chumptastic dot orgactive surplus: a treasure trove of crap
after living in toronto for a year and a half, i finally paid a visit to active surplus on queen west. if you live in toronto, you know the place – a gorilla suit out front, alongside a random guy whose “job” is to say “active surplus, active surplus, come on in, you never know what you’ll find!” it’s because of this guy that i never went in before…until a couple weeks ago, not-so-coincidentally when he wasn’t manning his post. and now that i’ve visited, i think it’s my favourite store ever! they really do have everything. and here’s a small sample:
awesome flashlight glasses:
super portable cell phone:
“turntable disk thingies”:
old school rotary phones:
microfiche reader (only $50!):
“insulating thingys”:
film canisters:
little boxes:
switch box thingies?:
so, if you need… well, anything, so long as it’s not particularly useful, stop on by…if you can bring yourself to walk by the sketchy guy outside.
next time can you snap a photo of the AAAAAAAAActive surplus guy. Even better, post him doing his routine on youtube
April 6th, 2007 at 11:36 am