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“Twisted Toys from Twisted Minds”

December 16, 2012 – 11:09 pm

Seattle Times artist Gabriel Campanario, the Seattle Sketcher, recently paid a visit to Archie McPhee headquarters and spent some time with the fine, feverishly creative members of our graphics department… …as well as Mark Pahlow, Archie McPhee founder and our fearless leader.

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Bandage sleeve

December 9, 2012 – 8:47 pm

You’ve heard of a tattoo sleeve, but how about a bandage sleeve? This particular sleeve features a colorful array of our bandages. You can see Boo Boo Kisses, Bacon, Rainbow Monkey, Mustache, Underpants, Jesus, Jane Austen, Crime Scene, Pirate, Macaroni and Cheese, Pickle, Abraham Lincoln, Enchanted Unicorn, Cupcake, Affirmation and Skin Art Bandages. Just because [...]

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The top 5 unforgettable Christmas presents of 2012

December 1, 2012 – 7:46 pm

Conventional Christmas presents like video games, appliances and socks are great. But you can make Christmas even more fun with some delightfully strange and unexpected gifts as well. That’s why we made this handy list of our top 5 unforgettable Christmas gifts for 2012 to help you get started: 5. Big Head Squirrel Feeder After [...]

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Dave Barry’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide

November 25, 2012 – 8:37 pm

This year Dave Barry chose five of our items for his 2012 Gift Guide. He selected the Squirrel Mask, Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats, Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Humans, Chicken Mask, and the Emergency Underpants Dispenser. Here’s what he had to say about the kitty horn: Do you have cat lovers on your holiday list? [...]

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Thanksgiving preparedness

November 18, 2012 – 11:56 pm

Thanksgiving is just a few days away. Have you stocked up on all the necessities? We want to help make your Thanksgiving dinner memorable, so we’ve stuffed our Thanksgiving shop with all the hilarious trimmings. For example, the Clumsy Cook Turkey Mask makes it look like you have a raw turkey stuck on your head: [...]

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Unite your holiday festivities with the Santa Dreidel

November 10, 2012 – 9:16 pm

The winter holidays are approaching, but they aren’t as well-defined as they used to be. This year don’t stress yourself trying to choose between celebrating Hanukkah or Christmas. Let’s all get together and celebrate Chrismukkah instead! The wooden Santa Dreidel is a cheerful and charmingly misguided way to mark both occasions and make merry with [...]

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A very meaty Halloween

November 2, 2012 – 11:08 pm

Archie McPhee’s Halloween Butcher Shop of Horrors was a bloody success: We loved Dan’l’s Slicey the Pig Dashboard Wiggler Halloween costume so much that we were inspired to recreate the famous GIF: We hope you enjoyed Halloween as much as we did.

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Slicey the Pig comes to life

October 27, 2012 – 6:22 pm

One of the highlights of the Halloween season is the entire Archie McPhee store staff dressing up in different costumes for an entire week leading up to (and including) Halloween itself. There have been many truly great costumes over the years. (You can peruse a few years’ worth via the store’s Flickr account: 2008, 2009, [...]

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Mustache mathematics

October 20, 2012 – 11:56 pm

Mustache math is a lesser known branch of mathematics with very valuable (and stylish) real world applications. It’s also the secret to transforming yourself into a Hipster Werewolf.

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Shana talks pop culture and bringing home the bacon

October 12, 2012 – 11:13 pm

Rachel Tepper from The Huffington Post recently sat down with our very own Shana Iverson, High Priestess of Rubber Chickens, to discuss a few of our favorite topics, Bacon, weird candy and other food-related products, and their ever-increasing popularity in popular culture. Read the article here.

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