Showing posts with label stationery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stationery. Show all posts

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Pens That Work Everywhere


  • The Fisher Space Pen is a pen that writes in SPACE. Space pen. Super space pen. TO THE MOON! But seriously, this is the actual pen they developed for space, used by real astronauts. It writes upside down, right side up, and in temperature extremes and telescopes so that it fits in your luggage more easily. Or your space helmet. You can choose from silver rocket colour or the deep black of space. (although fun fact, Space isn't actually black, it's just that the stars are so far away that their light is infrared when it reaches us so we can't see it). $19.99 
  • The Inka Pen Travel Pen is another super pen that works in hot or cold, high altitudes or underwater! Good for divers, explorers and people who work in dreadful conditions. Like the rain. It doesn't look as cool as the space pen, but it folds down into a 3" little pen, and the handle converts into a little case that you can carry on your keyring, so it's much more portable. It even has a secret stylus - and you can get refills, too! Not to mention the magic words "lifetime manufacturer warranty". $12.99 

Also see the True Utility Telepen Telescopic Pen and the Maxpedition All-Weather Trekker Pen. And of course, the super impressive Uzi Tactical Defender Pen

Friday, August 9, 2013

Minecraft Sheet Magnets

These fantastic Minecraft Sheet Magnets include one hundred and sixty blocks of resources to let you build a fantastic gateway on your fridge or locker! In fact, they'll even let you stick up the notes that you wrote on the Minecraft Note Cube!

These magnets are magnetic one inch squares look like the different resource blocks in Minecraft, from magma to wood and are awesome for covering up a boring fridge and turning it into a death castle of doom for the people you then draw onto it (sorry, it exploded and fell into the magma before I could take a picture).

  • 160 magnets (2 x 80 pcsheets)
  • Each magnet is 2.5cm square
  • Officially licensed
  • Price: US$19.99

They're a little too thin and curly for my liking - they work, but they aren't strong enough to hold notes and things to the fridge on their own. This is probably the only way they'd actually be usable for creating scenes, though, as they'd be too difficult to peel off and rearrange otherwise. There are an awful lot of them, though!


Crappy photos of my fridge

Buy Minecraft Sheet Magnets
on Amazon.com

Would I buy again? Probably. People get very excited about them and they can be fun to play with, but you always end up wanting more of certain blocks and then you have to buy more packs and... well, they easily take over the entire fridge. I'm not sure if that's a bad thing or not. The magnet design is very straightforward, and you don't have to be a Minecraft fan to enjoy playing with them.

I think they make a better themed gift than a collectable. And because the pack is thin and light, it can easily be posted in a largish envelope!


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