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 first thing that popped into our heads. On the tree you see Giant Googly Eyes (7″ [...]
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Tagged Animals, Anthropomorphic, Anthropomorphism, Big Googly Eyes, Emergency Googly Eyes, Eyes, Giant Google Eyes, Googly Eyes, Latex Pig Mask, Mask, Peepers, Personified, Pig, Pig Man, Pig Mask, Sizes, Toast, Tree
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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. They mounted the Giant Googly Eyes on a stick and asked cosplayers to pose for photos with them. As you can see the results are nothing short of awesome. Even our [...]
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Tagged Archie McPhee, Batman, Comicon, Cosplay, ECCC, Emerald City Comicon, Eyes, fun, Galactus, Giant Googly Eyes, Googly Eyes, Harley Quinn, Jenny Sparks, Klingon, Mischief, Shenanigans, squirrel, squirrel underpants, Star Trek, Superheroes
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February 26, 2013 – 10:52 pm
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 thing. Now we’ve taken temporary tattoos to a whole new level: Introducing Tattoupées: They’re tattoos… They’re toupees… They’re tattoupées! [...]
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Tagged Archie McPhee, Bald Spot, Balding, Baldy, Bullseye, Fashion, Gift, Idea, Lightbulb, Over-the-hill, Presents, Skull port, Spit curl, tattoos, Tattoupées, Temporary Tattoos, Toupée
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February 19, 2013 – 6:08 pm
How do United States presidents celebrate Presidents’ Day? It appears that George Washington celebrated his birthday and Presidents’ Day by enjoying a delicious Lucky Penny Sucker. Just in case you were wondering, Abraham Lincoln in lollipop penny form tastes like root beer. Is it wrong for one president to lick the image of another? If [...]
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Archie McPhee, candy, Celebrate, George Washington, Lick, Lincoln, Lollipop, Lucky Penny, Penny, Presidents, Presidents' Day, Seattle, Sucker, USA
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February 11, 2013 – 6:58 pm
We’re proud to introduce a new feature on the Archie McPhee website: The Random Product button! Our products are already totally random. In our many futile attempts to organize them into categories (other than the obvious ones like mustaches and bacon) we realized it was impossible and that no one is actually looking for anything [...]
February 4, 2013 – 9:15 pm
Giant Googly Eyes are all sorts of fun in the light of day, but what happens when the sun goes down? Just because it’s dark outside doesn’t mean the googly-eyed fun has to end. Thanks to these new giant, glow-in-the-dark googly eyes you can avoid such a trag-eye-dy! These eyes look amazing during the day [...]
January 29, 2013 – 5:23 pm
The 2013 celebration of the Lunar or Chinese New Year takes place on February 10th. That’s less than two weeks away! 2013 is the Year of the Snake, which means we’ll be celebrating by enjoying delicious cinnamon Snake Lollipops. These serpentine treats may look dangerous but, provided you remember to brush your teeth regularly, they’re [...]
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Tagged candy, Celebration, Chinese New Year, Cinnamon, Gift, Happy New Year, Holiday, Lollipop, Lunar New Year, Present, Serpent, Snake, Snake Lollipop, Sucker
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January 21, 2013 – 5:38 pm
Thanks to their cool and aloof demeanors you might never guess it, but cats love dressing up as other animals, particularly mythological creatures like the awesome unicorn. That’s precisely why we designed the Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats. Cats love it! Still don’t believe us? Take a look at our very own Molly, who’s wearing [...]
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Tagged Animals, Cats, costume, Dreams, Halloween, Horn, Inflatable, Inflatable Unicorn Horn, Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats, Kitty, LOL, Molly, Pussycat, Spyke, Unicorn
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January 12, 2013 – 11:19 pm
Our new latex Pigeon Mask is a perfect excuse to spend the afternoon hanging out on statues or in front of monuments of all kinds. Take one on your next trip and photograph yourself terrorizing pigeons around the world. Or turn the mask into an awesome science experiment: Will flocks of pigeons accept you as [...]
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Tagged Animals, Animated, Birds, costume, Fly, Gif, Head, Latex, Mask, Pigeon
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January 1, 2013 – 5:56 pm
All of us here at Archie McPhee would like to wish all of you a very Happy New Year! It’s going to be another awesome year, just wait and see (and don’t forget to pay us a visit from time to time for even more awesomeness).