A very meaty Halloween

November 2nd, 2012

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 27th, 2012

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, 2010, 2011, and of course this year: 2012)

Halloween 2012 is still a few days away, but we’ve already seen a costume that is sure to go down in Archie McPhee history as one of the best. It’s as hilarious as it is frightening. Behold the wonder that is Dan’l dressed up as Slicey the Pig Dashboard Wiggler, the only pig who is so eager for you to taste how delicious he is, he’s already carving himself up for you:

We’ve even got video of Dan’l standing in the street in front of the store, merrily slicing away at himself for passing cars:

Many customers were creeped out and children terrified, so as far as we’re concerned, mission accomplished. Happy Halloween! Who wants some bacon?

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Mustache mathematics

October 20th, 2012



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 12th, 2012

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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International Cephalopod Awareness Days

October 10th, 2012

We’re great fans of cephalopods. (You know, octopus, cuttlefish, squid, and so on.) In fact, the Archie McPhee store even has a bathtub full of Finger Tentacles, including one ginormous tentacle:

So we were delighted to learn about International Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 8th through the 12th is all about celebrating cephalopods, “the most intelligent invertebrates in the world.”

What better way to celebrate these tentacular creatures than with some cephalopods and things that turn you into wonderful mutant cephalopods? Put on your Tentacle Mustache:

Then slip on some Finger Tentacles (or Cthulhu Tentacles for the more sinister cephalopod lovers) and a Tentacle Arm (because there’s no such thing as too many tentacles), take a quick turn with your Scalp Squid Head Massager, and take a sip of coffee from your Octopus Porcelain Mug.

Make sure you don’t leave home without putting all your important stuff in your Hungry Squid Bag:

Follow the Cephalopod Days tumblelog to learn all sorts of interesting things about cephalopods. Use the hashtag #cephdays on any of your own tumblr posts, tweets and photos that are related to International Cephalopod Awareness Days to share them with other cephalopod fans.

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Virtual squirrel attack

October 5th, 2012



This is our attempt to give you a virtual taste of the stark, nut-scented horror you’ll experience when drinking from the Squirrel Attack Porcelain Mug. At the bottom of every mugful of coffee, an angry squirrel lies in wait. Caffeine only makes them angrier. Tea upsets them too. And don’t get us started on the perils of drinking hot chocolate.

This item might just make people think twice about feeding squirrels in the park. Or it will make them twice as eager to do so, in hopes of avoiding squirrel wrath. Give the gift of an angry, tree-dwelling rodent lurking at the bottom of a coffe cup or simply get one for yourself here.

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The new McPhee.com

September 29th, 2012

What do Unicorns:


Bacon:


and Underpants all have in common?:



Easy! They’re each categories of awesome stuff available on the entirely redone Archie McPhee website:

It’s all so fancy and new. Check it out.

(Pictured above: Aura the unicorn created by Indigo-Ocean, Bacon Lamp Shade by Kris Kelley, and “Goat Dressing” at the Liberty Stampede Rodeo in Pennsylvania)

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Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

September 18th, 2012

Ahoy, matey! As afficionados of pirate paraphernalia we’re happy to report that today, September 19th, is the 10th anniversary of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Blimey!

Visit the official Talk Like a Pirate Day website to brush-up on all the pertinent pirate lingo and get to work on expertly rolling your rrrrrr’s. Savvy?

Then grab your favorite tricorn hat, put on your Deluxe Pirate Eye Patch, perhaps even an Inflatable Tentacle Arm, and grab a fistful of Pirate Bandages (in case you or your fellow buccaneers cut yourselves on a cutlass or run into the mizzenmast) and have a rip-roaring, swashbuckling day. Yarrrr!

(Pictured above: The Seafair Pirates paying their annual visit to the Archie McPhee store.)

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Horse Head Mask sightings

September 14th, 2012

We love spotting our Horse Head Mask being used and enjoyed in the most unexpected places. We always suspected that it could be useful in any number of situations, but our customers continually demonstrate that there is truly no limit to the possible applications.

People have incorporated the Horse Head Mask into wedding photos:

It has been part of marine animal shows:

Apparently it even makes for comfortable reading on planes:

It takes special skill to race while wearing a Horse Head Mask:

Even dogs enjoy wearing them:


This is Maddie the famous traveling Coonhound

And most recently, we spotted it being worn in this awesome and incredibly strange Japanese video:

Stay tuned for more amazing sightings of the Creepy Horse Mask!

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Balloon Bibo

September 7th, 2012

This has got to be one of most unusual surprises we’ve ever received at the Archie McPhee store:

These awesome customers brought us a great big version of our beloved Bibo character made entirely out of balloons. This might just be the best balloon animal ever.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: our customers rule.

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