Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

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 the song here) Not only that, but the incredibly talented Chris Bellew came to our Seattle Archie McPhee store to perform his Caspar Babypants song Googly Eyes. We like to...

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 geniuses. We'd like to thank George, Brad and the entire Takei social media team for the compliment!  Click here to buy your own! Great for photo ops! (Obviously...)

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 we sold serial killer supplies! Click here to watch a clip of the episode, but if you can watch the whole thing you'll get tips from Dan'l and Fuzz between...

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 way beyond our expectations. As you can see, it features Classic Disguise Glasses, the Unicorn Mask, the Horse Mask and the Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats. It's especially amazing that...

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 back, leave a comment on this post and let us know. We still sell many awesome action figures.  Memories of the Lunch Lady Action Figure Modelled after an Archie McPhee staff member's actual memories...

Remembering Nunzilla 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 back, leave a comment on this post and let us know. Through the eyes of a child, a sweet, caring nun teaching a grammar school class can appear to be an imposing...

When we decided to do an Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats, Spyke's owner Molly volunteered her kitty to be the model for the package. Scroll down to see how the package turned out, but in the meantime you can see how patient and expressive Spyke was. She was very happy with all the scritches, pets and snacks. There's even a video...

In the early 1990s, we found some musty boxes of Jabba the Hutts on the third floor of an open air parking garage in downtown Chicago. The guy offering them for sale also had all of the ex-Shah of Iran's stained glass collection, but we weren't big enough customers that he would even let us see that. He had just been...

Chester McGuinness is back again with a new product, Vinderpants: the underpants for your wine. He helps a couple make a love connection and avoid naked wine.  Here are a few Chester McGuinness quotes from the video: "Tired of going "bare bottle"? Try Vinderpants!" "Vin means wine in French talk." "I'm kind of a wine expert and it works with...

Remembering the Fuzz Action Figure 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 back, leave a comment on this post and let us know. Who was Fuzz? What is this?  People buy action figures of their heroes, but would they buy one of...