# Obscure But Interesting Catalogs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2000, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865 "2000-09-12T10:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/1 "2000-09-12T10:08:00Z")
Anyone know of any interesting catalogs that offer stuff that can’t be found anywhere else? Web sites, addresses, etc.? Like interesting science equipment? Out-of-print books? Gag gifts? Any other cool subject material? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/2 "2000-09-12T12:01:37Z")
For interesting science equipment and other cool subject material, try [American Science and Surplus](http://www.sciplus.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/3 "2000-09-12T12:26:35Z")
This one’s pretty cool: [http://www.skullsunlimited.com](http://www.skullsunlimited.com) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/4 "2000-09-12T14:54:30Z")
I just got the good old-fasioned printed mail order catalogue from **Yazoo Records** in the mail! I’m so excited! Rare Muddy Waters performances from 1968 to 1978, on video! Hawaiian acoustic steel guitar performances from the 1920s by King Bennie Nawahi, Hawaiian String Virtuoso, on CD! Piano blues, rags, and stomps…1920s piano music from Dallas’s notorious “Deep Ellum” district, on the DALLAS ALLEY DRAG CD! (Includes Bobby Cadillac playing “Carbolic Acid Blues” and Whistlin’ Alex Moore doing “They May Not Be My Toes!”) MYSTERIES OF THE SABBATH: Classic Cantorial Recordings, 1907-1947! With Yossele Rosenblatt, Leib Glantz, Sophie Kurtzer, and more! Anyone else creaming over these? Visit their website here: [http://www.yazoobluesmailorder.com](http://www.yazoobluesmailorder.com) ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/5 "2000-09-12T15:03:42Z")
try [http://www.archiemcphee.com](http://www.archiemcphee.com) it’s a fun bunch of weird toys/stuff. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/6 "2000-09-12T15:16:16Z")
Wonko, I, too love Archie (and have been a fan for years) but I recommend that you also check out American Science & surplus - they have a bunch of the Archie things at less cost. I’ve been a big supporter of both for years and years. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/7 "2000-09-12T15:38:32Z")
Wring! I have checked american supply and surplus- some of their stuff is even better than archie’s. I surf them regularly. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/8 "2000-09-12T15:56:07Z")
Wonko! you and I need to compare Gift lists! also for cheap plastic fun things that little kids like and diabetic-coma-inducing angel stuff for cheap, Oriental trading company is great as well. They also have this wonderful thing that you puff up and burst and confetti or streamers come out. love 'em. [http://www.oriental](http://www.oriental). com ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/9 "2000-09-12T16:11:05Z")
Fun stuff to be found at the Bone Room [http://www.boneroom.com](http://www.boneroom.com) For all your skeleton and insect needs. Good stuff can also be found at [http://www.trollart.com](http://www.trollart.com) check out the rest of the site while you’re there. Neat stuff. I’ll be doing a bunch of my Xmas shopping there. ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/10 "2000-09-12T16:12:42Z")
If you hurry to the bone room, they are currently have a human bone sale. Act fast before supplies run out! ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/11 "2000-09-12T17:25:39Z")
I always wanted to get the Saber Tooth Tiger skull from [http://skullduggery.com/](http://skullduggery.com/) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/12 "2000-09-12T22:40:41Z")
For really good books, I suggest loompanics. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/13 "2000-09-13T05:26:26Z")
For the person who has everything: Need a zero-volume bottle? Searching for a one-sided surface? Want the ultimate in non-orientability? Get an [ACME KLEIN BOTTLE from Cliff Stoll!](http://www.kleinbottle.com/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-catalogs/32865/14 "2000-09-13T05:35:56Z")
This thread is now the official gift giving thread of the SDMB Secret Santa ring. –Tim