Just Plain Bizarre Category - Page 5

The idea of using steam powered catapults to propel aircraft from the decks of ships was first devised by Commander Colin Mitchell of the Royal Navel Volunteer Reserve and was first trailed in 1950 – whereas this electronic paper plane launcher made by Willow Tree Toys, wasn’t.

Firstly we feel that we ought to point out that whilst some may doubtless find this drip style alcohol dispenser to be in especially bad taste we cannot help but think that there’s a certain irony here that the product site has so patently missed – or, to put it [...]

Whilst no where near as geeky as the previously featured Animated Space Invaders Doormat or the Globright Digital Doormat, this curious artificial grass doormat, which comes complete with artificial daises (seriously), is sure to raise a smile from those visiting your humble abode.

As far as lighters go this pig styled gas lighter is one of the oddest we’ve come across here at TFTS – still, if getting a light from a swine is something that appeals to you I suppose that this particular gadget will prove rather more productive than venturing to [...]

If you keenly watch your weight and simply cannot envisage getting out of bed without reaffirming how fat you are (or aren’t) then this mini travel alarm clock with integral BMI (Body Mass Indicator) is just what you need – or, conversely, is just what you can do without.

We can only hope that, should the world ever explode, the only thing left floating in the cold vacuum of space to serve as testimony to our being and all that we have achieved is not the likes of this insanely tacky electronic parrot doorbell that greets visitors with either [...]

According to the manufactures of the Exideal, displaying a series of coloured patterns via a screen composing of 280 LEDs, whilst looking like a bizarre animated homage to particularly awful wallpaper of bygone eras, actually has health benefits and can even ‘permeate the vitamins and collagen in your skin’ thus [...]

We had to do several double takes as far as this diamond and ruby encrusted lure is concerned on the basis that we felt certain that we had fallen prey to an especially far fetched lack of sleep induced hallucination but, having slapped ourselves around the face a few times [...]

One thing that is sure to get our attention here at TFTS is items that mix and match seemingly wholly unconnected functions merely in what we can only assume to be a bid to come up with something that’s either unique or, more often than not, just bizarre – and [...]

You just have to complete a few searches on the net to realise that the market in collectable miniatures is immense and covers just about everything from cars to houses and even miniature designer chairs but, whilst we like to think we’re fairly broadminded here at TFTS, we just cannot [...]