From the French military, this is one of the more sophistiqué military mosquito head-nets we’ve seen since we last attended Paris Fashion Week (OK, so we’ve never attended Paris Fashion Week). Made to wear over a helmet, this net is 12” dia with dual hoops to keep it off your nez, and measures approx 18” long with an elastic cinch at the bottom. In olive drab nylon (most likely) mesh.

No, you don’t need Bulgarian shoulders to carry this well used M-36 shoulder bag from the Bulgarian army. Measures a purse-like 12” x 10” x 2+” in a soft cotton (we think) olive drab canvas. Has a 7-1/2” flap, a leather strap/buckle closure, and a buckled 45” shoulder strap. Just the thing for toting a couple hunks of sujuk and a bottle of rakia for your lunch.

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!

Before there were stations to play at, when gameboys were just boys who played games, when fun was spelled “wheeee,” there was the Etch A Sketch®, the original small-motor-skills trainer. This classic, legendary design device allowed kids to create perfect right-angles in their pursuit of anything from simple boxes to full Frank Lloyd Wright house designs. Advanced sketchers with mad knob skills could even bend those lines. Return with us now to the thrilling days of yesteryear and try it for yourself, or give it to a kid. Measures approx 9" x 7" x 1", and you still just shake it to erase.

In bright orange, with reflective piping on the back, this survival rescue pack measures 17" x 13" x 6" and the whole back unzips to reveal 11” wide mesh pockets at 5-1/2” and 7-1/2” deep plus (2) more of the same size, plus side pockets at 6-1/2" x 5". Includes a 12” square map case, and the exterior has a 6” handle on top, (6) mesh pads, (2) 16” adjustable padded straps, and more straps with hook’n’loop fasteners and plastic hooks, (6) side pockets from 5” x 4” two 8” x 6-1/2”, and ski pole sleeves.

Are you sick of round beads? Us too. Or we too. Whichever, it’s time to forge ahead with some barrel-shaped wooden beads, all with 5/16” dia bores. You pick the orange, yellow and brown stubby beads, at 1-1/8" long x 13/16" dia with a pair of striations around their middles; or the elongated, orange wooden barrels at 2” x 5/8” dia, tapering to 7/16” at the ends.

Sometimes you just need an itty-bitty drone. As always, you’ve come to the right place. Our X20 Pocket drone is a quad-rotor from Syma/Tenergy. Billy, our drone expert, says it’s super-stable and a blast to fly! Measures 4” across x just 1” thick with an approx 66-foot range for about (5) minutes on each 70-minute charge. Features 360-degree flip and headless modes in addition to standard throttle/rudder/elevator and aileron controls. Comes with spare rotor blades, a USB charge cable and a 16-page instruction manual.For ages 8+ and you’ll need to add (4) “AAA”s for the remote.

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.

It’s safer than running with scissors, but if you hate running altogether, the next best thing is to sit back and watch the marbles run.The Marbles Fun Run is a 58-piece tube-and-ramp modular marble run with (15) assorted colorful marbles. Includes connectors, ramps and cups. For ages 4+.

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.

Replace them with this marble game set: (13) assorted 5/8” dia glass marbles, a 1” dia glass shooter, 16”-square denim game mat marked for (3) games, a storage bag and a sheet with the rules to settle all of those schoolyard disputes.

In a nice change from emoji world, these giant punctuation marks feature white LEDs in classic, old-time light bulb shapes to make your, well, mark. You pick the exclamation point, 14” x 4-5/8” x 2-1/8” in a purposely distressed red metal housing, with (5) bulbs and a spare; or the 16” x 9-1/4” x 2-1/8” black metal question mark in a distressed housing with (6) bulbs and a spare. Both have 1/8” keyed mounting slots and you’ll need to supply a pair of “AA”s for power. In keeping with modern tweet-speak, you should get four or five of each

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.

The box says it’s a Kray-zee Bell, but to us it just has a nice tinkling sound, the sort of thing you’d use to call the garden fairies to lunch with. In green enameled steel, it has “Ring for Luck” printed on it, although we don’t know why, and what do you care? Bell is 3" dia x 1-7/8" on a 3-1/4" plastic handle with a clapper on a spring, ting-a-ling.

She’s a 6” x 6” purple ladybug bot kit that accepts her instructions from any infrared TV remote controller you have around the house. She has a geared, robotic arm that you design, and don’t worry, there’s an instruction manual. You add a pair of “AA” batteries and a screwdriver. No soldering required. Ages 8+.

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 our pick of a kit 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. Made for Engino® in/on Cyprus, where plastic animals can still be found in the wild.

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".

Get over it and face the fact that even U.S. car-makers are using metric, so you can stop thinking in 11/16ths and 27/32nds. Start with this 8-piece set of drop-forged metric combination wrenches (one open end, one box end) at 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, and 17mm.