Anything in a can, like anything on a stick, is better, and that's even more true of games than it is of underpants. Augment your entertainment armory with these games in pop-top style cans. You pick: Chess in a can has a 9-1/2” square cloth chess board plus the full complement of black and white pieces measuring 1” x 3/8”; or the Backgammon in a can, which has a 9-1/2” square game cloth, (16) black and (16) white pieces measuring 5/8” x 1/8” thick, plus a pair of 3/8” dice and a doubling cube.

Unitek™ feels your pain in a USB universe. You pick: The USB2.0 Type-C to Micro-USB adapters, applicable for all type-C devices such as desktops, laptops and smartphones with USB2.0 specification to sync, charge, or transfer data, come in silver or gold finish. Plug in the adapter to a Type-C port, then connect a standard Micro-USB cable to the end. Measure approx 1-1/8” x 3/8”. Or pick the USB3.1 Type-C to USB-A adapter, a next generation premium USB3.1 adapter that can easily connect Type-C enabled devices to any USB-A devices or peripherals for ultra-fast syncing or data transfer. Reversible Type-C connector lets you connect cables in any orientation. Measures approx 1-1/2” x 5/8” in a dark silver finish.

These robotics kits from Tree of Knowledge® are simple-assembly DIY kits with no soldering required. You pick: the Treasure Finder Robot that looks sort of like a yellow ladybug and discovers metal, or the Robotics kit that allows you to build (3) different robots, each with its own electronic circuit and body, which are insect-like, in red, green and purple, and controlled by light, radar and TV remote. Both require (2) “AA” batteries, which you provide. Ages 8+

You know, like The Egg and I, the 1947 movie starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert? Never mind—we were stuck for an egg headline. Just get this Crackin' Eggs™ set, a microwave egg-cooking system that includes one large and two small plastic egg cookers with double walls to save your delicate fingers. Includes a bunch of recipes including “perfect poached” and “super quick scrambled,” but we're in love with the pizza scrambled eggs, pancetta egg cup, and most of all with the green eggs and ham. Also mini frittatas and the side-orders: bacon and mushrooms and baked beans. Yes, of course it's been seen on TV. So was Fred MacMurray with his three sons.

We’re not talking about just any butter—we’re talking about Land o Lakes™ butter. This spiral-bound Land O Lake Recipe Collection cookbook includes (42) recipes, all with that magic ingredient in them. You know, butter. You’ll find (15) recipes for cookies, brownies and bars, including (naturally) “Best Ever Butter Cookies”; 13 cakes and pies, including “S’More Pie”; and (14) muffins and quickbreads, such as “Coconut Cherry Scones with Citrus Butter.” Has a metric conversion chart in the back of the book, and an overall heart-warming vintage look.

No, not you—these hunks of foam. They’re dense. Made of black neoprene (think wet-suit stuff), they’re 1/8" thick in 7-3/16" x 2-5/8” peel-and-stick pieces just waiting to be peeled and stuck to anything that makes too much noise or scratches surfaces. Easy to cut into little custom-size pads for the corners of big noisy, scratchy things, or any other-size things. You’ll get (3) hunks per order.

Sometimes a tree is just a tree, and sometimes it’s a ridiculously cute, soft plush toy—like our 8” x 6” x 5” stump with orange bark, green hair and vines, and a brown face that feels wool-like in a classic chevron pattern. Black-dot eyes and a thin red smile round out the critter’s features. Oh, there’s a little flower poking out of its head, too. It’ll make a tree hugger out of you yet.

These are like those magnifying reading glasses you buy in the drug store and keep losing, except these clip onto your regular glasses. Mighty handy for general reading, but especially for folks whose bifocals won't work for seeing a computer screen because it's too close for the top and too far for the bottom. Our copywriter is wearing a pair of our clip-ons to type this right now, and it's relief, he tells you. Acrylic lenses flip up when not in use, and the spring-loaded clip has rubber tips to protect your regular glasses. Mag power is 2.50X and the lenses are large at 2-1/4” across. Cheaper than the drug store, too.

You know that song about the red cup and the party and all that? Well, so does this 12” tall brown plush bear, who’s as soft as any Teddy bear. This one wears a flannel shirt and holds a red plastic cup that says “Let’s Have a Party.” Press his paw and he’ll sing the Red Solo Cup song, moving his lips to the lyrics and his seated bear body to the music. Never gets old, and (3) “AAA” batteries are included. Sure, your batteries could be dead, but ours weren’t, and even if they were, they’d have been easy to replace. We wouldn’t let that get in the way of our partying.

With justifiable pride, we offer for your consideration this set of fingernail and toenail clippers shaped like the appendage they're designed for. Keep these in your medicine cabinet and you'll never again suffer the heartbreak of inappropriate clipper application. In carbon steel with precision cutting blades, they measure 2” x 7/8” and 3-1/4” x 3/4”, hand and foot respectively.

From Morris Products, this heavy-duty plastic resin toolbox is lightweight and both weather- and impact-resistant. In gray and yellow, it has lid snap locks, a hasp for a small padlock, and an interior removable tray with a handle. The top has a fold-down handle, (2) slide-out lidded storage containers, plus a 20-slot driver-bit keeper. Measures approx. 16" x 10” x 7” deep.

Nice dual-slide dimmer switch, rated for up 700W and with precise adjustment for full-range lighting levels. In white plastic and with an integrated 4-3/4” x 3” wall plate. Because of the tabs and slide channels below, the whimsical among us will discover that a pair of small googly eyes at the top will transform this electric switch into a wall walrus.

It's real name is the Rock Dove, and it ought to be the national bird. Doesn't fly south for the winter like those wimpy geese, never swoops out of the sky to eat unsuspecting bunnies like bald eagles, just minds its own business and eats whatever you drop on the El station platform. It's not even bald. This hard vinyl version is gray with a rosy breast, and it measures 5” beak to tail. Wind it up and watch it bounce and bob around. Take it home, and it's a homing pigeon.

Itching to get back on the road again? Same here—we can't wait to eat onion rings on an Interstate the way Eisenhower intended. But better stay charged up so you can ask Siri where the next Flappaccino Franchise is. This 60W, Unitek™ Smart Car Chargers has (5) ports with a portable hub clip-on. Includes a QC 3.0 port and 2.4A port as well as a socket for the attachable hub, which has (3) 2.4A ports and a 4-foot cord to reach the back-seat passengers so they'll stop whining. Hub is 3-1/8" x 1-1/8" x 3/4" and the car port is 7/8" x 3/4" x 1-3/4".

Bamboo and charcoal aren’t just for tiki bars and barbecues anymore. You’ve got smells—we all do—and these odor- and moisture-absorbing bamboo charcoal air purifying bags will eat them up. You’ll get (4) eco-friendly La La’s Land bags, approx 5” x 5” x 2-1/4” each, with eyelets for hanging. Bags, in tasteful, earthy brown/green, naturally eliminate odors and moisture, and rejuvenate when you stick them in the sun a couple hours a month. Reusable up to two years, and they come in a nice cardboard gift box. Great for shoes and pets, among other things.

Marble Mania® Extreme Glo is an action-packed marble maze kit that stands more than 2 feet high and has a power lifter, windmill drop and bright LED lights. It’s a STEM kit, and includes more than (200) colorful pieces, including marble channels, 3D connectors and (5) LEDs. Think: Rube Goldberg machine meets the chute and ladder game meets amusement park ride. Ages 8+.

Please Note: There is a typo in our catalog 395. The correct price is $59.95. Jarvis thanks you for your understanding.

Need to connect your laptop with a monitor or projector? This cutie connects to your laptops Mini Display Port to HDMI, DVI and VGA without affecting video quality. Can be used to extend to HDMI, DVI and VGA simultaneously, which is great for anyone who travels or does frequent presentations and has a separate 1/8” audio jack. Comes with a 5V power adapter. Compatible with Apple MacBook Air Pro, Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Book.

This 20 GPM (gallons per minute) submersible fluid pump will shoot fluid approx (15) feet upward. Inlet is through the bottom, outlet via a 3/4 male GHT (garden hose thread). You can use a standard garden hose or the included brass fitting with a 3/8” barb. Comes with (4) rubber feet. Unit measures 7" x 5-1/4" x 4" with a 3” handle and a 15-foot power cord. Pump must be submerged at least 13”. Rated for 120 volts at 105 watts. 

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.

Be good to your wooden and other water-averse surfaces by keeping these slate coasters always at the ready. They’ll stop condensation from dripping down the sides of your rocks glasses, or cans, or bottles or any other kinds of potentially dripping vessels. Each coaster measures approx 4"x 4" in a tasteful slate gray (duh) rough-hewn along the edges with a cushy bumper under each corner. Use chalk to write on them. Yeah, custom coasters—just your style.

We believe, deep down in our hearts, that this is the world's smallest remote-control helicopter. (This world, anyway.) Measures approx 3-1/2" long and stands 2" tall from landing pads to rotors. Stores in 3-1/4" x 3-3/4" plastic box that doubles as the remote. Bonus: it's a two-channel remote so you can buy a pair and have copter wars. Comes with a rechargeable lithium battery in the helicopter; you add (4) "AA" batteries to the remote. Ages 8+.

More likely cowskin, but who ever says that? Leather, anyway. Our each is a package of (10) leather cords, 3/16” x 1/16” x approx 42” long, in assorted colors and ready for your frontier craft needs, or for lacing up your boots. Also dandy for cowboy key chains. Our samples were brown, dark brown and black. What will yours be?

Take care of them all with this grounded and surge-protected wall tap with (6) outlets plus (2) USB ports--and everybody needs USB ports. Converts a standard double outlet to an 8-way source that will support up to 15 Amps. USB puts out 2.1 Amps. Measures 5-5/8" x 3-1/2" x 1-5/8" in a light gray/beige color. ETL listed. Even includes the center screw (most don't) to anchor it to the wall plate so it wont pull out!

Easy to do, and important these days. We’ve been pointing this non-contact infrared thermometers at just about every forehead we see. Reads in one second with a digital display in C or F. Measures body temps of 89.6 to 108.5 F (32.0 to 42.5 C) with a resolution of 0.18 F (0.1 C) and color changing backlit display to warn you when hot is too hot. Normal operating temperature (ambient air) range is 60.8 to 95 F (16.0 to 35.0 C), and the device should be held between 0.4" and 2" inches from those foreheads. Want to fry an egg on your car dash? Switch it over to surface mode to check, well, surface temps. Couldn’t be easier to use, or more important in times like these. Plus, when this is all over, you’ll never have to stick a thermometer under your tongue, or anywhere else, again. Approved by the FDA as soon as you add a pair of "AAA" batteries.

We all need tape, all kinds of tape. The smart folks (tapeworms) stock up and have it ready when things go south, as they will. Our each is a quintet of tapes, including: (1) 55-yard roll of 2" wide clear carton-sealing tape; (1) 82-foot roll of 1" wide beige double-sided tape; (1) 60-yard roll of 1-3/8" wide painters' masking tape; (1) 60-yard roll of 2" wide standard duct tape, the one you can't live without; and (1) 50-yard long roll of 2" wide aluminum tape, conductive on the shiny side and great for cold weather and metal repairs. Bonus use: fisherpersons use aluminum tape to wrap wooden lures for added fish-luring. Bonus tapeworm joke: they're the perfect pets--no leash, no license, go where you go and eat what you eat.

New, international-standard, full-sized illuminated student microscope, professional quality at a student price. Now comes with a variable intensity 5.5V LED cool illumination system with a built-in rechargeable battery and wall transformer for use or charging. This high-quality compound microscope has turret-mounted achromatic objectives, fine and coarse rack-and-pinion focus and substage diaphragm light control, and a metal frame. It is built to international DIN standards and accepts all DIN eyepieces and objectives. With extras like focus stop for slide protection, adjustable tilt and (2) spring clips, it is a fine instrument for most home science work and projects in the field. Our (36) piece assorted specimen set comes on (12) slides and is a great addition if you want to embiggin things asap.
*Specifications:
*Magnification: 40X, 100X, 400X.

We’re fascinated by this thing. It’s a collapsible Red-Riding-Hoodish dispan/basket for your sink and beyond, with solid gray plastic rim, base and folding picnic-basket style handles, plus silicone sides in fashionable chartreuse. Measures 15" x 11" x 5-5/8" when open but collapses down to just 1-1/2” high for storage. Could also be a very nostalgic shopping basket, dandy for collecting garden vegetables. Hose-off-able and pretty much niftiness itself. Holds water like a champ and is great for camping.

Ferrite ceramic magnets can be quite powerful and have excellent resistance to demagnetization. These rectangular ones are no exception. Add the power of surplus and we'll give you a bunch of these mighty-mites at an uber-bargain price. Measures 1-7/8" x 7/8" x 3/8" thick with a 3-lb pull. Perfect for mounting even big pix on the fridge.

In black textured rubber with red trim these gloves from Best® Glove are their Trapper™ brand, and are the grippiest buggers we’ve seen since Hector was a pup. They’re marked “Sanitized™” but we’re not sure what that means. Nitrile-coated with a felt lining. You pick size 9 or 10.

Cute and useful, like a puppy that’s learned a trade, this small 8X20 spy monocular has coated glass lenses, double prisms, and an adjustable focus. Measures just 3-1/4” long with a 6” wrist strap, and has a 282-foot field of vision at 1K yards. Please note this does not come with a pouch or lanyard like the packaging says; and that's why it's surplus.

If you're devoted to explosions, and who isn't, you'll love the new expanded 2nd edition of William Gurstelle's Backyard Ballistics, now 25% longer, with 25% more ka-boomery. Still the go-to reference work for building rockets, cannons (carbide and potato), flingers, fire kites, electromagnetic pipe guns, tennis ball mortars, cleaner-bag balloons, ballistic pendula and petards. You simply can't have more fun with common household materials. The soft-cover, 210pp compendium includes detailed and illustrated instructions, parts lists and sensible ways not to be hoist on your own petard. Be careful out there.

Squeeze this squishy version of the eight-legged tardigrade, aks moss piglet, aka water bear, and it takes up to (9) seconds to slowly morph back into shape while you feel your stress disappear like the cashews in a bowl of mixed nuts. Measures 4-1/2” long in green with the squeezability of a marshmallow. You probably don’t even know you need it, but you’ll know you needed it once you start squeezing it.

Or are you just under heavy pressure to start writing right now! We know, we know. That’s why our copywriters always buy these pre-sharpened #2 pencils, to get those terrible jokes down on paper ASAP. And yes, they have erasers because sometimes we’re not funny, and we all make mistakes. In packs of (10) at 7-3/8” long.

"Laser" safety lights each with super bright LEDs run by (2) "AA" batteries that you supply. It's square and has a flashing or steady LED lamp visible up to 2500 feet (distance may be exaggerated). A 2" x 2-1/2" red plastic reflecting lens covers (3) lamps. Hook it on your belt or pack with the belt clip, use the included elastic strap for arm or leg mounting, or the included aluminum flange to attach it to your bike. It's great for general use as a warning device or as an emergency signal for roadside breakdowns.

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 1/2” wide x .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. Made in the USA.

Take this one. It's a craft punching tool. Bolt one of the (3) included hole punch attachments—all small but with differing depths—onto the flexible metal arm, put the punchee underneath, and give the arm a smack. The arm is mounted on an 11” long x 1-1/2” wide x 3/4” thick base, which will be, for reasons mysterious, in a floral or butterfly pattern. We'll pick.

Cleverly made, and mighty heuristic, too. For someone entranced by hydraulics, or for a whole classroom of students, there's the Pathfinders 4-In-1 teaching kit, with 4 different hydraulic-system kits that use unfinished wood, transparent tubing, and plastic syringes, which power the movement. The mini models include an excavator, scissors lift, cherry picker, and platform lifter. Bases are approx 4" x 7" and finished heights vary, thanks to those syringes! Very clever teaching tools for ages 8 and up.

These Farpoint alkaline batteries have an expiration date of 2030 but you're going to use them up long before that the way you ride that remote. All are the standard 1.5V, and guaranteed leakproof for two years. You pick an 8-pack of AA or AAAs. Or get a couple packs of both – 2030!

OK, we don't know how to pronounce the Scosche company's name, but we like saying a skosh more, so we did. Anyhoo, this Scosche TUNEIT is a digital FM transmitter made to play music over your car stereo. Connect to the output with the integrated AUX cable, find an unused FM frequency on your stereo (the dial is full of them), and you'll be dancing on the roof in a matter of moments. Compatible with Apple iPhones and iPods, Samsung Galaxy, Android, MP3 players or anything with a 3.5mm Aux output. The oversized backlit display is on a flexible neck and has control buttons to scan between (100) radio stations and preset (3) of your favorites.

Dirt-cheap fun for the kids--at home and at school. Attach the (3) 5-1/2" long plastic blades to the whistling nozzle, blow up the little balloon and watch the world's cheapest helicopter fly away. Paul says it demonstrates Newton's third law, but he says a lot of things. Great for classroom demos. Paul not included.