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From internet phenomenon to giant plush toy to a spot in your bedroom, this cuddly, stuffed crustacean is twenty-thousand leagues of cuteness.

Giant Isopod Stuffed Toy

$179
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With a bit of time and patience, you can have your own miniature wind-powered robot just like the large scale ones made by Dutch artist Theo Jansen.

Larissa Hayden
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Strandbeest Model Kit

$13
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Enjoy the illusion of motion with the 18 included picture strips, or become an amateur animator by drawing your own.

Zoetrope

$15
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Perfect for both kids and avian-inclined adults, this beautiful box set takes your standard memory game to the next level by highlighting the visual differences in 25 male and female bird pairs.

Tao Tao Holmes Director of Special Projects, Experiences
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Match a Pair of Birds: A Memory Game

$17
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Pass the time by putting together a puzzle representation of Frank Lloyd Wright's unique home, Fallingwater. Between piecing together the blueprints and the house's iconic look, it's bound to amaze the architecture lover in your life.

Samantha Chong Associate Director, Audience Development
samanthachong

Frank Lloyd Wright Double Sided Puzzle

$16
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Learn the basics of photography and make beautiful shadow prints using just the sun, water, and this light sensitive paper.

Larissa Hayden
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Sun Art Paper Kit

$15
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Rain delays can ruin even the best-planned adventures, but this waterproof card deck is a great way to wait out the storm. Perfect for the beach as well.

Waterproof Playing Cards

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Everyone needs a trebuchet because everyone also occasionally needs to fling things.

Wooden Trebuchet Kit

$33
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Beep Boop. Beep Boop. Beep Boop. Beep Boop. I'm an adorable, little tin can robot. Beep Boop.

Jordan Schultz Director of Marketing & Audience
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Tin Can Robot

$11
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What is it that makes this teddy bear so adorable? Obviously the tiny head, but why is that cute, and not, say, disturbing? I don't know, but with a bear this wonderful, it's a mystery that doesn't need solving.

Tyler Cole VP, Community
tyler

Tiny Headed Teddy Bear

Currently Unavailable
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Fill 20 biodegradable water balloons at once, with no need to tie them. Finally, the amount of artillery you can fire in a water balloon battle has moved out of the 19th century.

Luke Thomas Senior Software Engineer
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Easy Fill Water Ballons

$25
Why We Love It

A favorite toy of my young nephew, even if he did “accidentally” steer it into a losing battle with a ceiling fan.

Tyler Cole VP, Community
tyler

Remote Control Flying Shark

$35
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Ever run into a situation where your character has to play a spontaneous game of chance in a tavern or a dungeon? Well, Liar's Dice makes for a fun stand-in for any fantasy gambler to enjoy.

Eric Grundhauser Senior Producer
EricGrundhauser

Liar's Dice

$18
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Whether you're fighting with miniatures or just need somewhere to help illustrate the "theater of the mind," this lovely battlemat will make every encounter a seamless affair. 

Eric Grundhauser Senior Producer
EricGrundhauser

EverGame Game Mat

$20
Why We Love It

What this generic DM screen lacks in handy rules and stats, it makes up for with a useful system of movable initiative trackers. The perfect look for any medieval campaign.

Eric Grundhauser Senior Producer
EricGrundhauser

Castle Wall Dungeon Master Screen

$30
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Metal dice might be total table wreckers, but they're also essential gear for the serious role-player. This black and gold set keeps it classy.

Eric Grundhauser Senior Producer
EricGrundhauser

Black and Gold Metal Dice

Currently Unavailable
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For two years, I've been watching seaplanes land and take off on the East River from the Atlas Obscura offices. I'm obsessed with these amazing aircraft, but since I haven't yet managed to fly in one, I'm keeping myself occupied with Lego versions.

Lex Berko Senior Editor
lexberko

LEGO Sea Plane

$44
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Deceptively complex, this wooden puzzle ball is as beautiful to look at as it is challenging to solve.

Wooden Puzzle Ball

$12
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Making music is hard. Building an analog synthesizer is harder. Snapping together these little modules that make and warp sounds is pretty easy though.

LittleBits Electronics Synth Kit

Currently Unavailable
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A masochistic brainteaser for the expert puzzle fan. One thousand tiny pieces that are not only all the same shape, but the same color as well.

Eric Grundhauser Senior Producer
EricGrundhauser

Hell Jigsaw Puzzle

$20

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