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Ransom Fridge Magnets

Ana Samways — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:55:58 +0000

The clichéd ransom note can be recreated on your very own fridge with these sticky magazine cutout letters. The pack contains over 200 magnetic pieces in a wide variety of graphic styles and colours. Perfect for quick messages, reminders - even friendly warnings! Buy here.

Got Fish?

Ana Samways — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:57:41 +0000

The delightful Fish Hotel is a glass fishbowl with a white apartment-like shell which, if you have a whole school of swimmers to house, you can stack on top of each other to make an fish apartment building. Jam ‘em in like sardines! Love the idea; buy here for NZD$36.

Wayne Barrar – An Expanding Subterra

Steven Shaw — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:54:52 +0000

Wayne Barrar - An Expanding Subterra

If you've been lucky enough to stop in at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery over the past couple of months you might have seen this outstanding exhibition by prominent NZ landscape photographer Wayne Barrar. An Expanding Subterra, which runs until this Sunday 27 June, looks at man made intrusion on the underground...

Mood Mugs

Ana Samways — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:11:54 +0000

Mood Mugs (for coffee, tea and Milo) with different facial expressions on them to match your mood; Happy as Larry, Monstrously Moody or Seriously Sleepy. I know which one we’d be fighting over here…

Giveaway: Torchwood — Children of Earth

Steven Shaw — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:58:44 +0000

We absolutely loved Children of Earth, the five part, third season of Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood that finished screening in NZ last week. And thanks to NZ online retailer Mighty Ape, we have two DVD copies to give away... With three out of five eps written by Doctor Who saviour Russell T. Davies and a plot that nodded to Village (and Children) of the Damned, the story is one of world-changing events and secrets from the past that revealed more about the mysterious Captain Jack Harkness... [Update: all gone, cheers!]

Robot Pillow Cases

Ana Samways — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:48:19 +0000

Geeky, but sweet: Set of 'his and hers' pillow cases with a boy robot telling his girl: “Good night, I love you…”. The girl robot responds by saying: “love you too, sleep tight…”. Via Supermarket.

NZ-Designed Lost T-Shirt

Steven Shaw — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:58:03 +0000

While we don't run messages about missing people on the side of milk cartons in NZ, they have done for a long time in the USA. As Lost fans are all too aware, Flight 815 went missing on its way to LAX. Love the bovine station emblem too. This T-shirt design is available only through...

Giveaway: In The Loop

Steven Shaw — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:23:02 +0000

Spare Room has three copies of the outstanding satire In The Loop to give away, thanks to Madman Entertainment. For those who haven't seen it, it's a great British political comedy, filmed in fly-on-the-wall style and with plenty of strong language. It's based on the BBC comedy series The Thick of It. Stars include Tom Hollander and Peter Capaldi, along with James Gandolfini and Steve Coogan...

Giveaway — Soul Power DVD

Steven Shaw — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:49:18 +0000

Spare Room has three copies of the newly released documentary Soul Power to give away, courtesy of Madman Entertainment NZ. Soul Power centres on the legendary soul music festival held in Zaire in 1974, featuring oustanding footage of James Brown and the JBs, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba, The Spinners, BB King, The Crusaders...

Beatles USB Apple Offers Entire Album Collection

Steven Shaw — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:06:07 +0000

Here's an outstanding wee paperweight containing the entire Beatles album collection. While the world is still waiting for The Beatles back catalogue to be made available for digital download, the overlords in charge have released this Stereo USB Apple...

Always Blow On The Pie — the T-Shirt

Steven Shaw — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:02:13 +0000

We're very impressed with the speed at which T-Shirt retailer Mr. Vintage jumped on board the 'Always Blow on the Pie' er, paddywagon. After all, it's not every day that a local TV clip turns into an internet meme. If you're unfamiliar with the quote, it refers to the 'Safer Communities Together' message from the Police Ten-7 clip circulating via YouTube and other social media...

Twilight Edward Cullen Shower Curtain

Ana Samways — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:24:48 +0000

The movie was a little intense and virginal for me but I know of a few teenagers who'd love to replace Mum's floral number from Briscoes with this moody mug. I have a fondness for a creative shower curtain. It can spruce up a mediocre bathroom for very little and is a nice form of domestic self-expression. This Etsy seller from Toronto has a range of designs including sex symbol Jayne Mansfield and this subtle-as-brick gay man design. And if immortalising the recently deceased in a shower curtain is your thing, then check out the Michael Jackson inspired curtain here and classic Farrah here. Buy Edward Cullen curtain here.

Oscar the Grouch Costume for Adults

Steven Shaw — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:17:24 +0000

Step out to your next fancy dress do in complete confidence as Oscar the Grouch, Sesame Street's sole hint at the true joys and despair of grown-up life to come. And you heard us right, this spectacular costume is for adults...

Animations of Vintage Photos

Ana Samways — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:18:04 +0000

Just when you thought that creativity on the web was finite. Check out these wonderful animated vintage portraits from Square America. They are utterly fantastic...

Prison Products

Ana Samways — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:40:01 +0000

Ferguson Safety Products makes suicide-safe stuff for inmates and mental health patients -- like their 'virtually indestructible' Ferguson Original Safety Smock, modelled by a couple with unkempt-prison/crazy-institution hair... (more after the jump)