Desk Toys

That’s one of our favorite bluegrass tunes, but it’s also this very satisfying rubber-flexible plastic pop-up toy that seems to eat up hours of our time. Imagine how intriguing a kid will find it! The base is a light brown tree stump, 2-3/8"...

This fidget toy doesn’t spin, and that’s the appeal. It’s a Magnetic Magic Cube that measures 2-1/2” on all sides, it being a cube and all. But it’s changeable since it’s made up of lots of angled pieces, and can be...

More fun than a canned ham, this flip-top storage tin has a train set inside, with a plastic steam engine, tender, boxcar and caboose, as well as a 12-piece track that forms a 10" x 22" oval. Tin and train car colors may vary. You add a "AA" battery and...

This mini version is just as frustrating and the big one and it was all the rage in the late 70's...80's...90's...oh, heck with it they are still all the rage. This pocket sized mini version is great to hand out as freebies, kids parties or just to have...

You're buying the drinks and this wacky, yet debonair, bird with a top hat and plastic base (7" tall OA) can't get his fill of water. Get him started, and he dips his beak into your glass repeatedly. How? Fluid inside his glass body condenses from the...

Everybody loves those classic handheld steel-ball puzzle games that challenge you to get the balls in the groove or the hole. They’re impossible not to like. When you see one, you give it a go. And then you notice an hour just passed. Ours measure...

Newtonian demonstrator for science teachers. Mindless play for the rest of us. These are shiny, nicely balanced, high-performance examples of the classic Newton's Cradle - a ball on one end of a row of (5) suspended, barely...

Another oldie but goodie. Approximately 6" tall evacuated clear glass bulb mounted in a black stand, 3" in diameter at the top. A four bladed vane is balanced on a needle inside the sphere. Because opposite surfaces of the vanes are black and white,...

Meet mini floppy! (AKA wacky waver) You know floppy. You see his larger family members all over the place, promoting sales and events of all kinds. Floppy measures a mini 12" tall, has a battery operated fan in the base, and operates on a single 9-volt...

Well, if you had a crystal ball, you'd be able to see that there's a crystal ball in your future, and you'd know not to pass up this very, very nice glass gazing ball. It's 4-1/4" dia (and heavy) and comes with a footed dark-wood stand that spins...

No, it doesn't; it runs out. See for yourself with this hourglass full of iron filings. The steel base has a magnet, so time flies when the glass is on it, and the filings make pretty stalagmites. Stick a magnet on the neck, however, and you can stop...

Bigger than a baseball across the top, this is one ginormous jewel. You pick a clear or translucent-sky-blue, 24% lead crystal, cut-glass gem. It’s 3-1/8” dia at the top, tapering to point 2-1/8” deep. Could be...

Like the days of our lives, the sand in this glass timer is running out. This hourglass is a double teardrop shape with blue sand, and takes approx an hour to empty (nothing was certain in the pre-digital age, my friend), and stands 11-1/4" tall x 4" dia...

A real desktop mesmerizer. This 7"x 5" moving sand sculpture creates endless sand-dune vistas, and can be so easily flipped to start over that you need never go back to actually working. The sand is so fine it's nearly liquid; the current version is...

You don’t need your therapist to know that you’re projecting again when you fire up this far-out Star Projection Lamp. Buttons control a multitude of lighting options: single color, dual color, tri-color or white with various added-color...

Gosh, we haven’t watched our stories in ages. Anybody know what Luke and Laura are up to? Let us know. Meanwhile, check out these awesome sand timers! We can’t really call them hourglass timers because they have (3) teardrop-ish clear glass...

It's the classic Spirograph®, which is a lot of intricate round mandala-like designs floating around out there. Celebrate with one of our spirographic specials. You pick: the Travel Spirograph® in a flip-lid case with a 2-3/8" ID ring in the lid...

We can’t predict your future, but our Magic 8 Balls will take a crack at it. These are the classic toys that have predicted, or refused to predict, major life events of children everywhere since the 1950s, and we’ve...

Our each is a dozen gorgeous, glimmering glass gems, in a round cut in (12) different colors, including pink, green, blue, red, golden, white, and various shades of each. Think diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, amethyst, topaz,...

Spin this spindle and watch it turn in perpetuity!!  Well, for a long time anyway.  Inside the 5-1/2" long colored plastic spindle are magnets which are repelled by magnets in the 5" x 3" black plastic base.  The variously colored spindle...

You've seen everybody's favorite desk toy. The one that makes you swear you can pick up the coin that's right inside it. Too bad it's really a hologram you're looking at! Now you can own this petite version of the popular "illusion" toy. This one, 6" dia...

There’s a reason these are called IQ Gears—because they put your brain in high gear. And no caffeine required! It’s an IQ logic game that challenges you to fit all the gears on the game board by connecting the side wheels so they spin...

We love when science and play come together, and this precision gyroscope is our latest obsession in that department. Constructed mainly out of durable plastic with rubberized tips, this Cyclone Gyroscope® was designed by TEDCO® ...

Yes, your desktop is made of atoms (you, too) but this is a 7" dia chrome and black model of an atomic structure (Boronish, Paul says) that keeps on turning via the magic of electromagnetics, at least until the (4) AA batteries you put in it wear out...

Walking Dead lasted 12 years and ended in 2022, but that is what surplus is for isn’t it? For fans of the show, we have a treat for you. Wind-up dead folks. All the gang is here. Andrea, Daryl, Glenn, Governor, Michonne, Rick and Walker (who is a...

The Hoberman Mini multi-colored sphere expands and contracts with a magical motion so fluid and simple. Kids can’t help but play with it for hours. (And adults too!) A master of illusion, the sphere can be thrown, bounced, kicked, spun, rolled or...

You guessed it—in our hands! You’ll have it, too, when we send you this 2-1/4” dia foam squeeze ball of Planet Earth. Looks like a classic classroom globe with oceans and countries in vibrant colors. Decent details for its size, too...

If your heart or soul is currently closed for repairs, get a foam rubber hard hat and squeeze your stress away. Call it the stress helmet. Great for the construction worker in your life. Comes in bright yellow, in the accurate, detailed shape of a...

! You either love them, or you hate them, either way this piggy bank can help you save up for your stockholder share! Approx 7" x 7" plastic bank with a digital readout on the top, so you know how close you are to owning a piece of the Packers! Genuine...

This might be our most convenient stress-relief tool, a 2-3/4" dia x 1-1/2” tall foam half-ball in green with a simple ceramic magnet on the flat side. Stick it to the fridge, where it’ll hold your grocery list, a photo or a few papers, and...

Oh, it’s Bozo! Then again, who else would be on a Bozo the Clown Pen? Features a (4)- blade windmill with Bozo himself on each of the blades. Wind up the propeller and it spins so fast and efficiently it actually throws a little breeze. You can...