Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

Long-time Archie fans will most likely know the rich history of the Wallingford Beast. If you have been to our physical store, you may have been privy to staff discussion about the complex relationships between the Beast and the other permanent residents of our Wallingford outpost: Captain Archie, The World's Largest Chicken and the Haunted Chicken.  If not, let's get...

Rejoice Seattle! (At least the parts close to our store in Walingford.) Archie McPhee is doing deliveries on Fridays!  We are also open for in-store shopping and curbside pickup, but we realize that doesn't work for everyone. So, if you live near the store (see map below) and want your neighbors to be jealous when our sweet van pulls up to...

We've got something to squawk about!  The museum is now open! Click here for details! Instead of an April Fool's Day prank, we'd like to announce that at 3PM on May 11, 2018, we're going to be opening our Rubber Chicken Museum. It will be located in the Archie McPhee store in the Wallingford Neighborhood of Seattle. Not only will you get...

You know those photo props where you get a big piece of wood or cardboard and cut a hole in them and stick your head through? Well, the Seattle Archie McPhee store just got one of those for dogs! As you can see in the photo above, Honeybee looks just grand as a monkey wearing a fez driving a car. In...

    We had a great time when Boaz Frankel and Phillip Ross stopped by our store with their cool cargo bike to interview us for the Pedal Powered Talk Show. Normally we don't allow people to ride their bikes in the store, but we made an exception this time because it was also the interview desk. Check out their...

Some call it a penny press or a penny pincher, but whatever you call it the Archie McPhee store in the Wallingford of Seattle has one! You put your penny in, turn the crank and it stretches it and imprints it with one of four designs. Any of which will make a perfect souvenir. The official name for these is elongated...

In October of 1990 KOMO did this profile of Archie McPhee featuring our owner Mark Pahlow. At the time we were located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle and have since moved to Wallingford. As always, the story is filled with amazing Mark Pahlow quotes: The first thing I tried to sell was a "how to have a child at...

  As much as we loved the art on the side of our store in Wallingford, time, weather and the inevitable turnover of products meant it was time to change it up. This time we decided to give customers a few more options for photos!  Mr. Bacon is really enjoying the ride to his new home! Here are Shana and...

The wonderful folks at Wired dropped by the Archie McPhee store in Seattle for a visit. Not only did they write amazing things about it, they took some absolutely gorgeous pictures.  Before the internet and eBay, Archie McPhee was a precious source of bizarre gags from around the world. My future parents-in-law got the catalog and cackled while showing me...

We're world famous for our bacon products. In recognition of that fame, the Food Network show Unwrapped came to document the overwhelming baconosity of the Seattle Archie McPhee store. The best part is watching customers taste test Bacon Mints. So funny! Click here to watch the video!