Top 5 Things For Sale at the Frontier City Gift Shop

Previously:

New World Comic Con  - -  Antiques Etc.  - -  Choctaw Welcome Center 

Sam Noble Museum Gift Shop  - -  Cherokee Trading Post  - -  Cloverleaf

Frontier City recently finished up their summer season but they're already prepping for their Halloween brouhaha.  I was out there recently shooting some footage (and dodging the rain) and when I was exiting through the gift shop, I remembered it's been awhile since I did one of these "Top 5 For Sale" list.  So with that uninspired preamble, here we go...

5.  Sweat Pants

This one may seem a little mundane but that's kind of the point.  I just can't imagine anyone buying sweat pants at an amusement park gift shop.  It's almost like it's both too big of a purchase yet too small of a purchase all at the same time.  "Those rides were super fun but now I want to pick up some sweat pants at the gift shop before we go home."  And if buying sweat pants at the gift shop is actually very common, please don't tell me.  I prefer to live in my own delusions.

4.  Bigfoot Magnet

Yeah, I know.  I keep beating the Bigfoot drum but no one else seems all that interested.  But Oklahoma really needs to play up its relationship to the mythical monster.  I'd like to see sightings increase and a flood of new Bigfoot related attractions across the state...or at least along Route 66.

3.  Frontier City Snow Globe

And speaking of the Mother Road, nothing says "old school kitschy souvenir" like the gold ol' snow globe.  Sure, the inside might contain a somewhat generic Ferris Wheel but the base is totally branded with a Frontier City vibe.  That lettering is definitely raised and that takes effort!  Effort I appreciate.

2.  Rainbow Squid Hat

Hats go in and out of style on all the time and non-fashion forward folks like myself can never keep up.  It's times like these when it's necessary to take a sledgehammer to the social customs of the day.  And that's where our colorful friends comes in.  He fits comfortably between, "I crave attention" and "I NEED attention."

1.  Dark Bison T-Shirt

Everything in the world is happening on this shirt.  An Oklahoma bison dressed just like Batman except not enough to have to pay for the rights to the character!  Is this a recurring character in Frontier City canon?  I don't know.  And it not only glows in the dark, it "High Def" glows in the dark!  What does that mean?  I don't know.  But it's the wise man who admits there is much he does NOT know...possibly.

Well those are my picks this time.  And the most important thing to remember here is: if you've bought sweat pants at a theme park gift shop, please don't tell me.

Top 5 Things For Sale at the Sam Noble Museum Gift Shop

Previously:

Top 5 Things for Sale at Cherokee Trading Post 

There's a lot going on at the Sam Noble Natural History Museum.  Fossils, native peoples, history, rotating exhibits and plenty more to fill your brain with.  But once your thirst for knowledge is quenched, it's time to take a little piece of the excitement with you.  So today we exit through the gift shop and pick the Top 5 items that caught our eye on our last trip there.

5.  Hawaiian Ukulele

 As far as I can tell, this has nothing to do with science or Oklahoma but it just screams "gift shop" to me.  I envision many a regretful parent on many a family road trip being serenaded with the "soothing" sounds of Hawaii as they drove to the second largest Ball of Twine.  I couldn't tell you why it's there but I'm glad it is.

4.  Oklahoma Pencil Sharpener

Cheap.  Functional.  Oklahoma-themed.  Much can be said about the humble pencil sharpener.   Many would dismiss this little beauty as Dollar Store flotsam but I say give it a chance.  Nothing gets the little ones quiet like giving them a task.  And let's face it, all those pencils aren't going to sharpen themselves.  (Bonus points for the little cartoon buffalo!)

3.  Barite Rose Rocks

There's nothing better than being able to buy something at a museum that might actually be displayed in a museum.  The rare rose rock is the state rock of Oklahoma and and can pretty much only be found here (and technically in a couple of other places but they're much rarer there).  Pick up one of these beauties and put it on your desk at work and you've got an instant conversation piece.  It sure beats working.

2.  Oklahoma Tornado Snow Globes

Sure, tornadoes are no fun but they are a part of life in the Sooner State.  Here they get incorporated with a snow storm (or maybe a dust storm?) into one of the classic gift shop items of all time.  The best kind of twister is the one you can control.

1.  Little Oklahoma Pillow

You remember those collector plates from the 70's that had little cartoony depictions of an area's interesting features and attractions?  (Like THIS one.)  These little pillows remind me of them.  And the fact that they are apparently hand made puts them in the #1 slot on the list. 

So if you can't find a souvenir keepsake from this bunch then I don't know what to tell you.  You must hate fun...and gift shops.