ODDMALL Emporium Of The Weird – PNW Editions

We have a long standing tradition of trying to find a local show once a year where we can try and rehome some of the toys that were donated to Captain Slinky over the years for the purpose of creating art. We need to give these toys a chance to be TOYS one last time before we make them into art, otherwise we might end up like the character of “Sid” from the Toy Story movies!

This year, our show of choice is The Washington State SummerCon in Puyallup, WA! Come find us in The Centennial Tent (near the SummerCon Merch Booth) and we’ll make sure you go home with something fun! And while you’re there you could pick up one of our Chad Scheres Oddmall T-Shirts!

BONUS: Take a selfie at our booth and post it to Social Media? We’ll give you A PRIZE!

Applications took SO MUCH LONGER than I expected this year! The flood of applications all at once knocked everything out of whack, and I suddenly found myself having to narrow down some bazillion applications to just the 170 weirdest, most awesome ones. I had to deny SO MANY APPLICATIONS!!! It hurts SO BAD, because each and every application I KNOW is somebody’s dream! Somebody looking for validation that THEIR art, the thing THEY do, is somehow valid and appreciated… and here I come with my big old “You’re Not Worthy” Hammer to bust their dreams into a billion pieces.

I hated that feeling, back when I was a struggling artist applying to every show I could and looking for that validation. It would ruin my life for WEEKS. “Why don’t they think I’m good enough? I guess I’m not… the only people who like my art are friends and relatives who are just trying to be nice. I should just give up.”

PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP!!! If you received a rejection from us and you’re feeling terrible, PLEASE feel free to reach out to me, Captain Slinky, at our official email address of csoddmall@gmail.com and I’ll give you as much personal feedback as I can about why you may have been rejected, plus advice/tips on how I feel you might be able to have a better chance next time?

5/16/2025 – THE GOOD NEWS is that we can now get back to approving applications for the next Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird CREEPSMAS 2025 Art, Craft & Gift Show November 8-9 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA! THE BAD NEWS is that we have to do it all by hand, so it’s going to be a bit… slower. I know, I know… I hear you say “But Cap’n! The only way you could possibly go any slower would be to travel BACKWARDS THROUGH TIME! Slower than ZERO is a NEGATIVE NUMBER!”\

I know, I know…. *sigh*. Sorry for the continued delays! Stay tuned!

As of right now, Noon on May 14th 2025, we are unable to process any applications and we have no idea why. We’re working on it!

We are now accepting applications for the Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird CREEPSMAS 2025 Art, Craft & Gift Show! Click HERE to be taken to the applications page, or on the picture of Bugs and Daffy declaring it officially “Oddmall Season” to apply!

Save the dates! November 8-9 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe (Washington), it’s the great big Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird CREEPSMAS Art, Craft & Gift Show! It’s the perfect place to get the perfect gift for the perfect person in your perfect life that’s perfectly difficult to shop for! Over 170 local Artists, Crafters and Captain Slinky Approved Vendors (mostly toys and games) with a decidedly “Alternative” tone.

There’s also Food Trucks, Games of Skill & Chance, Flying Meats, Jugglers, Yo-Yo-Masters, Krampus, Photo Ops, Immortals, A Cash-Prize Costume Contest, Your Chance To Fight A Dude In A Wheelchair, Over 100 Door Prizes, Treasure Quests, Fun Facts, A Nerf Dart Firing Range, Monoculon The Observer, and whatever else I can fit into the budget!

VENDOR APPLICATIONS OPENING SOON!

THE WINNERS* OF THE CAPTAIN SLINKY PRESENTS ODDMALL EMPORIUM OF THE WEIRD “SPRUNG” RETRO ARCADE CHALLENGE HAVE BEEN SELLECTED! If any of these were your registered initials for the event, check your email!

• UFO
• FAE
• DOG
• HEX
• VAG
• ZZZ
• RAT
• POP

There’s an asterix up there by “Winners” because I goofed – ends up there was no way to reset the high scores on our games, and very little chance that anybody would have been able to bust into the Top 10 High Scores of the past 30-40 years. So we raffled it! We got our our dice (the Captain Slinky Family has A LOT of dice) and rolled till we had 8 different entries selected, one for each prize! We’ve already had one of the emails bounce back as undeliverable, the person who chose “DOG” as their initials. So if you registered as that, let us know!

Thank you all for a great event! I did some crazy things with our advertising this time around and it seems to have worked – we had an estimated 4.500 people come through the doors at Oddmall last weekend – and INCREDIBLE turnout for a springtime craft show! So how did you know to come to Oddmall?

Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird welcomes Local Oddmall Artist and, coincidentally enough, Ms. Wheelchair NorthWestern USA Giusiana Prosser all this weekend at the Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird SPRUNG! Art, Craft & Retro Arcade Challenge March 29-30 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA! Pictured here (she’s the one on the right), Giusiana will be on hand advocating rare disease awareness and pausing for pictures as time permits! She’s out there each and every day, fighting for all of us with “Invisible Disabilities” that make doctors say stuff like “It’s All In Your Head” and “Have you considered losing some weight” as a diagnosis. When you see her, stop her and tell her thanks!”

THE PRIZE for our Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird SPRUNG 2025 Art, Craft & Retro Arcade Gaming Show COSTUME CONTEST HAS BEEN ANNOUONCED! You get my old nylon wallet and everything in it! Expired video rental membership cards, old coupons, baby pictures, AND OVER $100 CASH! It’s all the money I got in tips during my last shift dancing the main stage at the Itchy Kitty Strip Club & All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Brunch Buffet, so it’s mostly small, damp bills – AND I WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!

All you have to do is show up in costume and let us take your picture for our Social Media accounts! Full rules can be found at http://www.oddmall.co/costumes so you don’t miss your chance!

Or maybe you just want to check out the full Captain Slinky Presents Oddmall Emporium of The Weird SPRUNG 2025 Art, Craft & Retro Arcade Gaming Show website to learn all bout The Prize Wheel of Destiny, the Retro Arcade Challenge, the Dancing Witches, the Flying Meat, the Free Parking and Free Admission… there’s a lot to find out about!