We have been a little high brow today, so let’s tone things down a little with something for the child in all of us – Sesame Street plush dolls.
Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster and Elmo are available, each sized around 12-inch tall and that’s just about all you can say. You’ll want one or you’ll hate them.
Depending on your choice of character, they retail at either £12.95 or £14.95. And sadly, Ernie is out of stock until the end of June.
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One for the retro gamers – this classic Asteroids t-shirt from Airside.
Designed by Chris Rain for Airside, it’s all in the detail. Vector graphics just like the original arcade machine and a spaceship hidden as the letter "A". But that’s not all, there’s a backprint too with more rocks and a hall of fame – with the top names making up the word "Airside".
Printed on 100% cotton American Apparel t-shirts and produced in non-sweatshop conditions, you can pick one up for £24.99.
If you love your retro gaming, you’ll probably love this Mario pixelated computer mouse, or if you prefer, the golden star mouse.
They’re all about the looks – in terms of technology, the two mice are the same as any other. Both connect to the US port of your computer, have the standard two buttons and work with PCs and Macs.
If you want one, you can pick them up online, priced at a reasonable $24.99 (around £13).
Just when you thought we had surely run out of Lego-related products…we find some more. In this case, the Paul Frank Lego shoulder bag.
It”s a vintage-style shoulder bag in a big and bold red colour and with an adjustable strap.There’s also a white contrast piping, zip top opening and a Lego block design for the outside.
It’s sized at 25cm x 25cm (so plenty of room to store your Lego blocks) and retails for £50.
Retro gaming once more provides the inspiration for interior design – this time with the Feltris Blocks.
As the name and indeed the picture suggests, they’re inspired by Tetris and made from felt, with polyester wadding. The 4-inch x 6-inch squares combine into a variety of Tetris shapes and indeed into bigger shapes if you fit them together. In fact, buy a pile of them and you can have your own life-size game. And when you’re exhausted after that, kick back and lounge around on them.
They’re available in limited numbers, priced at £19.99 for each block.
Twister has been around since the sixties, but does anyone really still play it? Obviously so, because variations of the game keep appearing. The latest of which is the Twister beach towel.
On the beach, by the pool or in the garden, you can play it more or less anywhere thanks to a large 100 per cent cotton towel and inflatable waterproof dice. Or if you can’t find anyone to play with, it’s still a large towel – and everyone needs one of those in the summer months.
Available now and retailing for £19.95.
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