For something that also has a practical use they have a huge selection of home and garden items, and I was given the chance to review something from this department. As my eldest is off to University in a few weeks, and the next 2 are about to enter their final year of GCSE's, I decided on the Retro Calculator.
Unlike actual retro calculators, this one is solar powered, so doesn't require any batteries, and it also doubles as a mouse mat - something we definitely didn't see many of in the 80's!
The packaging is what makes this item, it's very witty and will certainly provoke conversation and amuse whoever receives this as a gift, it's the kind of detail that I really like.
As a mouse mat it's not brilliant, but it does the job. As a calculator it's okay, you have to press the buttons really quite hard, so it's not ideal. As a novelty item and a stockingfiller it's great. It retails at only £6.49, with free delivery on orders over £10, so it's actually great value and something I'd definitely be likely to buy when I start my Christmas shopping. It's also the first calculator I'll be giving any of mine which I can be confident they won't lose or break 15 minutes later!
I just have to explain to my teenagers what a tapedeck is now....
Bring them round here, we've still got one on our stereo. All the tapes are in the attic though!
ReplyDeleteHahahaha....really? oooh, you hipster! :p
DeleteI know, I'm so retro.
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DeleteLooks interesting! I could have done with one of these when I was at work, I was always losing my calculator (or having it pinched!) So sad children are growing up without learning about tapes and videos!
ReplyDeleteI know, they have no idea. It's all just there in the palm of their hand in a tiny little MP3/4 player. The efforts I went to when I wanted to get any video of my eldest when he was a baby... :D
Deletethat's so cute! love to have one too!
ReplyDeleteIt is kinda cute :D
DeleteThat's great. Bet they've never heard of a telex machine either! Vain of my life when I started work.
ReplyDeleteI was made redundant from my first Sunday job at 15 because they started to use a fax machine - and then email came in and my job as a Copy Telephonist was extinct!
DeleteMary even I have not heard of a telex machine...? lol
ReplyDeleteThe calculator looks cool! I do like a bit of retro stuff now and again :D I bet our kids won't believe us when we tell them things like we used to have dial up internet and people would say get off the internet, we need to use the landline!
Our teenagers can't even remember that! They can't understand when we're really pleased with quick broadband - they think it just should be like that!
DeleteThis does look fun and certainly takes me back some years - I do have a box of tapes stashed away somewhere!
ReplyDeleteHahaha....so do I :D
DeleteI do love the novelty items and things with abit of retro to them :) this looks a fun gift
ReplyDeleteIt is a bit of fun, I'm sure my teenagers will enjoy having something a bit different to show off to their mates at school :D
DeleteHow funky!
ReplyDeleteIt is very different :D
Deletelooks cool, funky for someone difficult to buy for.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely great for someone who already has everything :D
DeleteI know people I could buy this for as a novelty gift, I like the style!
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