POSTED AT 11:39 AM August 14, 2007

Archie McPhee's Box O Fun

For my birthday, my pals Michelle Hansen, Sabine Szylko, and Ed Szylko gave me a fantastic gift: Archie McPhee's Box O Fun. The cheap little plastic toys may seem kinda ho-hum on their own, but en masse they're a hoot. Each of the 25 toys is individually wrapped and it's quite a treat to open one after another. The Box O Fun, at $13.95, really is more fun than a barrel of monkeys!
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