Donna Summer cards to get a Bo Diddley, because, come on, Who Do You Love?

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.

Take a quick look at this cylinder-shaped olive drab heavy canvas duffle bag and you’ll think it’s standard issue GI. But surprise, soldier—it’s from the Chinese military. Measures 36” long x 12” dia, and has the standard (3) eyelets on top, with the hook and loop system that keeps it loosely closed. Circular flap inside the bag keeps contents covered and protected. Thick handle and shoulder strap make it easy to tote, plus there’s a little outside pocket with a window for a badge or ID.

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!

It's a 10-tool Swissesque military survival knife, but without those red plastic handles to break and fall off. Includes stainless steel 2-1/2" knife blade, flathead driver/bottle opener, saw blade, scissors, can opener, fish scaler/nail set, corkscrew, Phillips driver, awl, nail file and the needle-like thing for making buckskin clothes in case you're lost for years. Has a split ring to hang your keys from.

It’s why you come here, isn’t it? Our each is (10) plastic canisters, each with a teaspoon of green cave-snot slime powder inside. When mixed with two teaspoons of water you’ll get approx a 1/2-ounce of nauseating gooey green gloop like the stuff that drips from cave ceilings and turns into stalactites someday. Scientific fact: the contents are actually guar gum and potato starch, because genuine cave snot is really hard to collect, and probably against cave rules. Great for a kid’s birthday party--obviously.

Great little 12VDC oil-less diaphragm style air pump. For you techies out there it draws 40-300mA, 2.0 Litres/min, 350mm Hg max pressure. These are takeouts and in great condition but the leads on yours may vary in length or even be clipped off (Just solder to the connection points like the leads were.) Outlet port is 5/32". Overall size 2-3/4" x 1-1/16".

Our tabletop telescope from Celestron is an excellent choice for traveling or as a first telescope, which explains its “FirstScope” name. It’s a 76mm reflecting telescope with 20mm (15X) and 4mm (75X) 1.25” eyepieces and mounts for a finderscope. The mount/stand has a lazy-susan style swivel and a variable tension knob. Want to expand and simplify what your scope can do? The optional Accessory Kit includes 12.5mm (24X) and 6mm (50X) 1.25" eyepieces, a moon filter, a 5X24 finderscope, planetarium software ("THE SKYX") for Windows 7, XP, Vista, Mac 10.4.8 or later and a nylon carrying case for accessories.

Muffin fans, pay attention. You pick the "nice" 110 VAC 21W fan from Thermocool, measuring 4-3/4" square x 1-1/2" thick with an offset two-pin power connector, rated for 82-95 cfm and spinning at approx 2600 rpm, with five blades and 3/16" mounting holes at the corners (Mfr part # G12038HA1ST); or the "beastly" 110VAC 36W muffin fan from the same mfr, which blows up to 198 cfm at 2900 rpm and measures 6-3/4" x 6" tall x 2" thick with (2) power terminals on a removable shroud, 5 blades, 5/32" mounting holes on the corners plus a ground lug. Both UL.

Sextants came along after astrolabes but before GPS. (Just like you.) They're used for finding latitude and the distance between objects, and are still the non-electric, non-satellite-dependent backup for navigators. Ours is a beauty in solid brass with glass optical components, at a tiny price. Measures approx 4-5/8" x 4-1/4" x 3-1/4" overall and comes in a very nice wooden case. Includes instructions, which you're going to need unless you went to Annapolis where they still teach it. Handy for learning the principles of how a sextant works, but please don't try to find your way to Bora Bora with it, this one is more decorative than accurate.  

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.

This Keter brand portable toolbox/organizer is made of all-weather tough resin with metal hinges, and can hold up to 55 lbs of gear. Resin means no rusting, peeling or denting. Case measures approx 19” x 15” x 7” with (4) compartment organizers for small parts and hardware storage, and removable cushioned dividers to customize your layout. A lid stopper also prevents the lid from closing, keeping the tools you have stored there visible and at arm’s reach during your project. Great for everything from DIY home improvements to commercial construction work. In powerful black and red, this is the toolbox for people who like to be organized and prepared.

If you’ve maximized the value of your Dremel–type tool (1/8” shank) with a router attachment, we can offer you a great set of mini router bits. Our set of (10) comes in a nice wooden box with a hinged lid. It includes 1/8”, 3/16” and 1/4” straight bits; 3/16” and 1/4” points; concave, convex and straight edge bits; a 1/4” round–nose bit; and a 1/4” groove–cutting bit that is flat on the bottom and curved on the sides. Just enough to give you a little edge on other hobbyists.

Electronic fun with just a hint of soldering from Madlab. This little lie detector kit comes with a PC board and components, diodes and transistors. You should be able to assemble your kit in under an hour with a little light soldering. You add a 9V battery. For ages 10 and up. Soldering iron not included. But we have one, and it’s item #88242 click here. Click

You could program this Logiblocs® Smart Talking Bank system to say that or any number of personalized messages, to encourage your saving or warn off intruders. Winner of a 2018 Red Dot Award for product design. With it, you can build (5) smart money systems, plus more than (20) other projects. Includes (4) blocs, power base, bank frame and door, key, springs, screws, conductive tape, message card and detailed instructions. For ages 5+.

Our super soldering set comes with a 25W soldering iron with a 5/32" dia tip, approx (5) feet of de-soldering braid, de-soldering pump, iron holder and (5) feet of lead-free solder. A must have for any budding electronics kit builder. 

*The kid-sized Bounty Hunter Junior is 31-1/2” long overall, but loaded with professional features. It includes a 6-1/2” dia detector coil, ballistic meter, controls for power/sensitivity and target elimination (which helps eliminate iron, for example). Also has an audible proximity sensor that works in tandem with the meter. The manufacturer says it will find coin-sized objects up to 5” deep and larger ones up to 2 feet deep.

*Or move up to the 2.8 lb Bounty Hunter Tracker IV, with a padded arm support and cushioned hand grip, and an overall length that can be adjusted from 45” to 52”. Its fully automatic Ground-Trac® constantly adjusts to scan through dirt, rock, wood and mud, and the 8” dia open-face search coil is completely submersible. It has three-mode discrimination (all metal, tone and full); a sensitivity control that filters interference; a large ballistic meter; and an internal speaker that works with or without headphones (not included). It will find small objects up to 8” deep and larger ones up to 3 feet deep.

*And for the pro comes Bounty Hunter Prolone model. Has 9 target-ID category icons, graphic depth indicator, sensitivity bar graph and multiple notching system. Need more? Finds coins and small objects upto 8” deep and larger objects over 2-feet. Has 3 tone alert for different materials and a waterproof 8” coil for wide coverage.

Each comes with a well-written instruction manual and requires a pair of 9V batteries (not included).

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.

The mother of all flashlights! At a foot long, this extra-sturdy rechargeable LED COB flashlight shines an ultra-bright 5000 lumens and has the ability to charge your phone and other devices with its USB output. Has (3) beam settings (max/low/strobe) with an adjustable slide focus and a range of 150 meters. The 6000mAh powerbank has a USB port, and comes with a charging cable. Lasts 90 minutes on high, or three hours on low. Weatherproof, and the power cord stores in the handle.

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.