Twelve and a half by sixteen inches in dimensions, with predrilled corners (very handy) and, apparently, no sharp edges to create hazards for the caffeine-deprived recipient; it’s both retro and true.

I do have a few lingering doubts about whether the tin sign is, in fact, actual bona fide tin (as opposed to some other lightweight and low-cost metal) but am IN NO MOOD to quibble.

OK, you think, it’s a 1:18 scale Delorean from Back to the Future, specifically the one with the “Mr. Fusion” power pack. Nice, but so what?

Well, there’s this:

It’s a USB 2.0 cable because there is a 500 GB hard drive inside.

I want this with the burning fire of a thousand suns.

Just sayin’.

Now we can live out all of Jane’s stifled passionate dreams of adventure for her, posthumously, with the elegant and useful Jane Austen Action Figure. Comes with a tiny writing desk with a removable quill pen, and a miniature Pride & Prejudice. (Zombies not included.)

If Frank Lloyd Wright had had LEGO bricks as a child, what might he have accomplished?

Well, I’m no child, but I can have LEGO versions of his iconic designs!

I might like such a thing, except I do know. Every time, every computer. And “I’m just a boy who can’t say no…”

Colourful, waterproof, and practical! Your choice of pointy cowboy style (shown), or traditional Wellington (not shown for some reason). A long way from that black-with-a-red-sole ” ‘igh rubber boot”. No soakers!

or this…

… would be good in November, which is National Novel Writing Month – as you all know and some are participating in. <- Dangling participle. I know it's wrong, so it's "writing" rather than "a goof".

When teaching the class, that is…

May work on the little ones until… say… 8?

For those crisp, delightful walks with both denizens and visitors at the house. Can also be a t-shirt, for breezy summer afternoons. (“It’s nice, out of the wind”).

Containing information and 3d models from notes and sketches by Leonardo Da Vinci (but no Code), this could be fun for a short time (note – 12 pages long). No assembly required!