American Science and Surplus...

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www.sciplus.com

Man, do I love this catalog! Not only is it chock-full of entertaining, absolutely useless stuff (or useful, depending on what you're doing), it's just fun reading the damn thing. I love the product descriptions. I would buy stuff from them just so I could keep reading the catalog.

Devouring Dinos
Our 6 different rubber dinosaurs, each 5'-6' long, come in widely assorted and somewhat improbable colors. The have a most entertaining design, since 5 of the 6 have wide-open mouths and hollow bodies, the better to swallow assorted body parts of assorted enemies. We'll grab a handful of assorted types for you.

Pow! Pow!
Our plush 7"tall marsupial is cute, even if she does look a little like a bob-tailed squirrel. In reality she's a kangaroo. Why else would she be wearing red boxing gloves? To see her in actions, insert 2 AA batteries (not included) and adjust the hidden dial. She comes out punching, then performs a 360° backflip and lands on her feet. Good thing the plastic joey is permanently glued in her pouch.

Candle Crumbs
What can you make with 2 lbs of white wax granules? Several votive lights, one big candle or the the world's worst sugared donuts. We think it would be a bright idea to stick with wicks and back off the snacks.

Pigapult??
We're sorry. You pictured slinging a sow into your neighbor's backyard,didn't you? Hurling a Hampshire over a 6-ft. fence. Do we look like agricultural terrorists? Do you think we want to turn someone into a bacon burger? Or 6" long pistol-shaped launcher flings 3/4" pink-plastic pigs - gently - up to 15 feet. Fired responsibly, the pistol poses no threat of destroying a silk purse, or anything else, with a sow's ear. It just offers a fun time lobbing (20) tiny swine at a target - or maybe a bowl of sauerkraut.

Hula Dancer
Everyone knows A.S.&S.carries science and nature stuff. In this case we are told the science is how she wiggles, and the nature is her faux grass skirt. A 71/2" maiden in a bright green grass skirt has a hidden spring at a private location. Press her on to the dashboard of your car (double sided tape included) and she will dance when you cross the railroad tracks. (Don't blame Editorial for this item, we only write up what purchasing buys.)

They do sell various scientific and educational items - excess labware, microscopes (although not the expensive ones), electronics supplies, etc. so they do have a valid reason for the "Science" in .their name.

And the website actually has a category for Yucky Body Parts.