Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

• The First Archie McPhee Catalog -1984

  November 01, 2015

  We thought you might like to see the first Archie McPhee novelty catalog from 1984! In his book, Who Would Buy This?, our owner, Mark Pahlow, describes its creation: I did the primitive...

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• The Avenging Unicorn and Avenging Narwhal Play Sets

  October 12, 2015

  These items have been discontinued and are no longer for sale. If you have a great memory of them or would like us to bring them back, leave a comment on this post...

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• New Art for the Archie McPhee Store in Seattle

  June 16, 2015

    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...

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• Mark Pahlow's Guide to Seattle Through the lens of Archie McPhee

  May 14, 2015

  Ever wonder what the creator of Archie McPhee finds interesting in Seattle? Well, Stacy Booth interviewed our own Mark Pahlow about just that! He reveals all. Talking about the best...

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• Raccoon Mask Video

  May 13, 2015

  How realistic is our new Racoon Mask? Maybe a little too realistic. As you can see, we had fun with green screen when we did this one.  The shorter version...

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• Exploring Seattle's International District with Mark Pahlow

  April 15, 2015

  Stacy Booth of WhereTraveler took a stroll around Seattle's Asian neighborhood with our owner, Mark Pahlow. He points out a few of his favorite things including the best place for...

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• Remembering My Pretty Nosehair

  October 24, 2014

  Remembering My Pretty Nosehair This item has been discontinued and is no longer for sale. If you have a great memory of it or would like us to bring it...

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• Why would someone invent a squirrel feeder shaped like a horse's head? Washington Post article

  April 07, 2014

    The Washington Post interviewed us about the Horse Head Squirrel Feeder! John Kelly called and got a few choice quotes from our Director of Awesome, David Wahl: “We think...

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• Finger Monster - Song by The Presidents of the United State of America

  March 07, 2014

  We were pleased as punch when The Presidents of the United States of America found inspiration in our Finger Monsters for an amazing song that captures their awesomeness perfectly. (Buy...

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• George Takei calls Archie McPhee "Brilliant"

  February 28, 2014

  George Takei called us "brilliant" today on his Twitter account! That right, he saw Jim Zielinski's fantastic picture of a squirrel in our Horse Head Squirrel Feeder and declared us...

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• Anthony Bourdain's The Layover Visits Archie McPhee in Wallingford

  February 04, 2014

  Anthony Bourdain came to the Archie McPhee store in Wallingford to shop for weird stuff. He was amazingly nice and seemed to have a really good time. He even said...

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• Archie McPhee Snowflake by Kit Cameo

  June 16, 2013

  We love Kit Cameo and her snowflakes! Her delicate paper snowflakes are so intricate it's almost unreal. We commissioned her to make an Archie McPhee snowflake and it turned out...

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