BEST SELLERS

Our hand-held knife and scissors sharpener has a pair of tungsten carbide heads pre-set at the correct angle for keeping an edge on things. Just rest the blade in the notch and pull. Pistol-grip style with a guard, in black plastic. Measures 6" x 5/8" wide, with reversible and replaceable carbide cutting heads.

Who’s an old bag? Watch your mouth. What we have around here are young plastic bags with clear complexions and tight zipper closures. Sizes range from itty bitty to sizable and spacious, so be sure to stock up on all of them! Each of the bags are 2 mils. Our each is a bag of 100 bags. Just pick the size you like! Please note that the exact size can vary, usually smaller, due to the manufacturing process.

You're buying the drinks and this wacky, yet debonair, bird with a top hat and plastic base (7" tall OA) can't get his fill of water. Get him started, and he dips his beak into your glass repeatedly. How? Fluid inside his glass body condenses from the evaporative cooling of the water off the bird's beak, making it top heavy and dunking it back into the water. The condensate rejoins the liquid pool in the bird's bulb, and he tips up again. Process continues indefinitely. It works, but it's not any more than moderately well made, and not any more than moderately priced. WARNING! The fluid and dye inside the bird can permanently stain, and the bird's glass body can easily be broken. Children are fascinated by the bobbing bird, and the educational possibilities are great. But they should watch him, not fondle him!! Manufacturer warning states this item is not intended for children 8 and under. 

We don't like to brag, but it's tough not to in a case like this. This is a wonderful pen-shaped laser pointer, 5-1/4" long, flat black or silver with gold pocket clip and head. It throws a red point a loong way (we've thrown it two city blocks at night, and it would've gone farther, but buildings got in the way). And what are we so proud of? We've seen a very similar item-not identical, mind you, but essentially the same-in one of those glossy, toys-for-grown-men catalogs. Their price? $20! We're proud not to be profit-mongers, buy it here and you can take pride in your smart shopping habits. (2) AAA Batteries are not included.

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.

Don't toss it and buy a universal remote. (How many things are really universal, after all?) Try this jar of Keypad Fix, designed to clean and restore conductivity to the carbon on the keys and the copper PC board pads that make up the rubber-coated switches on remotes, game controllers, and security keypads. Contains enough to coat over 200 button contacts.

We dare you to try and find something cuter than our small-fist-sized white porcelain hedgehog planter. “Prickles,” they call it, but you can call it anything you want. We call ours Jarvis, because we like the name. Just so we’re clear, this litter critter won’t come when you call it. It’s porcelain, and made by Kikkerland to host a cute little plant of your choosing. Measures 3-1/2” x 2.5" x 2" with nice facial and fur details and the cutest pointy nose of any planter we’ve ever seen. From Kikkerland®.

You know the problem with adorable cat-shaped ceramic salt and pepper shakers sitting in little baskets? They never come when you call them. Impossible to walk on leashes, too. Great for seasoning your food, though. Each measures approx 3" tall and 3" around, in white with nice, painted details. You'll get one that has (2) holes and one that has (3), but we can never remember which is salt and which is pepper! Just fill the (3)-holer with whatever you want more of. 

Standard digital thermometers for people never go out of style. Place this one under the tongue or armpit (or you know where else…eeyeww), and you’ll get a quick, Fahrenheit or Celsius digital read-out. Beeps when it’s ready and has last memory recall and a storage sheath for the tip. Also turns off automatically when you forget, which you might do if you’re running a fever. See how worth it this is? At this price, you might as well buy (2). Just remember which one’s for under the tongue and which one’s for somewhere else.

Freeze-dried Neapolitan ice cream sandwich, it says on the foil package, just like the astronauts got if they ate all of their freeze-dried peas. Not frozen, of course, or even chilled, but you get one yummy pack, ready to eat, just under half an ounce, which is more than you'd think. 

Got burglars? Neither do we, because we have solar-powered Farpoint Night Beam Spotlights, which are motion- and light-sensor-activated up to 32 feet—and look like security cameras. The LED light is an ultra-bright 300 lumens, and the entire fixture rotates 360 degrees. Solar panel on top also adjusts separately, 90 degrees, from standing up to flat. Runs on an 1800mAh rechargeable battery, included. Obviously, the whole rig is weather-proof, too. Measures 8" x 5" x 3-1/4". Mounting hardware included and comes in white or black. 

Jarvis says: If you have a color preference please reply to your order confirmation with color. 

2" flywheel in a 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.

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Why does Roger always get the credit for the skull and crossbones pirate flag? We feel it is time to share and have elected Barry to the post because he just walked by the vast editorial department here at A.S.&S. (AKA "my desk") Our Jolly Barry flag is 3ft x 5 ft., black polyester with a reinforced edge containing grommets for flying. It has the traditional skull and crossbones in white with the added fillip that the skull is wearing an eye patch! Sail Away!!

The base of this micro-fiber-optic light is a 1-5/8" high plastic cone in red, green or blue. The tips of the super-thin, 7-1/2" long fiber optics are the color in the cone and flare out in a bouncy spray approx 8" across at the top. We'll pick a color just for you. The Hint-o-Matic says: "Nice on any surface, but worthy of a royal wedding when glued on top of a hat. Just cut a hole in the hat to get to the switch." The (3) button-cell batteries (AG-13) are included and replaceable.

OdorOuters. StinkSuckers. We like those names better than remodeez®, the charcoal remedy that “Outsmarts Smell,” but they work like magic. Activated charcoal is non-toxic, non-chemical, and really does remove odors and moisture. Perfect for the laundry pile, closets, gym lockers, storage bins, cars, boats, camping gear, backpacks—anywhere musty, chemical and all-too-human odors proliferate. You pick the pair of 3-1/2” dia purple circles, the 4” x 5” light-blue oval, or the 4” x 5” dark-blue rectangle.

Got dusty ceiling fans? High curtain rods? Spots that are hard to reach unless you’re 7 feet tall? No problem. Take care of all of your dust once and for all with this sturdy 6-draw telescoping microfiber duster, which extends from a little under 33" all the way to an impressive 110". The business end is approx 17-1/2" x 4" dia and can be bent into whatever shape works for you. Folded down, the whole thing is only 20" long. Not flimsy at all, in case you were wondering about that. Why live with dust when you don’t have to?

This isn't a book, but it's definitely book-ish. Looks like a leather-bound volume from the Bodleian but it's just a little wooden box, approx 8-1/2" x 5" x 2" (7" x 3-7/8" x 1-5/8" inside) that's perfect for stashing the jewels, cash, or whatever you need to stash in plain sight on the shelves.

If anyone at NPR ever needs a lamp for a concert, this is it. It’s about the cutest thing we’ve seen all year, a super-mini version of a swing-arm drafting table lamp that stands approx 4-1/2” tall when fully extended and 3-1/2” when folded down. Base is approx 2” dia and can be removed for the clip-on option. Has a power button on the dome and an extra bright light. Battery included. Great for microscopes with mirrors or inspection microscopes. Also great just to delight anyone who’s looking at it.