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You'd be surprised how few people know about all the Finger Monster options that exist! Who knew you would have to ask what is the best way to buy Fingers Monsters? Is there a way to get Finger Monsters bulk? If you don't know what Finger Monsters are, might we suggest you watch this and listen to the Presidents of...

Do you like squirrels more than hands? You are in luck, because the next product in our popular "handi-animals" finger puppet series is here... The Handisquirrel! Since we made the product, this post isn't really a review, but it does give you an in depth peek at what you get! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to see video of it...

The Seth Godin Action Figure has been discontinued and is no longer for sale. If you have a great memory of it or would like us to bring it back, leave a comment on this post and let us know. Remember, we still have plenty of other action figures available now! Seth Godin Marketing Guru Action Figure Seth Godin is...

    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...

When we were launching our Dashboard Monster, we made a short documentary to go through the evolution of our Finger Monsters. It features Curt Hanks talking about what inspired him to design our version of the Finger Monsters and how we ended up making one for your car dashboard. Scroll down for a partial transcript.  Growing up in the 70s I was...

You can buy someone a Sense of Humor The world is dealing with a lot of serious issues right now, but if you don't laugh sometimes you'll stop enjoying life altogether. We wanted to help, so we gathered together some of our most popular prank products and instant laugh-getters into one box so you could send it a friend or...

Crazy Cat Lady Coloring Book   So, it's not quite a review since we made it, but we thought you might like to take a peek inside our Crazy Cat Lady Coloring Book. First, you should know we love crazy cat ladies. We made the Crazy Cat Lady Action Figure over a decade ago and haven't looked back since.  Since so...

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...

The Meat Parade Single Not a Review of Come Join the Meat Parade! We recorded a single and put it out on a vinyl 45! We thought to ourselves, what would it sound like if Mr. Bacon had a band? So, our IT guy, Dayton Allemann, wrote a couple of songs and got his friends to record them under the name...

Why not transform squirrels into unicorns? When we made the Horse Head Squirrel Feeder it made people laugh, but we wanted to inspire them. That's when we thought it would be amazing to take mundane, everyday squirrels and turn them into magical unicorns! The Unicorn Squirrel Feeder does just that. As this video demonstrates, your backyard will soon be a fairyland! We...