Want a $200 Lamp?

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

Back before we were Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird, I was CAPTAIN SLINKY’S WEIRD LAMPS. I took old, abandoned, broken lamps and old, abandoned, broken toys, mashed ’em together, coated them in 100% PURE, 24-KARAT GOLD colored spray paint, and sold them at conventions and toy shows and craft shows all over Washington State. My lamps were a beloved tradition! I had a following! I even got word that one of my lamps had made it all the way to a boutique in NEW YORK where they were selling it for $200!

And then, a series of unfortunate “Whoopsies” left me pretty much unable to make lamps for a while. That’s when we took over and started focusing on Oddmall, but not before I had started on a NEW line of lamps using the great untapped upcycling material of DISCARDED VHS TAPES.

It was during this turbulent era that I created my most viral lamp, featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A virtual timeline of the rise and fall of those original 90’s turtles from the cartoon all the way to the Turtley-Awesome Christmas Special and all stops in-between. Topped with Raphael’s Sai stabbing into the top, it’s GORGEOUS! LOOK AT IT!

I had made it for my good friend Erik, the biggest Turtle-Nerd I know, and he posted a picture of it to some Turle-based communities online and IT. WENT. NUTS! I was getting dozens of requests for another one, with people agreeing to pay $200 each if I could just ship one to them! Unfortunately, sourcing the materials for one of these lamps is fairly difficult (that Sai is almost impossible to find), so I had to turn them all down. But then I FOUND A PAIR OF THE SAIS AT A GARAGE SALE, so I made two more of them! One sold to a guy in Texas, and the other one… can now be yours for just two bucks.

TWO DOLLARS?!?

Yup! We are selling RAFFLE TICKETS at the cost of just $2 each for this thing! CRAZY, RIGHT??? You can only buy tickets from us IN PERSON at an event, or at the Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird CREEPSMAS Art, Craft & Gift Show November 21-22 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA!

Winner will be drawn LIVE during the Creepsmas Show on Sunday November 22 at 4pm, and the winner will need to either be there to pick it up, or have someplace local for personal delivery. I can’t ship it; last time I checked it was $60 for shipping one of these and that was like 5 years ago 😦 If the winner can’t be contacted within a week of winning to arrange delivery, we will draw a new winner!

You can also buy tickets from us at the following events:

GRANITE FALLS TOY SHOW, Saturday September 12, Granite Falls WA 9am-3pm (free admission)

Everett Comic Art Show, Saturday Oct. 10, Delta Hotels by Marriot 3105 Pine St, Everett, WA, 11am-5pm

Creepsmas Applications Are Now CLOSED

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

WOW that’s a lot of applications!!! MORE than enough to fill the building a few times over with weird, wonderful stuff! The Application Form is now CLOSED! Thank you all for applying! Now it’s up to our crack-team of analysts to pour over the data and choose The Cream of The Crop (OOH YEAH) to approve!

TODAY (Tuesday June 9th) we will go through the applications and deny the ones that we just don’t want. MLMs, Brand Ambassadors, Corporate Sponsors, Political/Religious Offerings, Temu Resellers, and anything that even REMOTELY looks like A.I. will get denied first.

Second wave of denials will be those vendors that we have just too many of. It’s not necessarily us saying “You’re Just Not Weird Enough”; it just means we don’t have room for you RIGHT NOW because you’re selling a thing that’s REALLY SIMMILAR to a thing that a lot of other people at Oddmall are already selling. Taxidermy, 3D Prints, Wire-Wrap Jewelry and “A Little Bit Of Everything” vendors have to REALLY stand out in order to make it past this wave of denials.

The next wave after that is the hardest one; “VIBE CHECK”. I sit there with our map of the building and try to imagine what our Oddmall looks like with you in it. Do you contribute to the flow of the floorplan, or clash against it? Does it feel awkward having you in the available space, or does it delight me? If I can’t find an available space where I feel you are set up for success, I’ll have to deny you and IT GUTS ME 😦

So GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE!!! You’ll be hearing from us this week! Keep an eye on your inbox!!!

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!!!

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

HERE IT IS! Your chance to become one of the, uh… “Interesting”… vendors at the next Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird CREEPSMAS Art, Craft & Gift Show November 21-22 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA! It’s free to apply, so why not give it a try?

https://form.jotform.com/260897228339167

This show will likely SELL OUT before the weekend is over, so GO FAST! This a JURIED EVENT, and we fill spaces on a “First Paid/First Served” basis. So if/when you get approved, you’ll want to jump right on it and get it paid!

I know we have a bit of a reputation out there, about how it’s nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get into Oddmall and yeah, it’s true – we’re pretty darned choosy! We fill the building with folks that we would actually buy stuff from rather than just filling it with whoever can pay the most. We don’t choose folks that we don’t think would do well with the “vibe” and/or “flow” of the event – it’s all very hippie-dippy 🙂

If we think any part of your offerings are A.I., we won’t approve you unless your social media has plenty of examples of your work in progress – some people just have an art style that has been ripped off by A.I. so much it’s easy to be mistaken. If you’re a 3D Printer, you need to have some TRULY UNIQUE OFFERINGS to be considered. We have similar, unwritten rules for all categories of vendors – candle makers, taxidermists, writers, game designers, pottery, EVERTHANG!

So good luck! We look forward to seeing all your awesome applications! Don’t forget to include pictures of your bestest, weirdest stuff!

APPLICATION DROP DATE!

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

FRIDAY JUNE 5TH AT NOON!!! That’s when we will post the live link for new vendors to apply for the Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird CREEPSMAS Art, Craft & Gift Show November 21-22 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA! Here’s a list of all the social media accounts where we will post the link!

Good News/Bad News

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

THE GOOD NEWS is that we were able to go back in time and stop Eviltron and his forces from enslaving the human race and blowing up the Earth with his Destructo-Beam! HOORAY!

THE BAD NEWS is that of all the possible, alternate timelines? THIS ONE was the only timeline where there was still an Oddmall Creepsmas Show in November – just not on the same dates? Well there WAS one other timeline with Oddmall in November, but everyone was Dungeoness Crabs. Cute, sure… but crabs don’t have POCKETS with which to carry any cash, checks or credit cards!

So please make sure to update your calendar so you don’t miss the great big Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird CREEPSMAS 2026 Art, Craft & Gift Show November 21-22 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA! We’ve got lots of fun, NEW stuff for you this time around, as well as all the stuff you’re used to by now – free admission, free parking, 170 weird-o artists & assorted vendors, jugglers, food trucks, your chance to fight a dude in a wheelchair, over 100 Door Prizes AND MORE!

CREEPSMAS IS COMING!!!

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

The next Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird show will be CREEPSMAS! Our annual Christmas Craft Show for folks what loves Halloween! Returning to the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA November 14-15 with Free Admission, Free Parking and all the other stuff y’all love about a Captain Slinky show! More info as we have it, but right now we’re getting ready to go to DISNEYLAND!!!

ODDMALL APRIL 18-19

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

SATURDAY 4/18: 10am-6pm

SUNDAY 4/19: 10am-5pm

FREE ADMISSION! FREE PARKING!

Evergreen State Fairgrounds Gary D. Weikel Event Center, Monroe WA

BE PREPARED FOR: Instant-Win Costume Contest, 60 Second Dungeons, Juggling, Prize Wheel, Door Prizes, over 170 local, weird-o artists and vendors, NO PETS (so sad), 8 Food Trucks, Roller Derby, Stock Car Races, Beautiful Weather (this could change).

YES, We Have A Costume Contest!

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

OF COURSE we’re going to have the famous Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird Off-Season Costume Contest! We had such a good time with the Instant Win Cash Prizes at Creepsmas last year, we decided to bring it to SPRUNG as well!

Wear an approved costume (see Official Rules at http://www.oddmall.co/costumes) to the Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird SPRUNG 2026 Art, Craft & Gift Show at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA. Find the Oddmall Headquarters at the back of the room and have them take your picture, which we will post on our Oddmall social media accounts for all to see. Fill out the official Entry Form (which will ask you for your name, age, costume and a way to contact you if you win) and give it to us. We then check The Big List Of Prizes to see if you won one of over 100 Costume Contest Prizes, and THAT’S IT! No entry fee! No walking out on a stage! No Costume Parade! Just show up in a costume, fill out the form, take a pic, get a prize, DONE! Winner will be announced and contacted before Thanksgiving!

Prizes will be handed out for over 20 different “Mystery Categories” that you won’t even know you’re competing for! Past prize categories have been “Best Themed Couple”, “Most Wheels”, “Cutiest Patootie”… Prizes may include Stickers, T-Shirts, and CASH ranging anywhere from $1 to $50! BOTH DAYS!

Check out all the official rules at http://www.oddmall.co/costumes before you join us at the Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird SPRUNG 2026 Art, Craft & Gaming Show April 18-19 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA!

ODDMALL is just ONE MONTH AWAY!?!

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird

Thank you, Flying Pig! Always there for us at Bank Machines and other of life’s various line-ups! This is just an update to let you know that the Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird SPRUNG 2026 Art, Craft & Gaming Show is coming to the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA the weekend of April 18-19! 10am till 6pm on Saturday, 10am till 5pm on Sunday! Make plans NOW!!!

As always, both admission AND parking are on us so you’ll have more money in your pocket to spend on the wonderful treasures our vendors are bringing to tempt you with! Heck, even if you DON’T spend any money, come on down and win some prizes, play some games, and see wondrous art that will make you ask at least 27 questions!

The official page for all the info you’ll need can be found at http://www.oddmall.co/sprung or by clicking on The FLying Pig up there. I’m updating the website ALL THE FRIGGIN’ TIME with new information and updates, including:

  • The Instant Win Costume Contest
  • The Prize Wheel of Destiny
  • All 170 Weird-O Vendors
  • List of Food Trucks
  • 60 Second Dungeons Challenge
  • Fighting A Dude In A Wheelchair
  • Directions and Maps

…And whatever else I can think of! So make plans to join us at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds April 18-19 and have a little fun!