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Engrish Part 1 – Magic Metal Puzzle

We often get product samples with badly translated English on them. In this case, it wasn’t so much poorly written as it was awesomely written. Unfortunately, as far as we can tell, the product does...

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Engrish Part 2 – The Ro-Ro Yo-Yo

Often in translation an “L” sound will be turned into an “R” sound, but here a Yo-Yo becomes a Ro-Ro.

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Creepy Food Placemats

This is one of those products that we love that doesn’t sell at all. The food on these placemats is so incredibly creepy it makes us happy to know they exist. One thought we had about why they aren’t...

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New Engrish

This is some of the most poetic Engrish ever. Found on a Bento Box sample. “Regardless the timespace how to change the, the of the crystal, the whole life is constant.

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Cover that bald spot with a Tattoupée

Tattoos are more popular than ever these days, which is why we’ve created different sets of temporary tattoos to enable people to get in on the fun without the commitment, pain, or expense of the real...

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Googly-eyed shenanigans at ECCC

Jenny Sparks and her husband Lars made brilliant use of a pair of our Giant Googly Eyes here in Seattle last weekend at the Emerald City Comicon. Googly Eye Galactus Googly Eye Batman They mounted the...

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Know your googly eyes

We had a problem around the office. Now that we have three sizes of Googly Eyes for sale, how do we display them in a way that people will understand which googly is which? The picture above is the...

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Googly Eye Glasses

Our new Googly Eyes Glasses make it look like you have big ol’ googly eyes. The pupils move when you shake your head. The best part? You can see through them! Don’t drive, juggle chainsaws or try to...

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Behold the Corgicorn

One of our awesome customers recently showed the staff of Archie McPhee that the Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats isn’t just for cats. It turns out that Corgis love them too! In fact, according to this...

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Doctor Who and the Emergency Bowtie

While watching the most recent and quite excellent episode of Doctor Who we couldn’t help but notice that the Doctor seems to shop at Archie McPhee.  During the the bit where he chose his new clothes,...

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Caffeinated squirrel

When we started selling our Squirrel Coffee Cup (which is exactly what it sounds like, a tiny coffee cup for squirrels), people doubted that it would be used by an actual squirrel. Well, thanks to...

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Cuteness incognito

Why yes, you will look adorable while you’re eating a cola-flavored Mustache Lollipop. It’s a truly delicious disguise.

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Cats love it!

We’d like to share a few recent sightings of one of our favorite products, the Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats. Cat’s love it! The fun began when Redditor Alterx shared this fantastic photo: Which...

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Creepy Horseman Dashboard Wiggler

We were pleased as punch when our friends over at Laughing Squid recently posted about one of our favourite new products: the Creepy Horse Man Dashboard Wiggler. It’s the perfect thing to make your car...

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The Archie McPhee store is hiring!

Holy awesome opportunities Batman, the Archie McPhee store is hiring for a full-time retail customer service position! Are you a fan of the weird and wonderful?  What about working with amazing...

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Live long and eat plenty of bacon

There may not be any food that’s better than bacon, but did you know that it might also hold the key to longevity? Pearl Cantrell of Richland Springs, Texas recently celebrated her 105th birthday....

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Just another day at Archie McPhee

Why yes, that is a blessing of Finger Narwhals riding Optimus Prime. We have Archie McPhee designer Scott Heffernan to thank for creating this delightful sight. It’s tough to have a bad day when...

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“Birthday-cake flavored everything sells”

Sometimes there’s nothing we like better than a rich bite of cake slathered in sweet frosting. So many people enjoy cake so very much that USA Today recently published an article by Bruce Horovitz...

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Unicorn Prancercising

After watching Joanna Rohrback’s amazing Prancercise video, we couldn’t resist making our own version. Without further ado, here’s “Unicorn Prancercising” featuring our Magical Unicorn Mask: If you’re...

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Horse Head Mask sighting: The tale of a lovesick horse

Two From SPb made this awesomely silly music video entitled “Wild Horse“. The video features our creepy Horse Head Mask and tell the story of “a wild horse who doesn’t like Kate Moss. It likes a girl...

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